# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/21 "2007-07-25T17:39:50Z")
No one knows. Between the locker room, the blanket, and the water, we never get to see the bikini. ---
**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, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/22 "2007-07-25T17:48:03Z")
[The song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwGnyLPSruA). ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/23 "2007-07-25T17:58:33Z")
It would appear to be, as I always suspected, [a yellow bikini](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR98gRckjmY) with dark brown or black dots. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/24 "2007-07-25T18:04:55Z")
It’s yellow with orange or red dots. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/25 "2007-07-25T18:08:35Z")
Itsy bitsy, teeny weeny. That’s all that comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/26 "2007-07-25T18:17:39Z")
I picture a yellow bikini with black spots. The song first surfaced a long time ago, and today’s bikinis are much teeny weenier and itsy bitsier than they were then. Some of today’s IBTWYPDBs don’t have enough fabric to cover a baseball. There’s barely room for three polka dots. 😉 ---
**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:** [July 25, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/27 "2007-07-25T18:21:49Z")
[QUOTE=neorxnawange] Yellow with red dots. Don’t know why [/QUOTE] Gryffindor colors, of course. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/28 "2007-07-25T18:22:36Z")
Yellow with black dots. Any other way is wrong. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/29 "2007-07-25T18:31:14Z")
Yellow with either black or colored dots, but never white dots. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/30 "2007-07-25T18:35:19Z")
[Paul Vance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Vance) has said that the bikini which inspired the song had yellow dots. No word on what the background color was. His wife was the one who bought the bikini in question but, being too chicken to actually wear it, altered it to fit their two-year old. It’s the daughter who is hiding in the locker, blanket, and water, too shy for anyone to see. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/31 "2007-07-25T18:36:35Z")
Yellow with red polka dots. And the woman has nice hooters. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/32 "2007-07-25T18:45:08Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] Yellow with black dots. And the bikini itself is small, as are the dots. [/QUOTE] Actually, it is yellow with black dots, but the dots are fairly large. (The suit, of course, is itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny) ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/33 "2007-07-25T18:48:08Z")
ALWAYS have pictured it as yellow with polka dots - but strange that I’ve never assigned a color to the dots :dubious: Not sure what that says about me… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/34 "2007-07-25T18:48:10Z")
I always pictured Yellow with Black polka-dots and being in the style of the Beach movies of the Sixties. Actually I tend to picture the young [Tuesday Weld](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001839/) wearing it. Jim ---
**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, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/35 "2007-07-25T19:12:16Z")
I had the idea that the picture sleeve of the record might have an artist’s conception of the garment in question. (No luck–it’s a picture of [Brian Hyland](http://www.rewindshow.com/pics/BrianHylandAlbum.gif).) But doing a Google image search on the terms “itsy bitsy teeny weeny”–even without getting to the bikini part–led to some quite interesting results (even with “moderate SafeSearch” on). [This](http://www.wvdnr.gov/Wildlife/Turtle.shtm) was the funniest result, though. There’s your answer: black with yellow polka dots. ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/36 "2007-07-25T19:28:53Z")
Yellow, with black dots. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/37 "2007-07-25T21:51:11Z")
another for yellow with black dots. and the bikini is so small it is considered indecent exposure if one ever wore it out in public. ---
**Author:** ![cookeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@cookeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cookeze)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/38 "2007-07-25T22:25:49Z")
Look at how the words go when you guys describe your idea of it: Yellow with black polka-dots Yellow with blue polka-dots Yellow with red polka-dots. What is it about yellow polka-dots that’s so hard to understand? ---
**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, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/39 "2007-07-25T22:37:20Z")
But I feel like I hear a pause between yellow and polka dot. So it’s not yellow polka dot bikini. It’s more like yellow, polka dot bikini. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/40 "2007-07-25T22:41:04Z")
Yellow with white polka dots, as was the fashion of the time (my mom had a blue with white dots suit). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096.md?page=3)