# Getting to first base **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 1, 1999, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-first-base/2655 "1999-08-01T06:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 1999, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-first-base/2655/1 "1999-08-01T06:50:00Z")
Okay, I’m naive, but what exactly is entailed in “getting to first base?” And what are the requirements for second and third? A home run seems pretty clear… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 1999, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-first-base/2655/2 "1999-08-01T08:38:00Z")
Well, when I was a junior member they were as follows: 1. Kissing 2. Petting above the waist. 3. Petting below the waist. 4. Intercourse Can’t remember where we put oral, Larry ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 1999, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-first-base/2655/3 "1999-08-01T12:42:00Z")
It’s funny. Nowadays as I am getting older, it seems that getting to first base is the hardest part. But once I get to first base, home plate is just a skip away. Dating seems to get more complicated as we get older. The signs of interest become less and less and very ambiguous. And once you get through all the ambiguity and get that first kiss, or hold hands even, the rest is just a matter of course. * * * ¾È ³ç, ÁÖ µ¿ ÀÏ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 1999, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-first-base/2655/4 "1999-08-01T16:04:00Z")
Give this thread a base on balls. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 1999, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-first-base/2655/5 "1999-08-01T16:52:00Z")
::biting tongue:: Nope, nope, it’s too easy a set-up, too easy a line . . . . -Melin ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 1999, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-first-base/2655/6 "1999-08-01T16:57:00Z")
Pixoid, I don’t know how old you are, but getting ‘to the bases’ is a very old idea & I would be surprised if anyone is mature enough these days to even consider it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 1999, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-first-base/2655/7 "1999-08-01T21:34:00Z")
I’m in high school, and I’ve only heard of getting to the bases in movies. I doubt that many people think of it, nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 1999, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-first-base/2655/8 "1999-08-01T22:28:00Z")
Well I checked the rule book and it seems that if you DO get to first base and there is a balk then you get to go to second base. But it has been my experince that if you get to first base and there is a balk then that’s as far as you get and then you go home.(Just look out for the man in the mask.) Hope this helps Pix. * * * " Pardon me while I have a strange interlude."-Marx (Melissa Gilbert is in the rest room right now or she would have a snappy comeback) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 1999, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-first-base/2655/9 "1999-08-02T01:28:00Z")
Well, I know about bases, and I’m 17. But I haven’t discussed things in terms of “Which base?” in years…I think bases are meant to euphemize things for people not mature enough to use proper terminology… For example, I have a friend who’s pretty naiive and will only talk about bases…so if I’m talking to her I’ll use those terms, because otherwise she gets VERY uncomfortable and blushes, etc. But talking to, well, any of my other friends, I’m pretty specific…because diplomacy isn’t an issue. * * * Love, Pippy And now, for something completely different. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 1999, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-first-base/2655/10 "1999-08-02T04:04:00Z")
Biting tongues, Melin? Generally that will get you thrown out of the game. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 1999, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-first-base/2655/11 "1999-08-02T04:50:00Z")
Mike King writes: Biting tongues, Melin? Generally that will get you thrown out of the game. –Biting tongues means you headed for second base first. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 1999, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-first-base/2655/12 "1999-08-02T23:01:00Z")
The four Fs: 1st base=French, 2nd=Feel, 3rd=Finger and a round-tripper is F\*\*\*. * * * “Quoth the Raven, ‘Nevermore.’” E A Poe ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 1999, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-first-base/2655/13 "1999-08-19T03:22:00Z")
Does this mean I’m getting to second every time I scratch a dogs ears? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 1999, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-first-base/2655/14 "1999-08-19T03:52:00Z")
Hey, I just made up a great children’s song! F_ck of blow, f_ck or blow, either way you blow your load! (Must imagine Christmas bells in background) ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 1999, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-first-base/2655/15 "1999-08-19T03:57:00Z")
I must apologize to everyone. But it really is fun to sing, provided the lil ones are out of the room. ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 1999, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-first-base/2655/16 "1999-08-19T15:37:00Z")
I just heard a comedienne on the Comedy Channel (sorry, I’ve forgotten her name) who said she stuffed her bra, so that anyone who got to second base found the bases were loaded! LOL!