Bright side is you wont choke and die of sufocation. Maybe it is natural evolution. Simmi Garewal did claim that Indian men are undersexed!
Salil wrote: > > No wrath yet, let's hope someone with self-esteem issues jumps in and > asks you to stop calling him shorty. That would be fun :) Cheers Salil --- On > Wed, 30/12/09, Deep <gaymanproud31@ yahoo.co. in> wrote: From: Deep > <gaymanproud31@ yahoo.co. in> Subject: g_b BBC News: Condoms too big for > Indian men To: gay_bom...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Wednesday, 30 December, > 2009, 10:33 PM > > Salil I post these "serious" articles when I get to see them during my > sojourns on the Net. > I am acutely aware that some of these "studies" would rouse people's > wrath on this forum. But that, after all, is the purpose of having this > mailing list. Life would be boring if we all kept harping on the same > old threads and agreeing with each other. I like to provoke discussions > - I guess I shall get brickbats along the way, but that adds to the > excitement. > What do you think? > Deep > http://gaynotes. blogspot. com/ > --- In gay_bom...@yahoogro ups.com , Manoj <Zeus200477@ ...> wrote: >> >> righto Salil >>  >> Also considering the fact that China + south east asia + India total > to more than 60% of world population, the world average or > 'international standard' (in length) should be lower and not higher > ..... simple ganeet :-) >>  >> The difference in girth is the only thing that would really really > matter for this specific case (for any thing more than approx 2 inches > probably). >>  >> does longer = thicker? ....... maybe so many times .....but not always > as any true blooded connoisseur of penises will tell you  >>  >> :-D >>  >> Manoj. >> >> --- On Wed, 30/12/09, Salil salilmumbai@ ... wrote: >> >> >> From: Salil salilmumbai@ ... >> Subject: Re: g_b BBC News: Condoms too big for Indian men >> To: gay_bom...@yahoogro ups.com >> Date: Wednesday, 30 December, 2009, 12:53 AM >> >> >>  >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Deep, >> >> This is a three year old study - I wonder why you suddenly felt like > posting it to the list. The study was reported widely, I would have read > it in one of the mainstream Indian newspapers rather than the BBC. The > idea of shorter condoms seems to have thereafter disappeared without > impact. In any case, though I would like to believe the ICMR knows what > its doing, I see too many flaws in the study, at least as reported. >> >> "The study found that more than half of the men measured had penises > that were shorter than international standards for condoms." >> >> Comment : By definition, half the population is on each side of any > average. So if condoms are made for the average size, half of all men > should be shorter - and the other half longer ! Since the condom is > meant to accomodate larger than average size penises, it is bound to be > made larger than what would be perfect for the average penis length. > Thus, it follows that much more than half the population would find them > large. In any case, they are to be rolled up at the base, so I don't see > what point is being made. >> >> "about 60% of Indian men have penises which are between three and five > centimetres shorter than international standards used in condom > manufacture" >> >> Comment : Unless there is a comparison with how penises in at least > one other country measure up, this is a meaningless statement. If I > understand correctly, condoms are longer than required by design ! >> >> "The issue is serious because about one in every five times a condom > is used in India it either falls off or tears, an extremely high failure > rate. " >> >> Comment : It is difficult to understand how extra length can make a > condom fall off or tear. I would guess that lack of access to > water-based lubricants and lack of information on proper use of a condom > would be significant contributors to condoms tearing and falling off, > respectively. By definition if a condom is too long and therefore > (correctly) rolled up at the base, it is tighter, not looser ! The > correct measure , when investigating slippage, would be condom > circumference - which the report does not seem to have measured. >> >> "And the country already has the highest number of HIV infections of > any nation" >> >> This statistic was deemed correct when the study was completed in > 2006, but the current UNAIDS numbers, post the recent correction in the > Indian statistics, is ~ 2.5 million infections in India as compared to ~ > 5.7 million infections in South Africa. Not that its a contest score, > but thought it important to set the record straight on this dated > article. >> >> Cheers >> Salil >> >> --- On Tue, 29/12/09, Deep <gaymanproud31@ yahoo.co. in> wrote: >> >> >> From: Deep <gaymanproud31@ yahoo.co. in> >> Subject: g_b BBC News: Condoms too big for Indian men >> To: gay_bom...@yahoogro ups.com >> Date: Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 11:15 PM >> >> >>  >> >> >> >> Condoms 'too big' for Indian men By Damian Grammaticus >> BBC News, Delhi >> >> >> A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms > made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of > Indian men. >> The study found that more than half of the men measured had penises > that were shorter than international standards for condoms. >> It has led to a call for condoms of mixed sizes to be made more widely > available in India. >> The two-year study was carried out by the Indian Council of Medical > Research. >> >> Over 1,200 volunteers from the length and breadth of the country had > their penises measured precisely, down to the last millimetre. >> The scientists even checked their sample was representative of India > as a whole in terms of class, religion and urban and rural dwellers. >> >> " It's not size, it's what you do with it that matters " >> Sunil Mehra >> The conclusion of all this scientific endeavour is that about 60% of > Indian men have penises which are between three and five centimetres > shorter than international standards used in condom manufacture. >> Doctor Chander Puri, a specialist in reproductive health at the Indian > Council of Medical Research, told the BBC there was an obvious need in > India for custom-made condoms, as most of those currently on sale are > too large. >> The issue is serious because about one in every five times a condom is > used in India it either falls off or tears, an extremely high failure > rate. >> And the country already has the highest number of HIV infections of > any nation. >> 'Not a problem' >> Mr Puri said that since Indians would be embarrassed about going to a > chemist to ask for smaller condoms there should be vending machines > dispensing different sizes all around the country. >> "Smaller condoms are on sale in India. But there is a lack of > awareness that different sizes are available. There is anxiety talking > about the issue. And normally one feels shy to go to a chemist's shop > and ask for a smaller size condom." >> But Indian men need not be concerned about measuring up > internationally according to Sunil Mehra, the former editor of the > Indian version of the men's magazine Maxim. >> "It's not size, it's what you do with it that matters," he said. >> "From our population, the evidence is Indians are doing pretty well. >> "With apologies to the poet Alexander Pope, you could say, for inches > and centimetres, let fools contend." Story from BBC NEWS: >> http://news. bbc.co.uk/ go/pr/fr/ -/2/hi/south_ asia/6161691. stm >> >> Published: 2006/12/08 13:08:43 GMT >> >> © BBC MMIX >> >> Deep >> http://gaynotes. blogspot. com/ >> >> >> > The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage . > The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
