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Stripes on my legs, I have striped legs.

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imaginethemdragons · 13/08/2021 08:41

In holiday caravan, shower is fecking AWSOME.
Shaved what I assumed was my legs in their entirety within the pleasurable confines of this fancy pants, luxury shower.

But on settling in a sunny holiday spot on the beach, begin to apply sun cream, yep, stripes of hair.
I mean man sized, long length, black …could be quaffed hairs in neat rows in same manner of a neatly mowed farmer’s field up and down my legs.

The gentle summer breeze was actually blowing said hairy stripes like grass on a sand dune.

So if for any reason I am in need of an emergency visit to the local hospital, will they judge or raise an eyebrow thinking this is some new Kim Kardashian kinda fashion thing?

Because due to my negligent shaving holiday practices, I look like a twat.

I will of course finish the job, but wondered if you have had any holiday issues this summer?

(Yes it’s nowt to moan about, it’s just lighthearted chat before folk come on shouting the odds about the state of the world etc etc etc)

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MyFloorIsLava · 13/08/2021 08:43

I lay in the shade except for one foot, and I was wearing sandals so I have one foot sunburned in the most ridiculous criss cross pattern you can imagine.

Zarene · 13/08/2021 08:47

I once managed to paint all my nails bar one.

But I’ve also left the house in odd shoes, so possibly not a model to emulate.

Maireas · 13/08/2021 09:42

It's a new fashion. Didn't we think hairy eyebrows were odd to start with?
I once shared a bedroom with a friend on holiday. In the night her face felt dry so she put moisturiser on. Not wanting to wake me, she didn't put the light on. In the morning I was faced with her sleeping countenance slathered in foundation, as was the pillow and sheets.

WithLargeTableMouse · 13/08/2021 09:47

When I was a teenager in the 80s my best friend ripped her jeans to make denim cut offs instead of cutting them with scissors. For some reason she just left them with a diagonal bit on one leg. We spent the whole summer of 1986 in our denim cut offs and she had the resulting wonky tan line on one thigh for years after. Smile

YogaLite · 13/08/2021 09:48

Not a holiday issue but involves hair:
I was once in hospital on a neurological ward and next to me was a 30 something lady who was due to be operated for a brain aneurysm. She was really embarrassed that she hadn't shaved her pubes. Her lovely husband reassured her that they won't be going into her head from that angle.....

Knittedfairies · 13/08/2021 13:02

Her lovely husband reassured her that they won't be going into her head from that angle.....

My sister's aneurysm was dealt with by a small incision in her groin.

Plump82 · 13/08/2021 13:28

I put my spf on from my feet up, using both hands covered in cream. Couldn't work out why my middle toes were SO brown until i realised i was completing missing them while applying the sun lotion.

30degreesandmeltinghere · 13/08/2021 13:31

Birthday week end away quite recently..
Packed these..

Stripes on my legs, I have striped legs.
BruceAndNosh · 13/08/2021 13:31

Got a matching shower cream and body lotion set for Christmas.
Decided to generously smooth the body lotion on one night before bed.

Woke up and the body lotion was still sticky.
Put on glasses and realised I had slathered my body with Shower cream

YogaLite · 13/08/2021 16:06

@Knittedfairies, omg, I would have never imagined! Live and learn!

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