Where do gangsters get pool babes?

[Alverant]

I figure this is the best place to ask. In the 80s TV shows and movies showed gangsters, drug dealers, and assorted powerful criminal types lounging around a pool with a dozen or so women in bikinis sunning themselves, swimming, and lounging around.

 

So who hired them? Was there an application? Do they get a salary with benefits? Was there a sheet on the bulletin board at a strip club? "Wanted, attractive women 18-24 to sit around pool and make boss feel important despite being on his 3rd by-pass surgery and needing heart medication. Non-disclosure agreement mandatory. Good pay. Dental and cosmetic surgery covered. No law enforcement or brunettes. Equal Opportunity Employer."

 

Seriously though, I saw the Bond films and A-team episodes and wondered how those women got there.

[dmjalund]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

some women are attracted to bad-boys. Some are attracted to power. Some are attracted to the kind of money these guys throw around. Some are attracted to the drugs.

[Spence]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

some women are attracted to bad-boys. Some are attracted to power. Some are attracted to the kind of money these guys throw around. Some are attracted to the drugs.

 

 

Or simply, if you throw $1000's of dollars away for pool parties daily, you too will have dozens of the low in intelligence, high in attractiveness hanging around too.

 

PS I'm not saying good looking means low intelligence or stupid. I'm saying that in a population numbered in the millions, there are enough stupid but gorgeous women to fill the dance card

[sinanju]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

People with lots of money, at least those who are willing to flash it conspicuously and throw it around, attract hangers-on. Nobody has as many "friends" as someone with plenty of cash he's willing to part with. He'll have people offering him services and business opportunities of every conceivable sort, as well as an endless supply of people willing to hang around his house/mansion/club/pool and drink his booze, snort his drugs, eat his food, warm his bed, etc. as long as the money (or the things money can buy--clothes, cars, food, drugs, booze, etc) keep coming.

 

When the money dries up, all those "friends" will disappear, moving on to their next meal ticket. This is one of the ways that people who come into fortunes suddenly (the lottery, or by hitting it big in music, sports, crime or some other field) can go from rags to riches to rags so quickly. There are a lot of parasites out there who will gladly bleed you dry if they can. Including gorgeous young women who will trade their beauty (and often sex) for the aforesaid drugs, booze, etc.)

 

Hence, the pool girls.

[Karmakaze]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

They're probably just hangers-on. They turn up when there's a party and the attractive ones are allowed in. The ones who hang out at the villain's secret base may be harder to explain.

 

If the villain hasn't had time to develop a reputation, but needs women around as props, then they probably just called an escort agency.

[Sociotard]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

Well, there is the "TV reality vs our reality problem". I have no idea how accurate "A-Team" was, but I'm guessing not very.

 

I do know of one instance of intentionally stocking a party with beautiful women. Muammar Gaddafi, an important man in Libya, put out a request to a hostess agency for 500 beautiful young women. He only got 200. Essentially, he put out an ad and promised €50 for showing up.

 

When the hostess agency put out the call for attractive, well-dressed women, under the age of 35 and over 1.7 metres (5ft 7in) tall, it was inundated with responses from hundreds of Roman women.

 

Most seemed to think they would be bringing a little glamour to a gala dinner with the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi. Instead, they found themselves being lectured by him for two hours on the role of women and invited to convert to Islam. "We were at least expecting a snack", grumbled Silvia Figliozzi afterwards.

[lapsedgamer]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

I can't imagine that it's a very good career path.

 

"Originally, I was hired as a pool babe, but then they had an opening as a henchman. They were like, but we never had a female henchman before. I showed them that I had a black belt in karate and a lot of experience with guns and getaway driving, but they still weren't having it. Eventually, I threatened them with a lawsuit. Do you know that they had several henchmen who had no formal training at all? Some of those guys were so lame that I can see why the boss was always killing them when they messed up. Anyway, I caught the boss' eye, and he moved me up to Lieutenant. I just had to get an eyepatch and work on my menacing gestures and threats. He wanted me to stand out when the heroes were around and threaten their families and stuff. So far it's great. I even have my own theme music now. It's not long, just a few chords, but how cool is that? I'm only worried because the guy who had the gig before me died fighting some schmuck on top of a crane or something. It pays well, but no one seems to last more than a couple of years. My mom hates it. She says I should have just been a gun moll like she was back in the day."

[Epiphanis]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

Attractive hangers-on are extremely easy to attract, provided you have the means to do so. In NYC, where I live, they are practically a subculture unto themselves. Go to trendy dance clubs, flash the cash, buy lots of overpriced drinks for the ones that catch your eye, and pretty much anybody can summon a bevy of hot babes to anything. It has its downside, but the hanger-on party lifestyle has some amazing advantages.

 

Years ago when I was going to law school, one of my classmates was a former showgirl from the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. She and her fellow dancers were regularly invited to Trump corporate parties where they served as window dressing (and probably less officially encouraged to provide other services as well, but it was impolitic to ask). She later decided on a career change, bought a house and went to law school, paying for both in their entirety up front and in cash.

 

Being a hanger-on can be extremely lucrative--while it lasts, which is generally about a ten-year window from 20 to 30. As "party" lifestyles with an excess of disposable income and free time, alcoholism and drug abuse become real pitfalls, but many can and have done extremely well living this life. It is a great way to "network" for certain more "legitimate" careers and often segues into successful careers in entertainment, public relations, and journalism, all of which depend on social skills and a broad base of contacts and tend to travel in the same circles. Women are often drawn from these pools for jobs as executive assistants and receptionists for very upscale corporate culture; if they have brains or skills beyond their looks they often parlay this foot-in-the-door into successful careers in corporate America (they may suffer from the "glass ceiling" at the upper levels, but they have a distinct advantage at entry level).

[McCoy]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

Gangsters have money.

 

Producers smooze people with money.

 

Producers have access to actresses and would-be actresses.

 

"You've got the audition tomorrow, but you need to get some sun today. Take your suit and hang out at the pool at this address. Be nice to the guy with the broken nose, I'm counting on him to finance a future project that will need someone in the staring role."

[megaplayboy]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

Gangsters(that is, crime lords) have a certain charisma to them, an ability to hold the loyalty and respect of their lieutenants and henchmen, and some probably even have a certain superficial charm. Throw in that they have money and connections(to the entertainment industry, to all manner of drug merchants, perhaps even to the fashion industry) and it's not hard to understand where "pool babes", who get to lounge around a giant home, sun and swim, with access to all the fancy clothes, cars, jewelry and drugs they could ever desire, could come from.

[Alverant]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

Well, there is the "TV reality vs our reality problem". I have no idea how accurate "A-Team" was, but I'm guessing not very.

 

I do know of one instance of intentionally stocking a party with beautiful women. Muammar Gaddafi, an important man in Libya, put out a request to a hostess agency for 500 beautiful young women. He only got 200. Essentially, he put out an ad and promised €50 for showing up.

The question has less to do with Real World reality as it does with Game World "reality"; a world where a bunch of vigilantes can kill dozens of criminals and no one seems to mind and where the job title of Henchman is more commonplace.

[Kraven Kor]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

Now, better question, how does one become the gangster with said pool babes?

 

What? Why is everyone looking at me like that?

[Shadow Hawk]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

Now, better question, how does one become the gangster with said pool babes?

 

What? Why is everyone looking at me like that?

 

Actually, the question is can one get said pool babes without being a gangster?

[Escafarc]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

Actually' date=' the question is can one get said pool babes without being a gangster?[/quote']

 

Ask Teh Bunneh.

[teh bunneh]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

Ask Teh Bunneh.

 

Are you implying that I'm not a gangsta?

[Marcus Impudite]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

The ones who hang out at the villain's secret base may be harder to explain.

 

Those would be the villain's kept women. If it means living a life of leisure and luxury on their sugar daddy's dime, they're perfectly willing to turn a blind eye to just about anything that goes on.

[megaplayboy]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

Actually' date=' the question is can one get said pool babes without being a gangster?[/quote']

 

Secret ID: Hugh Hefner+

10 points of wealth+

points for Base: Playboy Mansion--the pool babes arguably "come with the mansion".

 

Of course, at this point, one would also have to take DF: Creepy old man.

[Shadow Hawk]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

Secret ID: Hugh Hefner+

10 points of wealth+

points for Base: Playboy Mansion--the pool babes arguably "come with the mansion".

 

Of course, at this point, one would also have to take DF: Creepy old man.

 

Meanwhile, the lounge TV is telling me that Hefner is getting married again. To another centerfold.

[megaplayboy]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

Meanwhile' date=' the lounge TV is telling me that Hefner is getting married again. To another centerfold.[/quote']

 

Let's see, she's 24 and he's 84. Her mother could be 42, her grandmother 60. He's old enough to be her great-grandfather. Either she's resolutely digging for buried treasure, or she has serious "grand-daddy" issues, or both.

 

Or maybe it's True Love...

[death tribble]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

Are you implying that I'm not a gangsta?

 

No one is implying you are not gangsta. We're just stating it as a fact.

[Matt the Bruins]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

Actually, the question is can one get said pool babes without being a gangster?

A friend of mine could, but he was a professional athlete who looked like this at the time:

 

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I think becoming a gangster is a more achievable option for most.

[wcw43921]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

I think the best examination of what makes a "pool babe" can be found in the story of Tandy West (Normals Unbound, pgs. 10-11). With a COM of 24--back when that meant something--I could imagine her as one of a dozen or more "girlfriends" who didn't mind what their man did for a living, so long as they got to enjoy the benefits.

 

(I also imagined her looking like Tori Spelling in her 90210 days--but that's just me.)

 

I can't imagine that it's a very good career path.

 

"Originally, I was hired as a pool babe, but then they had an opening as a henchman. They were like, but we never had a female henchman before. I showed them that I had a black belt in karate and a lot of experience with guns and getaway driving, but they still weren't having it. Eventually, I threatened them with a lawsuit. Do you know that they had several henchmen who had no formal training at all? Some of those guys were so lame that I can see why the boss was always killing them when they messed up. Anyway, I caught the boss' eye, and he moved me up to Lieutenant. I just had to get an eyepatch and work on my menacing gestures and threats. He wanted me to stand out when the heroes were around and threaten their families and stuff. So far it's great. I even have my own theme music now. It's not long, just a few chords, but how cool is that? I'm only worried because the guy who had the gig before me died fighting some schmuck on top of a crane or something. It pays well, but no one seems to last more than a couple of years. My mom hates it. She says I should have just been a gun moll like she was back in the day."

 

I lack the power to Reputate lapsedgamer at this time--could someone make sure he gets the Rep he deserves for this?

[Grymour]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

Dis as you asked and repped Lapsedgamer.....

[Alverant]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

Let's see, she's 24 and he's 84. Her mother could be 42, her grandmother 60. He's old enough to be her great-grandfather. Either she's resolutely digging for buried treasure, or she has serious "grand-daddy" issues, or both.

 

Or maybe it's True Love...

And if they have kids, she can change both their diapers at the same time!

[Trencher]

Re: Where do gangsters get pool babes?

 

Drugs.

Gives you energy to train to get nice body. Makes you lazy and stupid.