# Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 25, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096 "2007-07-25T15:59:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/1 "2007-07-25T15:59:21Z")
I’m putting this in CS because it’s about a song, but it’s also a poll, so if it’s in the wrong forum, I’ll trust the mods to move it! When you hear the song _Itsy-Bitsy Teeny-Weeny Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini_, how do you picture the swimsuit in your mind? Is it white with yellow polka dots, or is it yellow with polka dots of another color? I always see it as yellow, with pink polka-dots (a YELLOW, polka-dot bikini), but my mom says she always thinks of it as white with yellow dots (a YELLOW POLKA-DOT bikini). Mom got to thinking about it and wondered what the Dope would say, and since she hasn’t subscribed yet, I told her I’d start the thread for her! So come on, fellow Dopers and give her something to read about! 🙂 Oh, and… HI, MOM!!! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/2 "2007-07-25T16:03:30Z")
I think it’s either yellow with white polka dots, or white with yellow polka dots. I mostly imagine yellow with white. Occasionally I think it’s yellow with black polka dots. But no other colors, ever. They are always somewhat large dots; about an inch across. Not small dots. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/3 "2007-07-25T16:16:57Z")
Yellow with black (or possibly white) polka dots. White with yellow dots would look terrible. ---
**Author:** ![ShiefferSaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@ShiefferSaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShiefferSaw)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/4 "2007-07-25T16:19:55Z")
Theres a yogurt commercial with this song playing. They show it as a yellow bikini with pink polka dots. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/5 "2007-07-25T16:21:12Z")
Yellow, with blue polka dots. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/6 "2007-07-25T16:24:37Z")
My mental image: yellow w/ white dots. If I recall correctly, standard polka dot fashion was a certain color garment covered with white polka dots. Brown with white dots…blue with white dots…etc. Of course, since I am 40 and was about 5 y/o when polka dots were on their way ‘out’, I could be completely nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/7 "2007-07-25T16:43:11Z")
The suit is yellow, with white (though possibly black) polka dots. Either way, the dots are definitely on a yellow background. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/8 "2007-07-25T16:45:04Z")
I think white dots on a yellow background. (Am I being influenced by that yogurt commercial? It’s a yellow background, as **ShiefferShaw** mentioned. Perhaps I would’ve seen yellow dots on some other background if I hadn’t seen the ad.) ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/9 "2007-07-25T16:45:38Z")
Yellow with red polka dots. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/10 "2007-07-25T16:47:41Z")
Yellow with white polka dots. ---
**Author:** ![StinkyBurrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@StinkyBurrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StinkyBurrito)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/11 "2007-07-25T16:50:16Z")
[QUOTE=ShiefferSaw] Theres a yogurt commercial with this song playing. They show it as a yellow bikini with pink polka dots. [/QUOTE] I’ve thought about this a lot since that commercial came out. I saw that commercial and immediately thought to myself “What the heck, I didn’t picture it that way at all!” Needless to say, I thought of it as having yellow dots. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/12 "2007-07-25T16:50:42Z")
People! The bikini is yellow with _black_ polka dots. Don’t make me take this to the Pit, yo. Hi, **Chanteuse’s mom**! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/13 "2007-07-25T16:51:01Z")
Yellow with black dots. And the bikini itself is small, as are the dots. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/14 "2007-07-25T16:51:24Z")
[QUOTE=ShiefferSaw] Theres a yogurt commercial with this song playing. They show it as a yellow bikini with pink polka dots. [/QUOTE] I see it in the commercial as yellow with red polka dots. And now that’s how I see it when I hear the song. Beofre that, probably yellow with white, or yellow with purple dots if I was amalgamating novelty songs in my head – this one with One-Eyed One-Horned Flying Purple People Eater. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/15 "2007-07-25T16:54:42Z")
Yellow with multicoloured dots. Like the Polkaroo… ---
**Author:** ![neorxnawange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f4b2a3/32.png) [@neorxnawange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neorxnawange)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/16 "2007-07-25T16:55:18Z")
Yellow with red dots. Don’t know why ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/17 "2007-07-25T16:56:26Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] Yellow with multicoloured dots. Like the Polkaroo… [/QUOTE] Hijack: Whoa, they get Polkaroo in South Africa? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/18 "2007-07-25T16:59:49Z")
[QUOTE=Anastasaeon] Yellow with white polka dots. [/QUOTE] Same same for me. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/19 "2007-07-25T17:26:24Z")
I’m obviously in the minority, but it’s always been white with yellow polka dots to me. First heard it as a child, of course. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/20 "2007-07-25T17:38:31Z")
This is strange. I’ve heard the song since it came out, but I don’t think I ever imagined the actual color scheme, just the bikini itself (and its precious contents). Perhaps yellow with dark dots (brown or black). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096.md?page=2)