# How does an orgy happen?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [January 10, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467 "2007-01-10T22:54:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/1 "2007-01-10T22:54:52Z")
Maybe I’ve been reading to much about the seedy side of world history: Popes, bishops, princes and kings living debauched lives and the like.
Is there an orgy coordinator?\* Person with a clip board, “Please remember to strech before entering the anal penetration area. Please watch your step!” \* Does everyone spontaneously decide to take their clothes off and fuck?
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/2 "2007-01-10T23:03:13Z")
A good orgy requires organization and planning. What happens if you run out of lube half-way through? Will the chocolate sauce stain the couch? Will the whole thing terrorize the cat? So much to consider. Best to hire a pro, rather than attempt to plan one yourself.
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### Author:  [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/3 "2007-01-10T23:04:45Z")
I imagine the popes, kings, etc. could just ask someone to round up however many people they want. OTOH, my ex-roommate works at a hospital where he says there’s a “Naughty Nurses” group that rounds up a whole bunch of young hospital employees via MySpace and organizes a big orgy. (Coworkers only because everyone knows who’s on the pill, who’s got herpes, etc. It’s a brilliant idea.)
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### Author:  [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/4 "2007-01-10T23:05:50Z")
UH-OH! No listing in my yellow pages under Orgy Planner.
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### Author:  [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/5 "2007-01-10T23:06:15Z")
[QUOTE=silenus]
Best to hire a pro, rather than attempt to plan one yourself.
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Well damn! I thought I could skip the middle man (juvenile giggle) to save a few bucks. 😃
Honestly, I am very boring, especially when it comes to sex. Just having a lot of random, strange questions in my head this week.
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### Author:  [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/6 "2007-01-10T23:08:43Z")
I’m impressed that this thread has been viewed 6 times and is up to 4 posts. I expected a lot more people thinking this very question to themselves and only opening the thread in hopes of also finding an answer.
I don’t know how house parties turn into orgies (my guess is alcohol and illegal substances), but I do know that several big cities have dedicated clubs for it.
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### Author:  [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/7 "2007-01-10T23:12:28Z")
[QUOTE=fetus]
OTOH, my ex-roommate works at a hospital where he says there’s a “Naughty Nurses” group that rounds up a whole bunch of young hospital employees via MySpace and organizes a big orgy. (Coworkers only because everyone knows who’s on the pill, who’s got herpes, etc. It’s a brilliant idea.)
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Would be a really interesting new plot twist for _Grey’s Anatomy_. 😛
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### Author:  [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/8 "2007-01-10T23:13:40Z")
I’d be happy to explain. Who has a paypal account? 😃
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/9 "2007-01-10T23:27:19Z")
[QUOTE=Mouse\_Maven]
Does everyone spontaneously decide to take their clothes off and fuck?
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The only literal orgy I ever attended started as a run-of-the-mill nerd party. A little after midnight, the hostess loudly declared that anyone who wished to remain were required to strip down, and everyone else could hit the road. Good times.
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/10 "2007-01-10T23:32:17Z")
Just remembering that obliterated my ability to compose a grammatically-correct sentence. Huh.
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### Author:  [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/11 "2007-01-10T23:34:23Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Mudd]
The only literal orgy I ever attended started as a run-of-the-mill nerd party. A little after midnight, the hostess loudly declared that anyone who wished to remain were required to strip down, and everyone else could hit the road. Good times.
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Yeah, those band camp nerds really know how to party.
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/12 "2007-01-10T23:36:36Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Mudd]
The only literal orgy I ever attended started as a run-of-the-mill nerd party. A little after midnight, the hostess loudly declared that anyone who wished to remain were required to strip down, and everyone else could hit the road. Good times.
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At a nerd party? So, you had yourself in the kitchen…over the table…in the bathroom…
😃
Good question, **Mouse**. Never having participated, been invited to participate, or had even the faintest idea that there were orgies going on anywhere, I have no idea about the answers.
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### Author:  [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/13 "2007-01-10T23:40:35Z")
How many is necessary for a legitimate orgy as opposed to just, say, a four-way or something?
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### Author:  [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/14 "2007-01-10T23:58:06Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik]
How many is necessary for a legitimate orgy as opposed to just, say, a four-way or something?
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According to Benny Hill, all that’s required is one extra person, not invoved, to say “Aw, gee!”
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### Author:  [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/15 "2007-01-11T00:03:45Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik]
How many is necessary for a legitimate orgy as opposed to just, say, a four-way or something?
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In my experience, all it needs is some nurses and a passing window-cleaner.
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### Author:  [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/16 "2007-01-11T00:23:08Z")
Not easy to set up, according to reliable sources. 😛 [URL=http://www.theonion.com/content/node/27879]
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### Author:  [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2007, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/17 "2007-01-11T00:37:13Z")
> [@Quiddity Glomfuster](#):
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> Would be a really interesting new plot twist for Grey’s Anatomy.
I seem to recall the pilot wasn’t too different from that. Less formal and less polygamous, but still…
> [@featherlou](#):
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> Good question, Mouse. Never having participated, been invited to participate, or had even the faintest idea that there were orgies going on anywhere, I have no idea about the answers.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Calgary had at least one swinger’s club that hosts 1-3 orgies a week. San Diego does, though I’ve never been.
> [@pravnik](#):
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> How many is necessary for a legitimate orgy as opposed to just, say, a four-way or something?
Enough that there isn’t time to get everyone’s number and see them again.
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### Author:  [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/18 "2007-01-11T00:45:15Z")
[QUOTE=fetus]
Enough that there isn’t time to get everyone’s number and see them again.
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Not to mention the thank you cards. it gets complicated if there are too many people.
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### Author:  [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/19 "2007-01-11T00:51:50Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01]
Not to mention the thank you cards. it gets complicated if there are too many people.
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It can get embarrassing as well when the action moved faster than the brains.
“Thank for for the lap dance and rimjob Betty. It really brightened up my weekend.”
:smack:
That was Carli who looks similar but is a little bit more plump. Betty is going to be pissed at that insinuation. You will be lucky to get the left side of a double hand-job next time.
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### Author:  [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2007, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-orgy-happen/387467/20 "2007-01-11T00:59:42Z")
Take several college students of both sexes & all possible orientations. Get together for bridge. Oops, wrong number for bridge. Okay, poker. Add substances–say, Annie Green Springs strawberry wine & something you can smoke. Decide it’s gonna be strip poker. Etc.
Finish with chocolate chip cookies and water (the only potable left).
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