Banana Plugs too narrow

Can I simply remove the plugs and use bare wire? 
Can I insert the plugs in the binding posts where the bare wire would go? 
The wire and plugs looked normal to me:
Tuneful cables Belden 9497, Cotton jacket, silver beryllium BFA.
The owner/manufacturer was very nice and spent an inordinate amount of time with me, but his wire simple had no connection.  It just slipped in and out of the hole in the binding post.
Thanks

BTW, the humor concerning engorgement is acknowledged, but really, not very witty.  Sorry.  My assumption is males who are fixated on their appendage, must be very insecure about said organ. 

Sophomoric humor.  I guess people who understand audio engineering find Caddyshack to be the epitome of humor.  It must be a generational thing.