# help me out with my random bystander generator **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-my-random-bystander-generator/585796 "2011-06-17T04:45:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-my-random-bystander-generator/585796/1 "2011-06-17T04:45:07Z")
I’m working on this thing which I want to be use to create random people. I’ve got a good basis, but I need more. Give me terms to describe people’s looks, especially weight (especially on the skinnier side), build, body shape, height, hairiness, and describing facial features. I’m going to share it when it’s done. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-my-random-bystander-generator/585796/2 "2011-06-17T05:33:04Z")
Emaciated, corpse-like, gaunt, slim, skeletal, Ethiopian… ---
**Author:** ![Caveat\_lector\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@Caveat\_lector\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caveat_lector_1)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-my-random-bystander-generator/585796/3 "2011-06-17T05:44:35Z")
build: slim, athletic, slight, gamine, debilitated, delicate, effete, feeble, frail, soft, unsubstantial, wasted, asthenic ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-my-random-bystander-generator/585796/4 "2011-06-17T16:31:49Z")
Ooo, those are good. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-my-random-bystander-generator/585796/5 "2011-06-17T17:49:56Z")
Just curious: would a list of celebrities serve as a Mr. Potato Head pieces and parts source? Things like: Brad Pitt ears Rowan Atkinson chin Hugh Laurie upper lip Dolly Parton teeth ---
**Author:** ![Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bag_of_mostly_water/32/1029_2.png) [@Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bag_of_Mostly_Water)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-my-random-bystander-generator/585796/6 "2011-06-17T18:06:05Z")
Bette Davis eyes? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-my-random-bystander-generator/585796/7 "2011-06-17T18:18:39Z")
> [@Ex\_Chemist](#): > > Bette Davis eyes? Bette Davis boobs! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-my-random-bystander-generator/585796/8 "2011-06-17T18:20:24Z")
Height: tiny, small, average, tall, towering, Yao Ming Hairiness: bald, average, bearded, hairy, very hairy, Robin Williams ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-my-random-bystander-generator/585796/9 "2011-06-17T18:26:34Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Bette Davis boobs! Bette Davis knees! (but worst of all, young man, you’ve got industrial disease!) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-my-random-bystander-generator/585796/10 "2011-06-19T05:34:14Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Just curious: would a list of celebrities serve as a Mr. Potato Head pieces and parts source? > > Things like: > > Brad Pitt ears > Rowan Atkinson chin > Hugh Laurie upper lip > Dolly Parton teeth I’d rather not as I have no idea what three of those parts look like. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-my-random-bystander-generator/585796/11 "2011-06-19T05:46:15Z")
> [@Ex\_Chemist](#): > > Bette Davis eyes? Marty Feldman eyes. ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-my-random-bystander-generator/585796/12 "2011-06-19T18:03:18Z")
lithe (thin, supple, graceful) svelte (thin, elegant) trim sleek supple (easily flexible) ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-my-random-bystander-generator/585796/13 "2011-06-19T18:20:19Z")
scrawny, lanky, willowy, hirsute ---
**Author:** ![Cryptic\_C62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-my-random-bystander-generator/585796/14 "2011-06-19T19:39:15Z")
Facial hair: mustache, bushy mustache, Hitler mustache, handlebar mustache, full beard, patchy beard, goatee, soul patch, flavor saver, 5 o’clock shadow, chinstrap, sideburns, Van Dyke, Eric Alatorre