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To say that my legs are whiter than yours

78 replies

ThereisanAngryGoosebackthere · 20/04/2018 14:54

Oh the joy of summer!

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HRTpatch · 20/04/2018 16:32

aornis mine are that shade but twice as wide Grin
Fake tan doesnt make any diffetence.

deadringer · 20/04/2018 16:33

Mine are the whitest.

To say that my legs are whiter than yours
acornsandnuts · 20/04/2018 16:33

Mine are white with freckles and so dry it’s like snow when I take my tights off. Nice.

Justmuddlingalong · 20/04/2018 16:36

Mine are white with the added bonus of freckles, Wee Jimmy Krankie stylee.

CatsMother66 · 20/04/2018 16:47

This thread made me laugh! I was asked last summer if I was wearing white tights!

Fredathetortoise · 20/04/2018 16:50

Seen on Facebook today

To say that my legs are whiter than yours
yolofish · 20/04/2018 16:51

all white, like the legs in that photo are just as beautiful as golden ones. please spare a thought for those of us with freckles, blotches, red knees and ankles etc etc. I can assure you it is far far worse than being a beautiful even shade of pale!

Tawdrylocalbrouhaha · 20/04/2018 17:01

I am actually thinking of getting a new family crest made up. Does anyone know the Latin for "Always Burns, Never Tans"?

AornisHades · 20/04/2018 17:01

yolo my very imperfect leg bits are well hidden in the pic :)

CigarsofthePharoahs · 20/04/2018 17:08

My legs exist in three states: -
Deathlike paleness with hint of added zombie, red like a slapped lobster and rashy like I've fallen in a clump of stinging nettles.
I'm hoping parasols make a come back.

Roomba · 20/04/2018 17:14

I have blue - white legs that neve change colour no matter how long I spend in the sun. I think they just don't have any melanin in them at all!

It's bizarre as the rest of me tans really easily. I look very peculiar when I've been sunbathing abroad, as if I refused to take my thick trousers off throughout Grin

Spartacunt · 20/04/2018 17:33

Mine are the colour of the inside of a pork pie. And the shape of a baguette. I am so blessed.

DailyWailEatsSnails · 20/04/2018 18:16

I'm good without supplements. Outside for 2 hours/day. Lot More in summer.

yolofish · 20/04/2018 18:19

aornis they look very beautiful!

BlondeB83 · 20/04/2018 18:20

Mine are whiter than white but I’ve discovered an amazing fake tan!

Mosaic123 · 20/04/2018 18:23

I've just ordered some of the Sally Hansen leg spray. Hope it works!

PoorYorick · 20/04/2018 18:24

I'm naturally as pale as a ghost, set off perfectly by the fact that my hair is black (well, dark brown, but looks black in all but the very brightest of direct light).

I actually like it, though. Don't know why, I've never been a goth. I'm that person who sunbathes in a huge T shirt over my bikini. Been thinking of getting a burkini.

MoonriseKingdom · 20/04/2018 18:27

I’m so pale that on a holiday to Cuba a South American family were so shocked/ amazed/ horrified by my pale skin that they asked to take a photograph ShockBlush

I returned from 2 weeks in Cuba exactly the colour I left. I burn so easily I have to be very careful to apply sunblock every 5 minutes.

justabunchofbunting · 20/04/2018 18:29

mine are white even after two layers of fake tan AND they are covered in eczema and weird marks that I do not even know what they are!
I naively got them out the other day and went into John Lewis and caught sight of them in a mirror and it was horrific. It looked like id been attacked by a cat or something. I mention I was in John Lewis because everyone else in there looked immaculate so it was even more noticeable how much of a state my legs looked.

My nickname at school was 'Corpse Bride'

yolofish · 20/04/2018 18:31

so sorry but laughing at "corpse bride"!!

InglouriousBasterd · 20/04/2018 18:32

The worst bit is that my knees tan, and my feet. The bit in the middle stays ghostly.

Justmuddlingalong · 20/04/2018 18:39

Blush When you get chatting to someone on the last day of your 2 week holiday abroad, and they ask "So, have you just arrived?"

Oblomov18 · 20/04/2018 18:45

I don't care. I've got mine out, yesterday and today. They are incredibly white. I just don't care.

TheTroutofNoCraic · 20/04/2018 18:57

Mine are blue mottled with red...I always dreamed of having lovely white legs.

AnnabelleLecter · 20/04/2018 19:11

Mine tan but it takes a while, they are naturally latte brown by the last week in September.
Shorts on today (third day of legs out) still looking a whiter shade of pale even with gradual fake tan.