# Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096>\
**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:** 7\
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**Author:** ![A2Steve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@A2Steve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A2Steve)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/61 "2007-07-26T16:26:56Z")

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[QUOTE=Mangetout]  
Yellow, with yellow dots of a different shade.  
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This past weekend, I saw a suit that made me think of the song - it was indeed yellow with paler yellow dots.

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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/62 "2007-07-26T16:34:06Z")

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Why don’t they update this…it is so 1960’s…how about 'yellow polkadot thing bikini"?? 😕

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**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/63 "2007-07-26T16:34:58Z")

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[QUOTE=phouka]  
Huh. Never questioned this before. I see it as yellow background, black dots.

Also, for some reason, that song is inextricably linked with _One Eyed, One Horned, Giant Purple People Eater_ in my brain.  
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_Purple people?!_

Same here.

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**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/64 "2007-07-26T17:24:57Z")

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Since the song causes blood to shoot out of my ears, I’m always too distracted to think about how the bikini looks.

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**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 26, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/65 "2007-07-26T17:27:42Z")

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You should see a doctor about that.

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**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/66 "2007-07-26T21:00:53Z")

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Black, with yellow dots. Because it looks hottest that way.

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**Author:** ![gS49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@gS49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gS49)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-polka-dot-bikini/413096/67 "2007-07-27T13:00:50Z")

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Yellow with large dark-brown dots.

I doubt that the singer cared how you pictured the outfit–you were supposed to picture her without ever seeing the bikini.

As I recall, bikinis used more material back then. Nowadays there isn’t room for more than one polkadot on a proper bikini. 😛

Not that that’s a bad thing.

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