# Origin of the term"69" for a sex act **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 30, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-term-69-for-a-sex-act/277326 "2004-11-30T14:33:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-term-69-for-a-sex-act/277326/21 "2004-11-30T18:19:52Z")
> [@Ol'Gaffer](#): > > So if the loop on the six and nine respectively are supposed to represent the heads the two parties involved I’m not sure how you get anal sex from 66…wouldn’t 66 be two people standing on their heads? > > Maybe it is one of those unnatural new-age hippie kama sutra sex acts…I surelywouldn’t know. 😉 I always envisioned the loops on the six and nine as the lower extremities. The non-loop portions would be the necks. The necks are long because they’re extended. The heads, of course, are buried somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-term-69-for-a-sex-act/277326/22 "2004-11-30T19:33:57Z")
> [@Jackknifed Juggernaut](#): > > Hey, hey, I’m quite familiar with Route 66, the highway. I just thought the song had a double meaning. If you can picture why simultaneous oral sex is called 69, you can surely picture 66 meaning what I thought it meant. I’ve always just assumed that Route 66 is the proverbial Hershey Highway. The Hershey Highway is a real highway in Pennsylvania - US 322 - which runs from the Harrisburg are east to Hershey, PA. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-term-69-for-a-sex-act/277326/23 "2004-11-30T21:37:12Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Yeah, but if you did it the other way it would give that _Get Smart_ gal an entirely new character. Her code name was originally supposed to be “Agent 69” but that got nixed because it was too risque for the network heads. Pardon the pun. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-term-69-for-a-sex-act/277326/24 "2004-11-30T22:08:51Z")
Incidentally, [Highway 69](http://snopes.com/politics/satire/i69.asp) has been in the news lately 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-term-69-for-a-sex-act/277326/25 "2004-12-01T07:11:47Z")
> [@Cockatiel](#): > > I think a while back someone told me that 33 was supposed to represent anal sex. Can anyone confirm this? So the Rolling Rock mystery is solved! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-term-69-for-a-sex-act/277326/26 "2004-12-01T07:20:33Z")
Reminds me of a very politically incorrect Jackie Martlin joke: A Chinese couple are in bed when the husband says, “I want 69!” To which his wife replies, “Why you want Beef with Broccoli now?!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-term-69-for-a-sex-act/277326/27 "2004-12-01T07:26:20Z")
“Very politically incorrect”. Mmm… ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-term-69-for-a-sex-act/277326/28 "2004-12-01T13:34:32Z")
“Now you go through saint looey Joplin, missouri, And oklahoma city is mighty pretty. You see amarillo, Gallup, new mexico, Flagstaff, arizona. Don’t forget winona, Kingman, barstow, san bernandino.” Come on, who doesn’t mistake that for a song about a penis up my bum?? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-term-69-for-a-sex-act/277326/29 "2004-12-01T13:41:17Z")
**Don’t forget winona** First one to turn this thread into a Winona-Ryder /anal-sex hijack is in BIG trouble… ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-term-69-for-a-sex-act/277326/30 "2004-12-01T13:41:58Z")
The guy I probably learned the most about sex from as a year old was my baby-sitter’s boyfriend. He told me what 69 was. He also told me that “70” was doing 69 but you each stuck a finger in the other one’s butt. “71” was the same thing, using two fingers. ---
**Author:** ![sWitchazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@sWitchazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sWitchazel)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-term-69-for-a-sex-act/277326/31 "2004-12-01T15:50:49Z")
Q: Why is seventy-seven better than sixty-nine? A: You get eight more. sorry ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-term-69-for-a-sex-act/277326/32 "2004-12-01T15:54:43Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Her code name was originally supposed to be “Agent 69” but that got nixed because it was too risque for the network heads. Pardon the pun. Maxwell Smart: _wipes poop off his nose_ “Missed it by _that_ much!” ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-term-69-for-a-sex-act/277326/33 "2004-12-01T19:15:03Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Maxwell Smart: _wipes poop off his nose_ “Missed it by _that_ much!” Excellent. Now for something less funny. . . Q: What’s the square root of 69? A: Eight something. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-term-69-for-a-sex-act/277326/34 "2004-12-02T04:31:00Z")
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