tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post5243857410100284406..comments2024-03-26T08:09:33.829+00:00Comments on The Plastic Mancunian: The Grilled MancunianPlastic Mancunianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01864213919913476168noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-78625065065908795292009-09-10T21:08:39.769+01:002009-09-10T21:08:39.769+01:00Hi Robin,
That sounds absolutely horrific. I thin...Hi Robin,<br /><br />That sounds absolutely horrific. I think I am lucky not to have burned so badly. That first time was nasty but very mild in comparison to you; it prompted me to take extra care. <br /><br />I have had blisters on my back before but that was pure stupidity on my part but on your face? How on earth did you cope with that? And the white eyes too? I shouldn't laugh but it is really difficult not to imagine the look (without the blisters of course).<br /><br />My skin will remain white (definitely so now) - unless I have a moment of absolute madness. <br /><br />And yes - I can imagine places worse than the backs of your legs. I cringe just thinking about it.<br /><br />:0)<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PMPlastic Mancunianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864213919913476168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-48596678888802162232009-09-10T21:02:33.320+01:002009-09-10T21:02:33.320+01:00Hi Bingkee,
I yearn to have some melanin. I have ...Hi Bingkee,<br /><br />I yearn to have some melanin. I have none. in fact I have a negative amount. <br /><br />Yes, I know that it will be colder when we go but that's fine. We've had our sun holiday - Majorca (37 to 40 degrees) so we just want to spend a relaxing time, enjoying the scenery and having a bit of fun. <br /><br />Given the weather here in the UK, it will still be relatively warm (though thankfully not sunny enough to turn me into a lobster).<br /><br />:0)<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PMPlastic Mancunianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864213919913476168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-70445337655197471882009-09-10T19:49:47.639+01:002009-09-10T19:49:47.639+01:00OMG!! I laughed and cringed my way through this wh...OMG!! I laughed and cringed my way through this whole post. <br /><br />I can pretty much relate to this as I am quite pale. But after years in Australia I did become a bit more accustomed to the sun. Here in New Mexico I go out in the early morning into my garden and in the late avo or early evening and surprisingly from that I do get a nice tan. But the rest of the day I burn like an egg on a griddle. <br /><br />I once skied in Colorado which is very high altitude and I had always skied in Maine (sea level) without sunscreen and never burned. But by that night I wondered why my face was on fire. I looked in the mirror and it was already blistering. BRIGHT RED!! In the middle of the night I woke screaming and had HUGE blisters on my face filled with fluid. I was rushed to ER and had second degree burns. My WHOLE face was one big blister. They had to give me cortisone cream and something else for pain. And the worst part of it was that I had worn those aviator reflector sunglasses while skiing and I had these two perfectly white ovals where my eyes are. I looked like the monster from hell. LOLOLOL!!! <br /><br />(I was SOOOO embarassed that I refused to go to work and I finally had to go to the grocery store a few days later and I really looked like a reptile shedding its skin (with two white oval eyes) and I remember little kids screaming and crying and asking their mothers what was the matter with that lady. LOLOL!! I'am DEAD serious. I left my produce and ran out of the store, called a friend and told them they would have to pick up my groceries. There was no bloody way I was going out EVER again unless my face healed. <br /><br />Even when I went back to work people teased me. And ya, the backs of your legs are one of the worst places. Having been a "naturist" in the rainforest I can atest to the places one can get burned that are far worse than the backs of your knees. LOLOLOL!!! <br /><br />On that note I will leave you to ponder your white skin. <br /><br />PS I loved your comment on my blog and will respond to it today. You are a joy. <br /><br />Hugs, <br />RobinRobin Eastonhttp://www.nakedineden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-43595516839078416802009-09-10T19:30:08.109+01:002009-09-10T19:30:08.109+01:00This is a very funny post. Hehehehe!
Just like yo...This is a very funny post. Hehehehe!<br /><br />Just like you , my husband is fair (Caucasian) skinned, with blond hair although now bald. He loves the sun , but the sun hates him. The sun toasts him not to dark , but to red. I tease him "Elmo".He easily gets burnt red.<br />Unlike him and you, I don't get burnt. I just get darker and then the dark skin fades back to my natural dark brown color. As Southeast Asian, I have a natural shield of sunblock---abundance of melanin. <br /><br />By the way, when you get to Cape Cod , by that time, it's cold. And the beach is freezing. It's only good in the summer---from June to August.bingkeehttp://www.ilovehateamerica.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-64294455772886025172009-09-10T17:53:05.698+01:002009-09-10T17:53:05.698+01:00Hi Najork,
I love Spain and could quite happily s...Hi Najork,<br /><br />I love Spain and could quite happily spend time there without sunbathing. I would definitely stand out either as a milk bottle or a strwaberry milk shake.<br /><br />:0)<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PMPlastic Mancunianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864213919913476168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-72119326420412217102009-09-10T17:51:02.875+01:002009-09-10T17:51:02.875+01:00Hi River,
I envy you in many ways. As a young lad...Hi River,<br /><br />I envy you in many ways. As a young lad I would have loved to have been able to pop out on a sunny day and return nicely tanned.<br /><br />The only way I could possibly get a tan is by covering myself in spray tan - and I've seen that episode of "Friends" where Ross makes a mess doing just that. I'm sure that would happen to me.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PMPlastic Mancunianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864213919913476168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-76209459472701376282009-09-10T12:58:03.945+01:002009-09-10T12:58:03.945+01:00It's even worse when you're born in a plac...It's even worse when you're born in a place where everybody is tanned in summer (and many of them, most of the year). Being Spanish and not fond of sunbathing seems to be a shame, I'd eagerly join this milky white association :).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-77754494177632003572009-09-10T12:23:27.669+01:002009-09-10T12:23:27.669+01:00I tan without even thinking about it. I don't ...I tan without even thinking about it. I don't sunbake anymore and wear sunscreen, especially on my face, I spend most of my time inside. Still by the end of summer my arms and legs are very brown just from walking to and from the local shopping centres and libraries. All are within 20 minutes walk. When I was much younger, under ten, I was often asked if I was half aboriginal, because I spent all day at the beach all summer and was brown as I could possibly get.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-21132850889531368852009-09-10T07:56:17.432+01:002009-09-10T07:56:17.432+01:00G'day Kath,
Tanning isn't worth the pain ...G'day Kath,<br /><br />Tanning isn't worth the pain in my opinion and I vigorously defend my white skin when people come up with comments like:<br /><br />"You look ill. You're as white as a ghost"<br /><br />Why do you have to be tanned to look "healthy"? <br /><br />I'm with you on the march - milk bottles and fluorescent tubes should stick together!<br /><br />:0)<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PMPlastic Mancunianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864213919913476168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-54469709540611242902009-09-10T04:46:24.820+01:002009-09-10T04:46:24.820+01:00This is a brilliant description: "I could hav...This is a brilliant description: "I could have made curtains for the whole street out the skin." Gold!<br /><br />I too am blonde with legs I invariably describe as fluro-tubes. Living in Australia means that I'm always the whitest at BBQs, in the pool, on holiday, walking down the street in shorts...<br /><br />I too have had the soles of my feet burned when I fell asleep under the shady umbrella at the beach. I needed three days off work because I couldn't walk. I've been burned in an angry 'v' on my chest during a tennis tournament - I applied sunscreen everywhere else but forgot I was wearing a v-necked t-shirt. For three weeks after I had tiny blisters that resembled bubble wrap and it burned so badly that I still sport a faint mark of that day 26 years ago...<br /><br />We (natural) blondes need to stand up and march for our milky white rights. Preferably at night time or somewhere shady of course... :)Kath Locketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677312773827236567noreply@blogger.com