I just returned from a relatively uneventful visit to the doctor (nothing to be concerned about, thanks for asking). I saw a doctor and a nurse whom I’ve never met before which, of all the things that occurred today, left me with this strange and wonderful thought: the number of people in the world who have seen my naughty bits has increased by two.

Which got me thinking on the drive home about how many people there are in the world who have actually beheld my unmentionables. The count stands at what I believe is a modest 40, approximately, parents and family and the doctors and nurses who delivered me into the world and my high school gym class included.

So, in the spirit of getting to know each other a little better, how about a friendly little survey? How many people in the world, living or dead, have seen you in your birthday suit?

Comments

1. srlinuxx on 2007-08-20 20:02:58 wrote: This should be a poll. :D

2. Jacqueline on 2007-08-20 20:52:16 wrote: Heh, I figured this would be quite a small number until I really stopped to try to count. 5 immediate family members, two sets of grandparents, and who knows how many of my 14 aunts and uncles (plus their spouses) were present and/or involved in diaper changes! Even if we’re not counting during infanthood, living in Japan + public bathhouses = indeterminate (large) number of people who have seen me in the altogether, and that only takes me through high school…

3. Phil on 2007-08-20 22:08:03 wrote: My mom, dad, probably my older brother and sister, one aunt, a grandma, 7 or 8 fellow Scouts (skinny-dipping), a dozen or more dorm-mates (communal shower, boy did I hate that), one doctor, two nurses, and, of course, my wife. At least 30. Yikes! Oh, and I think my cats have spied on me in the shower.

4. fyngyrz on 2007-08-20 23:36:26 wrote: You really don’t want to know. :-)

5. John on 2007-08-21 00:03:24 wrote: I really do. Especially if it’s /lots/ because there’s probably a good story.

6. Matthew on 2007-08-21 06:05:50 wrote: Since I helped start a tradition at my college of running naked, hundreds have seen me naked. Luckily, it was before the age of digital cameras so I don’t think there’s photographic evidence.

7. Lady S on 2007-08-21 09:35:15 wrote: 12 or more non-family (doctors, nurses, and boyfriends) and probably a half-dozen or so more including my sister, parents and grandmothers (my grandfather doesn’t strike me as the diaper type). Oh, gosh and baby-sitters. And the people in the communal showers at camp. Yeah, so it’s a lot more than I would have guessed.

8. Melanie J. on 2007-08-21 14:04:44 wrote: I’m really too scared to even consider it. ;)

9. s’mee on 2007-08-21 15:07:59 wrote: I can think of 15 persons who have seen me nekked -these being the people who “would” see you in a non creepy way, like parents as a babe and family etc. There may be more; some that I have forgotten like baby sitters etc. Back in my day you got in your skin everyday of junior and high schools for showers during P.E., so there are untold numbers of women who could make comment about my identifying marks and scars. I did not include doctors because that would also be hard to sum up. Suffice it to say I have an HMO, so during the 6 pregnancies I had, 5 deliveries, 5 or so surgeries, 4+ “proceedures”, and numerous other medical occasions to party nekked with professionals and I don’t think I can count that high. Then there is that alien abduction. How many green people were on that ship???? I am sure if we all got together in one place it would be a small town. A very small, sad, perhaps terrified, little town. with my particular HMO your chances of seeing the same doctor when you arrive for a given appointment is slim to none.

10. Sylvia on 2007-08-21 15:55:08 wrote: ROFL at s’mee! I too have seen lots of doctors over a lifetime of regular checkups and various procedures, but maybe only ten of them have studied my naughty bits. But then there are the nurses and anestetists and the others in the room when you’re sedated, so who knows how many have looked at what! As far as having been completely naked, clothed, as it were, in my birthday suit, that would have been high numbers in my infancy and very early childhood, and moderate numbers in my college dorm and adult years, dwindling to a cherished few in my impending old age. Bottom line, a ballpark figure would be high enough to fill a very small ballpark. I would say a Little League ball park but that sounds creepy.

11. Laura on 2007-08-23 08:38:04 wrote: Oh you’re killing me here ! :D Let’s see the hospital staff who delivered me, family, folks who changed my diaper, PE, the Husband, the kids ( back when they were too tiny to leave unattended, but Mommy HAD to have a shower ! ), the various doctors & nurses who attended to my pregnancies & deliveries, a couple of paramedics-in-training who were also there … And like s’mee, I have an HMO, so never the same doctor twice if they can help it. Not quite a small town for me, but a large room-full. A room that would be very uncomfortable to walk into …

12. Debra on 2007-09-07 18:20:46 wrote: I’m not sure where the number would lie… there were always lots of people around when I was a small child and I wasn’t too shy back then… I’d venture to say at least fifty or so. John, I have to say though, I got quite a few strange looks when I started snickering when I read that you had written, “naughty bits”. Good job Sir, good job.

13. Lelia Katherine Thomas on 2007-09-19 03:49:40 wrote: I think maybe 10 people, including non-family and doctors. I’m sure these 10 have been searching for a better nude body than mine since they saw me, but le sigh they just haven’t found it yet.