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pokerfan

(27,677 posts) Thu Nov 8, 2012, 04:00 PM Nov 2012

The Atlantic: 1 in 3 Men Can't See His Penis [View all]

A privately funded campaign is has narrowed in on a tool for helping men to gauge their obesity. When standing upright, can they see their penis?

After funding their own survey of 1,000 British men, the health advocacy group found that "33 percent of men in Britain aged between 35 and 60 years are unable to see their penis" because of their bellies. They presumably controlled for poor vision.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/11/1-in-3-men-cant-see-his-penis/264615/

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The Atlantic: 1 in 3 Men Can't See His Penis [View all] pokerfan Nov 2012 OP

lmao thats so funny!! nt darkangel218 Nov 2012 #1

I'm in the sampled age group ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #2

Me too pokerfan Nov 2012 #3

Does your buddy mind you looking at his penis, though? Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #10

wait, even with a magnifying glass? Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #4

Did they control for pecker size? yellowcanine Nov 2012 #5

Or um, state of mind? nt rrneck Nov 2012 #6

Well, there is THAT! yellowcanine Nov 2012 #9

LOL Scuba Nov 2012 #33

By that metric pokerfan Nov 2012 #11

can't see whose Penis? n/t Enrique Nov 2012 #7

Let's hope they can't see their pubic hair as well. Imagine what that forest would look like? louslobbs Nov 2012 #8

Men in this predicament have Dicky-Do Disease. Bertha Venation Nov 2012 #12

I saw the same kind of shirt at a souvenir shop Art_from_Ark Nov 2012 #20

What if it's REALLY REALLY cold???? cliffordu Nov 2012 #13

"They shrink?" Arugula Latte Nov 2012 #26

There are always mirrors. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #14

You Weigh 135??.... becca da bakkah Nov 2012 #18

Well, some of it ;} but mostly it was dietary changes. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #29

Hah! Great Exercise Plan! And No Special Equipment to Buy! becca da bakkah Nov 2012 #30

Cheese is the worst enemy. Exercise involves my wife. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #31

Surprised that many guys felix_numinous Nov 2012 #15

Whose penis? Anthony Weiner's? Honestly, I tried to avoid seeing it. Bucky Nov 2012 #16

Speaking of Anthony Weiner... RiskWrangler Nov 2012 #17

Ryan is such a phony he would use the Wahlberg prosthetic from "Boogie Nights" Tom Ripley Nov 2012 #19

He drove he ultimate phallus in his first life TheCowsCameHome Nov 2012 #25

heh heh RiskWrangler Nov 2012 #27

Funny! I need to lose a bit I put on back in school the last 3 yrs, but no problem seeing it :^) codjh9 Nov 2012 #21

More important that it still works Angry Dragon Nov 2012 #22

With or without corrective lenses? undeterred Nov 2012 #23

What about when they face forward? TheCowsCameHome Nov 2012 #24

PENIS! progressoid Nov 2012 #28

it's even worse if they can't see it when it's erect. BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #32

Amazingly this Brit and millions others could! RedCloud Nov 2012 #34

How many men can see Rinse Penis? Jamaal510 Nov 2012 #35

Useless study 7wo7rees Nov 2012 #36

"I can't even see the floor" Shampoobra Nov 2012 #37

You know, that's a little sad ismnotwasm Nov 2012 #38

That's quite an attention grabbing headline! Quantess Nov 2012 #39