Terrell

I'm okay with mine, it stands when I need it to, though sometimes it stands when I don't want it to. Works properly in every way. It's a grower, though I wish it was more a shower, average in size. I'm 6'1", 200+, & size 10 shoe.

Martian

I think that's the first time I've ever heard a penis described as 'festive.'

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mixedmedia

well, it's about time, don't you think?

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Charlatan

Grower...

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Martian

I suppose. Some people even decorate them, although I'm not so brave as that.

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ratbastid

I once heard an female acquaintance refer to the penis as "the friendliest organ".

This statement was followed by the exclamation, "Hello!"

Martian

I find myself wondering if your too-big spoon is a metaphor.

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Xerxys

Definitely, ode to the dick!! I'm average, curves to the left, was sad for a while, some time back, it refused to function, **violent shudder** but that was only because I was feeling insecure. Now we get along fine, it beckons, I answer. Listening to it has certainly made me a better person!!

ktspktsp

I like it. It's like an old friend . I used to be much more self conscious because it has a curve, but after I started having sex I found out that it didn't matter at all so that was that.

Regarding its size, it's a bit above average; also performs quite well on math and verbal testing (wait - wrong organ...).

Oh, and I think it's a shower, since it's never that small even when soft.

guy44

On the grower vs shower issue, it can vary. Mostly it's the former, sometimes the latter.

I think it depends on a lot of variable: am I cold? wet? Watching a really depressing movie? Wearing boxers or briefs, tight pants or loose pants? Working out, standing still? It really does change based on circumstances.

Anyways, we have a love/hate relationship, in that we hate it when I'm the only one giving it any love.

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PlanG

Mostly I'm a grower, but on odd days it can be a full on shower.. not really sure what controls that, as it can do the showing sometimes when it's cold, not just warm.
However, make me run around or do sports and I get full-on sports cock.. near enough vanishes

snowy

Well, when I see one, I feel the need to have a party.

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Daniel_

Never heard it called this before, but I know what you mean.

I tell you the worst thing though. I once wore the wrong underwear to the gym, and got pins-and-needles of the scrotum.

That's pretty much the worse feeling I've ever had there.

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abaya

That's right. It certainly did not matter at all, and in fact I find the curve to hit just the right spot...

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Tully Mars

When I dive- anything below 50-60 feet and it takes hours for mine to pop his head back out. And no it's not cold water issue. I'm diving in bath temp. water these days. Back when I did a lot of diving in the Pacific Northwest I wore a dry suit and would come up sweating.

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MSD

Put a miniature party hat on it and you'll understand.
2 atmospheres of pressure will do that to you. If vacuum pumping can expand it for hours, all that pressure on the erectile tissue will squeeze out all blood except what's necessary to prevent necrosis of the wang.

Daniel_

Surely this is not true, because the body is being pressurised equally within and without?

The breathing gas is at 2 bar, the water is at 2 bar, so the pressure differential across the body is at 2 bar.

If this wasn't the cse, your eyes woud implode and your tongue would shrivel up, surely?

I know physics and I know biology, but I don't know diving (other than the muff type).

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Tully Mars

I always assumed it had to do with the increased nitrogen saturation in your system. That and the general effects of increased physical activity, though I do try to dive with very little physical out put- don't want to be an air hog. But as always I could be wrong. All I know is after diving to any depth my cock is more of a rumor than anything else. I will say when diving on the southern end of the Mayan Rivera it does return to normal rather quickly. Not sure about the science of it but my gut feeling is it's an effect of the topless beaches.

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Jenna

What exactly constitutes being a grower vs. a shower?

Is going from 4 inches to about 7.5 inches a "grower?"

Borla

A "grower" is someone whose penis might be fairly small when flaccid. However, once it gets excited, it might get 2-3x that size. Sometimes even going from appearing to be on the small side of things to being just the opposite.

A "shower" is someone whose penis appears to be fairly large when flaccid. When excited, it doesn't really grow that much.

Sometimes a "grower" ends up bigger than a "shower" when the most important time for size comes, even if initial appearances might suggest otherwise.

Obviously there are exceptions to both groups.

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Daniel_

It's the growers who gt teased by the other guys in the locker-room.

But you know what? As a grower, if you're with a girl who's previously had a WYSIWYG penis (starts at 90% of its erect size) she sees it at half mast, and is totally impressed when "in action" it's 3 times the size it was.

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Suave

LOL. A solid answer.

I'm pretty indifferent. It's like a hammer - you whip it out to nail some projects real good on occasion, maybe play with it and whack it around just for fun, but at the end of the day it's just a hammer and it spends most of its time in the toolbox.

I would have a hard time living without a hammer, though. Especially since I like to think of myself as a bit of a handyman.

Daoust: you can probably (e)rectify that tight foreskin issue by just stretching it bit by bit over time by trying to pull it behind the head when you are erect. I know it works for some people, anyway.

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AndTylerToo

Definite grower, but I prefer it, for pretty much all of the positive reasons stated so far. It appears more impressive to see it get erect, for all parties involved, and it makes me feel really cool. It also doesn't get in the way when not needed. Think about it, what would look cooler, a penis staying mostly the same size at ~6in just getting harder, or a penis going from 2-3 inches to a full 6? The journey is amazing.

Suave

I don't know what you guys are talking about. Every source I've read on the subject stated that, while growers grow MORE, showers still grow, and the general tendency is for a penis that is larger while flaccid to also be larger while erect (although not by as great a margin).

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MSD

I'd imagine that the biggest downside the being a shower is the lack of a comical "BOING" sound when you get hard.

Daniel_

That's the point I was making.

If a woman is used to seeing 25% growth in a shower guy, she's going to be really impressed by my 300% increase.

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ItWasMe

I'm finding it very interesting, as well as humorous as hell, that you've labelled yourselves. Growers and Showers, indeed. LoL

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LoganSnake

This is the first time I've heard of these labels. I've probably spent more times with my dick than most, but I've never thought of the way it looks or how others would perceive it.

My penis is fully functional and is of good length and girth.

With that, I am happy.

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Daniel_

So we might say you're a Solid Snake...?

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LoganSnake

That's actually where the Snake part of my screen name comes from. So you're right on the money.

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m0rpheus

Indeed obligatory and true. It's my dick and I love him (often)

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AndTylerToo

Haha, Exactly .

levite

Well, I suppose I'm quite fond of mine. It works just fine, and provides hours of fun (1 to 3 players, ages 18 and up). Still, I do wish it were just a bit bigger. But I expect it could certainly be worse: all in all, he's a fine little fellow.

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lotsofmagnets

win

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So, I've been working with music-making software for years now, with a lot of frustration in the past. I got a newer, more professional package in the past year and experienced the same issue. However, with more time, a lot of research, and practice, I've been getting better results. I'm really starting to get good. But it made me realize that I could have done great stuff even with my older software.

Better equipment does make a difference... But far less of a difference as to how well *I* use my tool.



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That said, anyone seen a really large framed black guy's wang?
Christ almighty.

loquitur

I have never heard the terms "grower" and "shower" before today. And that's after owning a perfectly fine, serviceable and pleasing piece of male reproductive equipment for my entire life on this earth.

Prince

I love my cock.

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RenaissanceII

Servicable and able to service

My only minor quibble is that I am cut, (I did not have much say in it at the time, tho I'd imagine I wailed...)

/I was kinda young (the mind protects itself by forgetting)

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lotsofmagnets

saw this thread start ages ago and though long and hard about an answer (ba dum chi) and now that i´m off to work later than expected i thought i´d sit down and write one. i haven´t really sat down and thought about it and i´ve never compared when at the urinal or the like since i know it´s 90% method and 10% tool so the whole size & shape thing was irrelevant to me. although i guess my view may be from a slightly privileged position given when i saw porn i wasn´t intimidated by the guys at all then told that in porn they all seem to be much larger than average and when my last gf showed of her new dildo for when i was away (she was like a rabbit....) upon comparison the fake was actually smaller than the real thing so i figured i had inherited from the better end of the gene pool. also, i´d never heard "grower" vs. "shower" until this thread but i think i´d be pretty squarely in the shower category which means choosing pants pretty carefully or selective assortment of various goods in various pockets as it´s hard carrying around a not-so-concealed weapon (ba dum chi again...) i think at the end of the day it came down to the look on my gf´s face during sex. she was not complaining. as said before: hours of fun

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Blackthorn

I'll be sending over my carpet cleaning bill as I just spit coffee out through my nose after reading this... excellent!

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