# What is the minimum number of people needed for an orgy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 19, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-number-of-people-needed-for-an-orgy/561184 "2010-11-19T03:09:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-number-of-people-needed-for-an-orgy/561184/41 "2010-11-27T09:20:34Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > …Can orgy of one be my new slogan? IIRC the Army tried out this slogan for a while. Or maybe it was the Navy. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-number-of-people-needed-for-an-orgy/561184/42 "2010-11-27T09:37:55Z")
Say, **Qadgop** , doesn’t your daughter post here? Poor **elfbabe** is gonna need the industrial-strength brain bleach now. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-number-of-people-needed-for-an-orgy/561184/43 "2010-11-27T09:41:51Z")
Though I’ve certainly been in many orgies, I’ve never heard them described as such. The word “orgy” is kind of like the word “kinky.” People who actually do these things never use these words (unless they’ve just emerged from the’70s). ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-number-of-people-needed-for-an-orgy/561184/44 "2010-11-27T10:08:31Z")
Most, if not all, of the kinky people I’ve ever met has used the words ‘kink’ and ‘kinky,’\*\* panache45\*\*. At least in general terms. More specific language is used for more specific things, of course. While admittedly this is a smaller subject base than I’d like, it’s more than enough for me not to dismiss it as a fluke. Maybe it’s regional? Hmm. Five seems reasonable, if we’re just going numerically. But context is important. Fewer would qualify if you take the time and effort to set up a proper party atmosphere. You could probably get away with as few as three if you’re sufficiently decadent in the entertainments, refreshments, and costuming, schedule in a long enough block of time, and at least one of the party is comfortable playing slavegirl or boy, as appropriate. – If you have some Romans, that helps, too. And Goths. Either the modern or ancient varieties. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-number-of-people-needed-for-an-orgy/561184/45 "2010-11-27T14:46:54Z")
Keep in mind that if there’s just 1 or 2 girls and the rest are guys, that’s a gangbang, not an orgy. Unless the guys are also doing their own thing together, which 99% of the time they just wait for the girls. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-number-of-people-needed-for-an-orgy/561184/46 "2010-11-27T15:18:17Z")
The only orgy-related offering I have is, a friend told me he was once invited to some kind of swinger’s club and though the memory was hazy, he doesn’t recall joining in as he thought, ‘I wouldn’t poke any of these people with a sharp stick’. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-number-of-people-needed-for-an-orgy/561184/47 "2010-11-27T15:19:06Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Say, **Qadgop** , doesn’t your daughter post here? Poor **elfbabe** is gonna need the industrial-strength brain bleach now. Nah, she wandered away a few years ago. Besides, on these topics I ask the questions but I don’t provide the personal details. Just like at work. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-number-of-people-needed-for-an-orgy/561184/48 "2010-11-28T16:38:27Z")
Darn it! I accidentally chose 6 and I meant to choose 5. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-number-of-people-needed-for-an-orgy/561184/49 "2010-11-28T18:30:12Z")
I just realized who started this thread. Why do you need this information **QtM** –lookinh for the right information to write up your patients’ activities? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-number-of-people-needed-for-an-orgy/561184/50 "2010-11-28T19:20:31Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I just realized who started this thread. Why do you need this information **QtM** –lookinh for the right information to write up your patients’ activities? Knowledge for knowledge’s sake. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-number-of-people-needed-for-an-orgy/561184.md?page=2)