I guess that black kid wasn’t smart enough to steal a bike with a front tire (or steal a front tire after he stole the bike). Nice face-plant.
Bostonbob
June 6, 2014 3:56 pm
I cringe when I see some of these. I have to wonder if the guy doing the hand stand into the pool broke something, and even though I always like to watch a good face plant they still make me cringe. I have never seen a sunburn close to that bad, if it is real.
Bob.
Persnickety
June 6, 2014 4:39 pm
@BostonBob: are you really in Boston? Aren’t there a couple of Irish people hanging around there? That sunburn doesn’t look too uncommon in my experience. Let me just say I was thrilled when I found some SPF 100 sunscreen recently. It’s no fun getting burned despite having SPF 30 or higher on. (And yeah, I have taken to wearing pants, long sleeves, hats and all that even when I’d rather be close to naked.)
N8
June 6, 2014 4:56 pm
Definitely having my birthday party in those bathrooms!!!
Bostonbob
June 6, 2014 5:20 pm
Persnik,
Actually I am from the greater Boston area, born in Somerville. I am very Irish with a healthy dose of Scottish. My daughter’s name is Erin Kelly with the red hair and freckles to prove it. My son is affectionately known as the ghost because he is so white. My mom used to take me and my three brothers to Nantasket beach for sport to see who would burn the most. I learned early on to wear a shirt and cap. Most summers I would walk around with a farmers tan, from the mid bicep down to the hands and on the back of the neck. the luck of the Irish and the skin to prove it.
Bob.
Persnickety
June 6, 2014 5:32 pm
@Bob: just wondering. Sounds like we could easily be cousins.
Billy
June 6, 2014 5:50 pm
I wish we had things like the HeroCam when I was younger… so many wonderful disasters I could have filmed…
Waiting for our flight at the airport, there were a bunch of black kids playing grab-ass and running around… pretty much the entire concourse was watching them. I was secretly hoping for disaster.
One went sprinting down the handicapped ramp, which just happened to be covered in carpeting. He tripped, face-planted, and then skidded down the ramp a good 10 feet on his face…
The entire concourse went “OOOOHHHHhhhhh!”. Then burst out laughing.
NIck A
June 6, 2014 6:22 pm
A decade or two ago (whilst I was working for the MOD (UK), we had an interesting case of unilateral (severe) sunburn similar to the above photo.
Our “customer” had driven from Le Havre down to Marseilles on what was an overcast late April day, with his right arm resting on the drivers’ side door, all the way. Ended up with a mix of partial thickness (2nd degree) and full thickness (3rd degree) burns, and spent a number of weeks having split-skin grafts at the Burns Unit at Roehampton.
Very Scottish (Islay resident), with almost zero “tanning capacity”. I gather he decided not to go anywhere sunny ever again!!
Punk in Drublic
June 6, 2014 6:26 pm
Swarm of bees attack family in… Beeville!
That actually brought tears to my eyes. Irony is way funnier than stupid.
I guess that black kid wasn’t smart enough to steal a bike with a front tire (or steal a front tire after he stole the bike). Nice face-plant.
I cringe when I see some of these. I have to wonder if the guy doing the hand stand into the pool broke something, and even though I always like to watch a good face plant they still make me cringe. I have never seen a sunburn close to that bad, if it is real.
Bob.
@BostonBob: are you really in Boston? Aren’t there a couple of Irish people hanging around there? That sunburn doesn’t look too uncommon in my experience. Let me just say I was thrilled when I found some SPF 100 sunscreen recently. It’s no fun getting burned despite having SPF 30 or higher on. (And yeah, I have taken to wearing pants, long sleeves, hats and all that even when I’d rather be close to naked.)
Definitely having my birthday party in those bathrooms!!!
Persnik,
Actually I am from the greater Boston area, born in Somerville. I am very Irish with a healthy dose of Scottish. My daughter’s name is Erin Kelly with the red hair and freckles to prove it. My son is affectionately known as the ghost because he is so white. My mom used to take me and my three brothers to Nantasket beach for sport to see who would burn the most. I learned early on to wear a shirt and cap. Most summers I would walk around with a farmers tan, from the mid bicep down to the hands and on the back of the neck. the luck of the Irish and the skin to prove it.
Bob.
@Bob: just wondering. Sounds like we could easily be cousins.
I wish we had things like the HeroCam when I was younger… so many wonderful disasters I could have filmed…
Waiting for our flight at the airport, there were a bunch of black kids playing grab-ass and running around… pretty much the entire concourse was watching them. I was secretly hoping for disaster.
One went sprinting down the handicapped ramp, which just happened to be covered in carpeting. He tripped, face-planted, and then skidded down the ramp a good 10 feet on his face…
The entire concourse went “OOOOHHHHhhhhh!”. Then burst out laughing.
A decade or two ago (whilst I was working for the MOD (UK), we had an interesting case of unilateral (severe) sunburn similar to the above photo.
Our “customer” had driven from Le Havre down to Marseilles on what was an overcast late April day, with his right arm resting on the drivers’ side door, all the way. Ended up with a mix of partial thickness (2nd degree) and full thickness (3rd degree) burns, and spent a number of weeks having split-skin grafts at the Burns Unit at Roehampton.
Very Scottish (Islay resident), with almost zero “tanning capacity”. I gather he decided not to go anywhere sunny ever again!!
Swarm of bees attack family in… Beeville!
That actually brought tears to my eyes. Irony is way funnier than stupid.
Persnickety: http://www.sunprecautions.com