# What is your interpretation of the bases? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 12, 2000, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108 "2000-12-12T00:00:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e95f7d/32.png) [@Zinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zinger)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/1 "2000-12-12T00:00:01Z")
You know the analogy… First base is making out, Second is a hand job, Third is oral, and home is, well, you know. …At least that’s what I thought. But then I got into a discussion with some of my co-workers… and it seems that everyone sees it a bit differently. What is your interpretation of the analogy? I’m sure there has been many threads about this, but I can’t find them. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/2 "2000-12-12T00:20:22Z")
I found it, but only because I remembered that the thread title contained the phrase, " third base". [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=34076](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=34076) ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/3 "2000-12-12T00:55:08Z")
Here’s what I remember from back home … 1st base – kissing 2nd base – petting 3rd base – fingering 4th base – intercourse ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/4 "2000-12-12T01:09:00Z")
2nd base is hands (or mouth) on bare female breasts. Which means a woman can only “get to” 2nd base with a man via the man’s actions. And two gay men cannot get to 2nd base with each other at all. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/5 "2000-12-12T01:56:58Z")
**1st base** - kissing, with or without tongues **2nd base** - light/heavy petting **3rd base** - oral sex **Home base** - intercourse But I know there were those other terms used as well. However, I think these are subject to debate. **Stealing a base** - a person skips one of the above mentioned bases **Short stop** - the guy was about to finger or perform oral sex when the girl stopped him (I don’t think guys would ever stop a girl from giving him head) **Bunt** - the guy/girl sneaks in a kiss ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/6 "2000-12-12T04:09:58Z")
_SIGH_ I didn’t want to be the pervert who knows this, but… **1. French 2. Feel 3. Finger 4. Fuck** It was pretty popular in my high school days (like, two years ago ;)) ---
**Author:** ![dustMagnate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@dustMagnate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dustMagnate)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/7 "2000-12-12T17:21:16Z")
Grand-Slam Home Run: four orgasms in one session. Rare. ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/8 "2000-12-12T17:41:06Z")
Rare? Yeah. Maybe for _you_ . . . 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/9 "2000-12-12T17:47:24Z")
:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/10 "2000-12-12T18:08:04Z")
What? You think all that butter is just for looks? ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/11 "2000-12-12T18:16:54Z")
Margerine. Must be margerine. Or ghee. Lactose is bad, m’kay? ::pencils in extra evening in Connecticut while on the way to California:: ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/12 "2000-12-12T22:03:57Z")
I always thought that first was making out, second was up the shirt, third was down the pants, and home was obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/13 "2000-12-13T01:31:48Z")
And here I thought this would be a question about the genetic code. Note to self: pay attention when you wander out of GQ. ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/14 "2000-12-13T01:48:24Z")
I’m on the same level as Hypergirl, She seems to have gotten it right imho. I never heard the term bunt before, and that seems a little weird to me. And as for grand slam, I gave that once, heh. Proud of that. ---
**Author:** ![slowhand53](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@slowhand53](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slowhand53)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/15 "2000-12-15T16:10:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dustMagnate \* > \*\*Grand-Slam Home Run: four orgasms in one session. Rare. \*\* Rare? about as rare as going to a ballbark this year and seeing someone hit a HR. ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/16 "2000-12-15T21:13:40Z")
Hell, I dish out Grand Slams like I was working at Denny’s 😛 [sup]for her…for me, it takes a little longer![/sup] According to my rules of baseball sex: First Base: Kissing Second Base: Grabbing breasts, fingering, hand jobs, etc. Third Base: Oral Home Run: A Home Run! I’m so perverted. I always laugh at some of the phrases used when a baseball game is being broadcast: “Slipped him the high hard one” “He got good wood on that” “A little dribbler down the line” “He’s got two balls on him” “He found the hole on that one” “There’s gonna be a play, he could score…” “He poked it up the middle” ---
**Author:** ![dustMagnate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@dustMagnate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dustMagnate)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/17 "2000-12-15T21:36:02Z")
Slowhand53: I didn’t mean alone, sorry if that wasn’t clear. :). When I first heard the phrase it was used to describe the number of male orgasms per session. Male orgasms seem to be easier to count, measure, weigh. If a female is orgasming for say five or ten minutes is that all counted as one? If she is of the gatlin gun variety of staccato 'gasms does each burst count as one or does the whole (woohoo!) cycle count as one? If you think you’ve been counting correctly but later she says she’s been faking does it really matter? ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/18 "2000-12-15T21:58:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dustMagnate \* > \*\*Grand-Slam Home Run: four orgasms in one session. Rare. \*\* Rare? For who, a man or a woman? IME, rare only in that it would be rare to only have four. So, uh, hypothetically, what would you call 10 orgasms in one session? ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/19 "2000-12-15T22:00:34Z")
Whoops, **dustMagnate** - missed your last post. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108/20 "2000-12-16T08:49:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by porcupine \* > \*\*So, uh, hypothetically, what would you call 10 orgasms in one session? \*\* A blowout. We’d probably have to invoke the softball “mercy” rule. 😉 Oh, and if a\*\* man\*\* had 10 orgasms, I’d have the umpire check his bat for cork. :eek: [sub]or maybe too much pine tar.[/sub] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-interpretation-of-the-bases/45108.md?page=2)