Editing Dick Lips (section)

== Background==
"Dick Lips" was written about an experience in [[Tom DeLonge]]'s high school years, in which he got kicked out of [[Poway High School]] during his junior year (1991) after being caught inebriated at a school basketball game.<ref name="shooman44"/> He then attended [[Rancho Bernardo High School]] for the remainder of his high school years. "Being kicked out of school was bad, but it was also the best thing in my life. Because none of us would be here today," DeLonge said in 2001.<ref name="p9"/> "Blink-182 is one million percent around today because I got kicked out of school.”<ref name=p9>Hoppus, 2001. p. 9</ref> The title has no real significance; it was an insult bandied around the Big Fish Studios while recording, that the band wanted to record "for posterity."<ref name=shooman44>Shooman, 2010. p. 43–44</ref>

The song largely "failed to register" on international charts, in part due to the continued success of [[lead single]] "[[Dammit (Growing Up)|Dammit]]".<ref name=shooman45>Shooman, 2010. p. 45</ref><ref name=shooman47>Shooman, 2010. p. 47</ref>