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And now, my muscles are seizing from sunburn

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Bubbler, Aug 18, 2008.

  1. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    Took the family to the beach today. Weather was perfect and it was fun as hell. Nothing like taking young kids to the beach and Mrs. Bubbler had a great time too.

    So did everyone else at the beach, because I was shirtless. Based on the agape faces I saw, it was like someone was playing the bass line from Sly & The Family Stone's Thank You For Talking To Me Africa in slow motion as I sauntered through the sand. Meeeowww! :-X :-X :-X

    But therein lies the problem. I am sunburn as a motherfucker right now. This is not good because my skin is fair. How fair? If there is a European ancestry that lacks pigment, chances are, it's in my blood. No Scandanavian blood, but I got an honorary degree from The University of Helsinki for my whiteness.

    Additionally, I haven't been sunburn on my body in a while, I forgot about the various stages of sunburn pain: the chills, the muscle tightness.

    I still haven't totally recovered from my last sunburn, when I spent several hours in Washington D.C. heat back in June. It's like God took a magnifying glass and tried to burn a hole on the crown of my head, so I hope this is just a short-term thing.

    Minor pain sucks.
     
  2. JakeandElwood

    JakeandElwood Well-Known Member

    If you're not blistering, you won't be in bad shape. Just put the aloe vera on and you'll be fine soon. Unfortunately, I have a lot of experience in this area.
     
  3. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    Oh I won't blister. I'm just a pansy.
     
  4. pallister

    pallister Guest

    My mom once went to one of my day baseball games -- then spent the next few days unable to get out of bed. Her blisters had blisters. Suck it up, ya sissy.
     
  5. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Somewhere, a Speedway clerk just giggled after making his drop and doesn't know why...
     
  6. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    While I'm bitching and moaning, walking uphill in sand is hard.
     
  7. JakeandElwood

    JakeandElwood Well-Known Member

    Ah, well then I still feel for you some. Have you ever blistered? It's a bitch. Especially if they tell you they have to cleaned with peroxide or whatever the hell it was. That was a miserable week or so.
     
  8. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Suck it up! You're a bigger wuss than Bryan Clutterbuck!
     
  9. forever_town

    forever_town Well-Known Member

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    This you, Bubbler?
     
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  10. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Naw, this is ...

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  11. mike311gd

    mike311gd Active Member

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    Larry Hisle doesn't associate with wimps.
     
  12. Cadet

    Cadet Guest

    I got sunburned today, too. But lucky me, it'll turn to a nice golden brown day after tomorrow. [/bragging]
     
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