Talk:Penis game
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Penis game survived vfd. See: Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Penis game -- Wile E. Heresiarch 14:07, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] Pun notice
Removed the following text from the article by Christofurio: "One seldom sees the stub notice in contexts where it serves as a naughty pun -- but this is one of those times." Funny, but not really appropriate for the article. - Plutor 11:20, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Stub notice, bogies
I relinked bogies, some people will want to click that for sure; some might even expand the bogie article too. I readded the stub message because this is nowhere near a full article length yet. Maybe if it sits as a stub for several months it should go, but I'm sure there is encyclopedic information yet to be added. —siroχo 06:17, Jul 18, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] From the VfD
I have copied the following from the VfD, as I find it very interesting, and useful (especially the last comment, about the rules of in- and out-groups). I'd like to see it added to the article, though we need a real source first. —MikeX (talk) 05:47, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)
- This game is known in England. I have it on reliable evidence that British troops stationed in Germany play a variant in local drinking establishments, called 'Gestapo'. So if Penis had to go, aside from profanity shouting and vulgarity shouting games, we would also need an article for 'words of historical embarrassment shouting games'. Adhib 14:52, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- So, ah, how do the local burghers im die Bier-Hall respond? Shame over their Nazi past, or anger at being reminded by their liberators' Army? -- orthogonal 05:14, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Naturally, the playing of the game results in tensions between players and other customers. I think this case is revealing in that it demonstrates that the 'offence word' serves mainly to test whether a player is more loyal to in-group or to out-group norms of behaviour. The winner is the one who is most 'in-group', obeying the rules of the game slavishly, and who is least sensitive to 'out-group' pressures. If played in an environment populated entirely by in-group members, the game is not fun, as it provides no such test.
- I can attest that my brother played it in High School in Scotland. Alasdairking 9 Dec 2005.
[edit] Vagina game
I have never heard of a penis game before, but I know that some people (personally, I have known of Australian university students) to play a vagina game, which is the same thing, different word.--137.111.130.147 09:44, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] online?
How in the world would this be played online? Use a bigger and bigger font? Joyous | Talk 14:32, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
- Yes. You'd think the original version would have been sophisticated enough for people. --BDD 04:50, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Australia
In Australia, I've only ever heard the 'penis!' version of the penis game... or 'cock' etc. Can any other Aussies back me up on this?
- Probably not, given that there is a post above where someone with an Australian IP claims they know of Aussie uni students playing a vagina game... Nil Einne 17:07, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
NESPE
Edited to avoid offense, as the article had effectively insinuated that Australians are supposed to be more foul mouthed than anyone else. Of course, I'd be happy to change it back if someone could offer a citation for a study that proves me wrong. Otherwise it comes across as more of a racist generalization than a statement of fact. --203.217.29.190 10:20, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
