Germans think they're well-hung - but they're not

[Champ]

BERLIN (Reuters) - Most German men wear condoms of the wrong size, a condom distributor has said, after asking more than 2,500 men to measure their erect penis.


"People measure their feet when they buy shoes. Why shouldn't they measure their penises? A man would not wear children's shoes," said Jan Vinzenz Krause of Vinico, which released the study's findings on World AIDS (news - web sites) Day.


Most condom boxes in Germany indicated size but men, due to embarrassment or vanity, rarely checked or just bought those marked "extra large", he said on Wednesday.


Vinico's survey recommended various brands to be used -- depending on the endowment of the wearer.


The study found the average erect penis size was 14.7 cm (5-3/4 inches), with 40 percent of participants reporting lengths between 12 and 15 cm (4-3/4 and 5-7/8 inches).
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=856&ncid=856&e=1&u=/nm/20041201/od_uk_nm/oukoe_germany_condoms

[Ediacara]

1. NO SEX THREADS!!!

LOL.....

[sui generis]

5. why is this a sex thread?

and why do they think that Germans (evil Germans) are the only people who overbuy the Latte Grande size of rubbers?

Just take a peek in any AMERICAN store at the rubber collection and you will find that either we are remarkably over endowed or the large and extra large rubbers are remarkably understocked.

[Kikosexy2]

2. Aaaaahhh!...

Such size queens! And women wonder why cucumbers are better than men.

[CornField]

3. How exactly

does one request that others measure their erect penis?

[Fenris]

4. Why shouldn't they measure their penises? A man would not wear children's

shoes.

That has to be the weirdest thing I've ever read. Odd juxtaposition.

[Kellanved]

6. actually

When compared with the condoms normally used by the participants, the results showed only 18 percent wore the right size, with nearly half squeezing into condoms that were too small and 34 percent trying to use those that were too big.

Reading seems to be a skill unknown to the guys at Reuters. :shrug:

[pagerbear]

7. Why not try the condoms on in the store?

You do that with shoes.

[StopTheMorans]

10. GROSS!!!!!!!!!!

would you have to wear "condom socks" to try them on?

[jdots]

8. Help me please !

how do i get this kids shoe of my willy ?

[BlueJazz]

9. This truly makes me Feel Lousy.

"The study found the average erect penis size was 14.7 cm (5-3/4 inches)"

Mine's only 4 inches ....wide

Heh..Heh...

[Modem Butterfly]

11. Reminds me of a joke about two men on a bridge

But I'm sure everyone's heard it.

"This water sure is cold,"

"Deep, too,"

[LionInWinter]

12. Darn Germans ...

always trying to occupy more space than they're entitled to!

[underpants]

13. Guess what-they are a strange people

I'm just saying

[sui generis]

14. yeah with all that watermelon eating, I mean schnitzel eating

that's a stereotype - Germans are exactly as good and bad and screwed up as Americans, and there's even a similar rivalry between the north and the south each thinking the other rude and uptight or backwards country rubes.

[Kellanved]

15. a little(!) follow-up.

Found this in today's Spiegel Online link list:

:evilgrin:
http://www.andromedical.com/servlets/cambiapagina?pagina=estan
The whole anti-French wave finally explained.

[the Princess]

16. Oh that's just sad

I'm NEVER going to Germany.