# Trivia: What is the occupation of the women in this picture? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752 "2008-02-08T02:11:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752/61 "2008-02-08T21:37:14Z")
Bolivian exotic dancers. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752/62 "2008-02-08T21:42:52Z")
Clean room workers in Singapore. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752/63 "2008-02-08T21:47:18Z")
Mormon hookers ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752/64 "2008-02-08T21:49:37Z")
Sudanese armpit sniffers. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752/65 "2008-02-08T21:52:09Z")
Pro Tai Chi instructors! Or pastel day ninjas. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752/66 "2008-02-08T22:05:03Z")
Aaaaaand the winner is… **ShibbOleth**!!! They are indeed golf caddies from Thailand. From about three years ago. At this particular course they were a requirement, and I’d never had a caddy before, so already I felt strange that this happy little woman had to carry my bag. I went on to have perhaps the worst round of my life, not helped by the fact that these sunny ladies were so damn polite and smiley that I was forced to grin through clenched teeth and not hurl obscenities, or clubs, while they went running off to go spot my ball in the gorse. Thanks for playing, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752/67 "2008-02-08T22:13:23Z")
You know what helps my golf game? Booze. Lot’s of booze. Nothing like a 9:00am tee time at an empty course with a screwdriver in the cup holder of the cart. And everyone wonders how my friend and I managed to flip a cart at Key’s Gate Golf Course in south Florida. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752/68 "2008-02-08T23:41:26Z")
[QUOTE=Morbo] Aaaaaand the winner is… **ShibbOleth**!!! They are indeed golf caddies from Thailand. From about three years ago. At this particular course they were a requirement, and I’d never had a caddy before, so already I felt strange that this happy little woman had to carry my bag. I went on to have perhaps the worst round of my life, not helped by the fact that these sunny ladies were so damn polite and smiley that I was forced to grin through clenched teeth and not hurl obscenities, or clubs, while they went running off to go spot my ball in the gorse. Thanks for playing, everyone! [/QUOTE] I want to thank my parents, Jesus Christ, Limp Bizkit, and my masseuse. Okay, I should thank my wife, since she was the one who insisted on the condo with the view of the Golf Courses where I saw these women caddying everyday. Although, at least from a distance, ours were prettier. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752/69 "2008-02-09T00:14:41Z")
Japanese YKK kilt zipper makers. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752/70 "2008-02-09T01:10:43Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] I want to thank my parents, Jesus Christ, Limp Bizkit, and my masseuse. [/QUOTE] Oh, you’re [one of those](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7227861.stm), are you? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752/71 "2008-02-09T01:19:00Z")
Dang! Did not see this in time, but I knew it as soon as I saw the photo. Caddies are always female, and they do cover themselves up like this. Most Thais do, even working out in the firleds or on a construction site in the hot sun. They’re deathly afraid of their skin becoming even darker, as the darker your skin, the worst sort of person you were in your previous life. (The market for skin-whitening creams in Thailand is unbelievable.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752/72 "2008-02-09T01:22:39Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Professional pollinators, taking a break outside the greenhouse. [/QUOTE] That’s my guess too, from The Philippines. The hair guards prevent flyaway hairs from transmitting the wrong kind of pollen to a plant. I’ll go so far as to guess they work with orchids – like those orchid sprigs displayed on so many Thai restaurant tables. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752/73 "2008-02-09T01:26:25Z")
[QUOTE=The Scrivener] That’s my guess too, from The Philippines. The hair guards prevent flyaway hairs from transmitting the wrong kind of pollen to a plant. I’ll go so far as to guess they work with orchids – like those orchid sprigs displayed on so many Thai restaurant tables. [/QUOTE] No, see post #66. Golf caddies in Thailand it is. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752/74 "2008-02-09T01:28:34Z")
Oops! Well, I’m always late to the [Thai female golf-caddy] party… ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752/75 "2008-02-09T01:32:04Z")
These ladies are a little long in the tooth, but some of the caddies are quite attractive, and one sometimes hears stories of a little, um, mid-game relaxation amid the bushes for an extra tip. I don’t play golf myself but do not doubt it for a moment. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752/76 "2008-02-09T01:46:39Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] These ladies are a little long in the tooth, but some of the caddies are quite attractive, and one sometimes hears stories of a little, um, mid-game relaxation amid the bushes for an extra tip. I don’t play golf myself but do not doubt it for a moment. [/QUOTE] Hmm. These ladies weren’t my actual caddies - I thought they were going to be, but before I went out they gave me two that were young and pretty. Which I thought was strange. I also thought it was strange that they kept wanting me to follow them into the gorse for my ball rather than just retrieving it for me. (Way too thick to hit out of, and I was taking a drop anyway). Now I wonder…(insert your own “ball” “stroke” joke here) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752/77 "2008-02-09T02:19:25Z")
[QUOTE=Morbo] Hmm. These ladies weren’t my actual caddies - I thought they were going to be, but before I went out they gave me two that were young and pretty. Which I thought was strange. I also thought it was strange that they kept wanting me to follow them into the gorse for my ball rather than just retrieving it for me. (Way too thick to hit out of, and I was taking a drop anyway). Now I wonder…(insert your own “ball” “stroke” joke here) [/QUOTE] Hehehe. No, I don’t wonder at all. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mongo\_Ponton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Mongo\_Ponton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mongo_Ponton)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752/78 "2008-02-09T03:50:52Z")
Well when I finally get a tea plantation in Sri Lanka I’m gonna make the pickers wear exactly this. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752/79 "2008-02-09T04:10:37Z")
If the Bond franchise ever re-works **Dr. No** , the SMERSH villain’s nuclear-facility henchwomen will wear exactly this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-what-is-the-occupation-of-the-women-in-this-picture/436752.md?page=3)