A pinky finger?! That’s a bit large, I’d think, unless it got that way by him sounding (aka cock stuffing). I’m not sure it would be a health concern, though – other than the risk of something crawling up in there.

I have seen people shove AA batteries in there.

That seems rather large. I’m guessing here but I think I am closer to the lead/graphite in a #2 wooden pencil.

The largest catheters are 9.3 mm, a little more than ⅓ inch. That’s a bit smaller than my pinkie, so a pinkie sized opening would be huge, although I am sure there are body mod sites that have shown larger ones.

This discussion hurts just to think about.

ugh, sounding…don’t even want to think about that; can’t believe some people are actually into that.

It’s narrow. A pinky finger would seem big in comparison to the opening (meatus). Having had a catheter in there (which was not very big at all and certainly smaller than a pinky), I know that it’s damn narrow considering how painful that was. Do you know someone with a noticeably larger one? I don’t know that it causes any health issues.

So…

here is a sounding training kit. 3 mm to 14mm sizes included.

According to Grey’s Anatomy, the male urethra is 3 millimeters wide. Pinky finger would be big, “Sounds” are instruments for probing and dilating passages within the body. If anything large is used it may stretch and cause tearing in the urethra and will also cause infection.

When I had that inflammation reaction and couldn’t go, the one they stuffed up me at the er was a bit larger than a pencil lead, but considerably smaller than a pencil. That hurt something awful, but oh what a relief to finally drain! This shows a pretty good scale in relation to the hand and fingers.

The opening is called the utethral meatus. According to this study, its size varies greatly in human males over 12 years of age (I couldn’t casually find any similar study for adults, but perhaps a jelly with online access to medical journals could look further.). Those poor boys – they measured their meatus sizes by sounding! What kind of parent would give permission for their kid to be included in that study?? “Oh hey Mr Smith, we finished up little Billy’s tonsillectomy, but now we’re wondering if it’d be ok for us to stick a rod up his penis.”

If I speak with my urologist buddy anytime soon I’ll ask her and check back in.

@Smitha According to Grey’s Anatomy The book or the TV show?

@johnpowell http://education.yahoo.com/reference/gray/subjects/subject/256

Larger if the male engages in the sexual practice known as “muzzleloading.”

The scope I have is 6 mm and only a barbarian would insert that without first administering an appropriate anesthetic.

Men amuse themselves by ramming over-large rods up their meatus? To what end? Is there often permanent damage, or does the tunnel spring back like the uterus and cervix do after child-birth?

The bizarre things people discover to occupy their time never ceases to surprise me.

‘Muzzleloading”? TMI

@gailcalled

Nerve endings. Why else?

TMI is a relative metric.

@LuckyGuy:

Scope?

Do you mean sound?

Edit: Never tried this, not saying I categorically wouldn’t.

@gailcalled No kidding! Yikes! reminds me a rude awakening I had once, saw a picture of a guy in the ER up in stirrups while they extracted a giant spud from his rectum. I am forever scarred. The size of that tater could have fed a family of 3 for 2 days.lol

@LuckyGuy:

Bravo for understanding the the purpose of the modern human body is testing it’s limits.

@SecondHandStoke Yes…scope… We humans are naught but self-replicating thermodynamic machines. It is an engineer’s job to find the limit for any test design through, math modelling, stress testing, and/or direct observation and measurement.
Ouch!

I once peed out a kidney stone that was 5.4 mm in diameter.

^ Ow. I passed a similar-sized gallstone once; thought I was having a heart attack.

Had my share of kidney stones pass.

The Imaging Tech let me look for myself. One doesn’t need training to see there are tons more.

I keep various synthetic opiates in the house.

I used to just go to the ER and say “kidney stones”. Get’s you right to the mainline morphine.

I’ve passed out immediately sometimes.

One time not quickly enough to avoid noticing the masturbation session initiated by the homeless guy in the gurney next to me.

Like I gave a shit at that point.

One time the pain was so bad that I called EMS.

One moron said “It’s his appendix.” I said MY appendix is on the other side.

I dunno, glad my pee hole ain’t that big though. lol