Category: The Dish

Finally – an authoritative scientific study of penises, and the men who worry about them. Get out that tape measure:

Drawing upon the results of 12 relevant studies, the review, detailed in the British Journal of Urology (BJU) International, finds that the average erect penis is about 5.5 to 6.2 inches long and about 4.7 to 5.1 inches in circumference.

If you’re underwhelmed, there’s hope:

The doctors point out some ancient tried and true methods for penis enlargement, but these aren’t any more comfortable. Indian Sadhus men, for example, use weights to increase their penis length, while the Topamina of Brazil encourage poisonous snakes to bite their penises to get a size boost that lasts six months.

I may pass on that one.

You can learn a lot from dubbing the non-graphic parts of a 1970s porn movie. A weird and occasionally hilarious combination of 70s hair, politics, and sexuality. Enjoy:

Finally, my leg may get a rest.

Google’s new gizmo:

It might be illegal in Europe. Here too, in some instances. Someone has already complained, of course. When they manage to do it all in HD, no one need ever leave the couch. Paris in twenty seconds. And you get to sleep in your own bed.

The good guy still working – hard – for the Bush administration.

He was 17; she was 15. If they’d had full intercourse, there would be no problem. But he’s a sex offender for life, and still in jail. Unbelievable.

Good grief.

From the Dutch, of course:

Despite the photograph, the stamps won’t bloom en route, but rather are embedded in the stamp beneath a thin layer of plastic. The lucky recipient simply peels back the plastic, plants the stamp and seeds, and watches them bloom. We love the fact that the poetic design is issued through such a civic entity, and the concept of delivering something cheery (and natural) through such an everyday object.

And from Sweden: talking paper.

Leahy and Specter have introduced a bill to restore the Great Writ in the United States. If you care about American liberty, there is no greater cause right now. Do your bit by calling or emailing your Senators and representatives.

A poem for the day from Poetry Daily.