I received a snippy letter in response to this little series that ran 10 years ago, from a paid spokesman of the National Association of Tanning Bed Operators, or something like that. He took exception with my skepticism about the wisdom of people who crawl into a coffin-like enclosure to be bombarded, close-up, with technologically produced ultraviolet rays, all for cosmetic reasons. I might or might not be wrong about the short-comings of artificial tanning (I wouldn’t do it!), but I didn’t really take seriously an opposite position that someone was paid to hold. Then again, where would our government be if its members were as close-minded as I?
A Tan for All Seasons
By Jimmy Johnson
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61 responses to “A Tan for All Seasons”
Black is good, Jackie. By my lights, much better than the animal-print intimates being intimated over on 9CL.
I had fun adding parts of Ghost’s message together with Steve from Royal Oak and Loon’s.
Ghost: (Panties, I mean.
Steve from Royal Oak: Just for decoration, not eating…..
And last but not least from Loon: Nibbling the decorations can be fun 😉
One never knows what one may see or hear in the environs of the Village.
Nope, we are hardly predictable. Now my personal goal is to lose all need but am a long way from there. Need, meaning support for body parts. Brooke always is obsessed with animal print underwear.
Whereas I incited a Baptist deacon to say he’d always wanted a grandmother who wore leopard pants. Since he is probably trying to figure out who the heck he was talking to, it might have been obvious no panty lines.
Sorry, I am wicked and wanton. Good words for today. Have already shocked two people I know of today.
Way to go Jackie!!
Wicked and wanton is good, also.
Only two? 😉
sandcastler:
I prefer to tell myself that I am not developing opinions; instead, I am discovering truths.
2 today. She has 5 and 1/2 hours left till midnight! You can do it Jackie!
My sister used to tell me that as I got older I began to suffer from neurosclerosis, or “hardening of the attitudes”. That of course was a baseless canard.
Jackie:
“Taking joy in living is a woman’s best cosmetic.” Rosalind Russell
Haven’t gotten past Ruston. Home of Terry Bradshaw and peaches.
Going back to look at floating condo but not this trip. Have to decide which coast? I think this side offers more possibility than Pacific for cruising but have awhile to consider.
Right you are, Ursen! Those, too! Funniest pajamas I ever had were given to me by my husband-to-be: stretch terry, zip up footie pajamas with a trap door (I was always cold at night while single). One pair was red and white stripes, the other, bright blue. I also had bunny slippers at the same time.
I bet Rosalind Russell was never wrong. And if she was, no one would dare tell her so.
She was good in “Wonderful Town”* on B’way. Opened Feb. ’53; must have seen it that summer before wife and I moved to Ann Arbor, MI. [*Musical based on play, “My sister Eileen.”] Probably that same summer we saw “South Pacific.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Russell
Peace, emb
That, or another, Wiki site is encouraging. Russell attributed her long success on stage and screen to never having allowed herself to become a sex object. Had only one husband, died of breast cancer, was a staunch Republican [campaigned for Nixon], and staunch[?] R.C., had only one child. Sounds ~ a woman you wouldn’t want to cross swords with, or just cross words.
She might even have been as smart as the young woman who was with me in the theater. Also an actress [amateur]. Staunch Methodist all her life, but became less orthodox over the years. Bad influences!
Peace, emb
Jackie, are you sure you want to cruise the Left Coast?
Hey I am too tired to answer that but am going north to cooler climate. I am hot already and its only Aptil.
Et les Français sont déconcertés parce que nous ne les comprenons pas…
http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2003/04/01
Et encore…
http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2009/04/01
March…the month that my central unit provided both heating and cooling. One of the joys of Southern living.
Jackie, I would say, “You’re probably hot every month of the year,” but you might think I was flirting.
I’ve errands to run, but usually businesses are not into the April Fool’s thing. Not so sure about the gym. We’ll see.
Peace, emb
Denise in M
When first married I gave my bride some Dr Denton’s as a joke gift.
Only wood heat.
Silly me I should have measured – she ended up taking 3″ out of the legs and shortening the
waist 6″ – She 5’2″ me 6’2″
I’ve learned…. That to ignore the facts does not change the facts – AR
Spent an afternoon exploring the museum and the surrounding area at the airfield at Wendover, Utah. If you’re ever crossing the country on I-80 it’s well worth the time to visit and see where many of our best artillery crews and flight crews honed their skills. Imagine riding on a flatbed railcar at 40 mph while blasting a 50-caliber gun at moving targets!
And for those who know their history, yep, that’s the airfield where Col. Paul Tibbets trained his B-24 crew before flying across the Pacific to deliver Little Boy.
Good morning or night. Going back to sleep hopefully Not telling what I dont sleep in.
Good morning Villagers…..
Nodak Wayne, you’ll have to explain that one to me. Not too ‘bright’ this early in the morn, especially with all the frenzy that’s been going on at work sites 🙂
Spoke with The Boss yesterday, said I could come over and start cleaning and such. Told him that we had been watching little Kyler for Rachael so she could clean at the hen house too in the evenings. Then he said “you’d be doing me a bigger favor if you would watch him so she could keep cleaning cages. She’s ahead of the teens and they’re trying to catch up with her” That reminds me of the dog races……chasing that rabbit. We all know that those teens just aren’t focusing on the cages…
So after the past two evenings, I don’t know what’s worse, babysitting a highly active 2 1/2 year old or cleaning a dirty egg packer. I’m going to tell the The Boss today he owes me a big favor too.
And it’s April Fools……I love the way Jimmy always fits that into his strips…..
For those of you who want to have a fish on your back, go here: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150401.html.