# Would you be able to identify your own genitals by touch only? (TMI probably) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-able-to-identify-your-own-genitals-by-touch-only-tmi-probably/285834 "2005-01-21T00:46:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![brix11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@brix11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brix11)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-able-to-identify-your-own-genitals-by-touch-only-tmi-probably/285834/41 "2005-01-21T16:59:47Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > I don’t think it’s that hard. Maybe it would be for most… That could be a clue! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-able-to-identify-your-own-genitals-by-touch-only-tmi-probably/285834/42 "2005-01-21T20:43:35Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > **Idle Thoughts,** man, where do you come up with this stuff? I think really hard about possible threads, and all I come up with is things like, “Peanut butter: abomination or manna?” I have a lot of time on my…_ahem_ hands. ---
**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-able-to-identify-your-own-genitals-by-touch-only-tmi-probably/285834/43 "2005-01-21T22:01:01Z")
What Eats\_Crayons said. I’ve, uh, had a few other female bits placed into my hands at time, and yeah, I think I could figure mine out about 80% of the time-- partly from the unusual piercing, partly from the harmless lumpy spots that develop over the years, partly because I’m, um, the female equivalent of a 2" man. Fortunately for me, this is not a problem. ---
**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-able-to-identify-your-own-genitals-by-touch-only-tmi-probably/285834/44 "2005-01-21T22:02:06Z")
I just realized I’ve told \>1000 strangers a rather long description of my genitalia. I think I’m going to get very, very drunk now. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-able-to-identify-your-own-genitals-by-touch-only-tmi-probably/285834/45 "2005-01-21T22:05:01Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > Do you think you could, just by touching, feeling, and exploring with hands, guess correctly which of the genitalia was yours? Depends on how cold it is. ---
**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-able-to-identify-your-own-genitals-by-touch-only-tmi-probably/285834/46 "2005-01-21T22:10:13Z")
Okay, so proprioception is a problem. So let’s say that we surgically removed (a la Face/Off) your bits and put them on a mount with two other pairs of bits. Now we turn off the lights (no fair peeking!) and you have to pick a set of bits to have reattached to your own body. I think it’s pretty clear that in this situation my bits are the big ones. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-able-to-identify-your-own-genitals-by-touch-only-tmi-probably/285834/47 "2005-01-21T22:59:36Z")
> [@Shade](#): > > You lifted this from a bad porn story, didn’t you? Bad how? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-able-to-identify-your-own-genitals-by-touch-only-tmi-probably/285834/48 "2005-01-21T23:17:21Z")
For the purposes of this thread, I’m going to imagine we have a device that can swap peoples’ consciousness, that we are blindfolded, and can _only_ touch the genitals of the body you’re in, and you have to decide if you’ve been swapped back into your own body, or someone else’s. Yes, I think I could tell. Every guy should be checking his testicles regularly, and carefully so you can tell if something about them changes. I could probably tell by my dick too, but I’m not telling you why. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-able-to-identify-your-own-genitals-by-touch-only-tmi-probably/285834/49 "2005-01-22T01:01:02Z")
How much stimulation are we allowed? I have no doubt that I could do it if they were hard, although soft might give me some problems. And I don’t think the balls would help much at all. Mine vary too much in size and scrotal tightness. ---
**Author:** ![hyperjes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@hyperjes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyperjes)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-able-to-identify-your-own-genitals-by-touch-only-tmi-probably/285834/50 "2005-01-22T01:54:49Z")
I have scar from when I had Chicken Pox that is slightly raised, though very small. I figure I could identify myself by that. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-able-to-identify-your-own-genitals-by-touch-only-tmi-probably/285834/51 "2005-01-22T02:22:18Z")
> [@chaoticdonkey](#): > > How much stimulation are we allowed? I have no doubt that I could do it if they were hard, although soft might give me some problems. And I don’t think the balls would help much at all. Mine vary too much in size and scrotal tightness. I imagine if you had no tactile senses, it might be tough to get your groove on. I think I could tell mine if this sensory deprivation chamber isn’t one of those ones that you float in. I need gravity. But then, easy. The little walrus has a distinctive angle, curvature, and twist under a standard 1 g field. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-able-to-identify-your-own-genitals-by-touch-only-tmi-probably/285834/52 "2005-01-22T02:23:53Z")
> [@iamthewalrus(:3=](#): > > I imagine if you had no tactile senses, it might be tough to get your groove on. > > I think I could tell mine if this sensory deprivation chamber isn’t one of those ones that you float in. I need gravity. But then, easy. The little walrus has a distinctive angle, curvature, and twist under a standard 1 g field. The…little…walrus? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-able-to-identify-your-own-genitals-by-touch-only-tmi-probably/285834/53 "2005-01-22T03:53:40Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > After seeing this, I was ready with a comeback – a Gollum catchphrase from LOTR. And then another Gollum catchphrase. And then another. > > Try to think of something Gollum says that’s caught on that is not eerily appropriate for this thread! 🙂 It was the meter of the comment by **incubus** : Where did this foreskin come from? that made me think of the song by _Talking Heads_ on which my post was parodied. 😛 Hey **levdrakon** , If you’re gonna swap me into another body, can I have one with girly bits? I like that kind for prolonged touching. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-able-to-identify-your-own-genitals-by-touch-only-tmi-probably/285834/54 "2005-01-22T23:25:27Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > I have a lot of time on my…_ahem_ hands. I’ve noticed. I do find it amusing to see what you have come up with, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-able-to-identify-your-own-genitals-by-touch-only-tmi-probably/285834.md?page=2)