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Why would a boy search for penis on the net?

28 replies

MrsSnape · 26/11/2008 22:04

I was just on youtube looking for a karate kata comp and when I typed "boy's ... " in a suggestion came up saying "Boy's penus"

It was actually spelt like that. Is this a YouTube suggestion based on popular searches (!) or does this mean that has been typed in before on our PC?

I would expect my 10 year old to be able to spell "penis" right but then I wouldn't expect my 8 year old to use the apostrophy so if it was one of them, I have no idea which.

Why would they search for that?

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chequersandroastedchestnuts · 26/11/2008 22:05

Because they want to know if theirs looks 'normal'?

NotanOtter · 26/11/2008 22:05

he he he think its your boy!

Spagblog · 26/11/2008 22:06

Self education

I used to look up all the rude words I could in the dictionary (and thesaurus) and probably would have looked online had it been available in the stone age.

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chequersandroastedchestnuts · 26/11/2008 22:06

{boys penus doesn't come up when I put it into youtube)

PhantomOfTheChocolateCakeAvena · 26/11/2008 22:06

It's bigger boys toliet humour. ds is 9, he says they all talk about willies at school. Sad eh!

mabanana · 26/11/2008 22:07

Because they had probably already searched for 'poo' and 'bum'?
I found my just five year old searching for 'poo' and 'wee' on Google! Thank heaven for safesearch, eh?
(though we were all singing The Poo And Wee song for weeks afterwards )

ANTagony · 26/11/2008 22:07

Most likely because its funny to use 'naughty' words. Type them, write them, use them to embarrass your parents at the most inapropriate moment. Probably not because they were really searching.

SlartyBartFast · 26/11/2008 22:07

it is in my youtube suggestion box too,
is it a song?

whoingodsnamewasi · 26/11/2008 22:08

Yes it means someone has typed it before into the search engine, I would'nt worry about it to be honest, all part of growing up

SlartyBartFast · 26/11/2008 22:08

seehere

MrsSnape · 26/11/2008 22:08

I was just wondering if he was curious. I think he may be gay (eldest) but am unsure as to whether it is too early to tell. I suppose I'm worried about him searching for stuff on the net, for one thing he could come across anything and secondary...if ever the PC went in to be prepared and they find "boy's penis" type searches, I'll have the police knocking at my door!

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ScummyMummy · 26/11/2008 22:08

lol! And sympathies- I caught mine google image searching for "sex" in the nick of time! Get some nanny software, girlfriend.

whoingodsnamewasi · 26/11/2008 22:09

Oh right ok, its in my suggestion box too, hmmm

SlartyBartFast · 26/11/2008 22:09

so don't worry, it wasnt your children - highly coincidential and extremely unlikely that my dc's would have made the same typign error

SlartyBartFast · 26/11/2008 22:10

i spose you tube change the spelling for some spam reason?

MrsSnape · 26/11/2008 22:10

ok could you do me a favour and type "penu" into youtube for me and tell me what comes up?

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whoingodsnamewasi · 26/11/2008 22:11

ewww, not nice stuff, something about, mouth and virginia.

chequersandroastedchestnuts · 26/11/2008 22:12

Oh wait, I forgot the apostrophe. Boy's penus does come up (pardon the terminology).

SantaGotStuckUpTheGreensleeve · 26/11/2008 22:12

Why wouldn't a boy look up penis on the net?

I remember looking up interesting or slightly risque words in a dictionary when I was 6 or 7. I think it's healthy and normal, and would be chuffed about the apostrophe

pointydog · 26/11/2008 22:12

boredom and curiosity?

SlartyBartFast · 26/11/2008 22:12

ye,
peanut butter.
penus,penus pics
penus in virgina among others, must be a way round spam,
perhaps?

MrsSnape · 26/11/2008 22:13

oh thank god! I got "penus in virgina" and "penus in mouth" stuff too. I was really starting to worry!

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SlartyBartFast · 26/11/2008 22:13

i used to look up Fart when i was young

SlartyBartFast · 26/11/2008 22:15

penis isnt actually listed in youtube >

harpomarx · 26/11/2008 22:15

mrs snape, afaik the youtube suggestion box refers to actually clips that are on you tube. It doesn't refer to things you have searched for before. I also have 'boy's penus'! in my suggestion box and I am anal about resetting my browser every time I log off (plus hardly anyone else uses my computer)