About
Penis Inspection Day is a copypasta which asks reader if they remember a school event the poster claims to remember in which their penis was inspected by a school staff member, usually a gym teacher. The joke comes from the subject mistaking their molestation for a physical routine.
Origin
The copypasta was popularized by a widely-spread screenshot of a Yahoo! Answers question (seen below), which was first shared as early as March of 2010.[1]
<I was talking to some people I know, and apparently I’m the only person who remembers “Penis Inspection Day” in Elementary School. The gym teacher took us into the washroom one at a time while everyone else kept playing, and tugged our foreskin back and inspected our penis to make sure we were developing properly and keeping clean. Surely I can’t be the only one who remembers this, other people must have had Penis Inspection Day at their school too.
Spread
Following the distribution of the screenshot, the question began to be asked multiple times on both Yahoo! Answers like the original, as well as other websites. An Urban Dictionary definition was submitted in December of 2010.[2] In March of 2012, the image was submitted to the subreddit /r/funny, where it gained over 500 upvotes on the sub and 900 upvotes on Imgur.[4][5] In Novermber of 2014, Reddit user fuckingpsychopath asked about the supposed event on the subreddit /r/OutOfTheLoop, where it gained 370 upvotes prior to being archived.[3]
Search Interest
External References
[1]JoyReactor – Do you remember “penis inspection day” at school?
[2]Urban Dictionary – Penis inspection day
[3]Reddit – Is penis inspection day a joke or something?
[4]Imgur – Do you remember “penis inspection day” at school?
[5]Reddit – Do you remember “penis inspection day” at school?