Tuesday, August 10, 2010

How to avoid skin cancer (how to be like Henry)

Always three layers of sun protection. ALWAYS.


a) The 'bimini sun top' on the ski boat.
b) His trademark fishing hat (He doesn't fish, it just covers face and ears).
c) Zinc oxide on nose (you can't see it, because I think he got special clear kind).

I guess summers on Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, with sub-par sunscreen of the mid-20th century and English/Scottish skin that reddens upon sun exposure really tallies the number of skin cancer cutouts come age 60.

(And he's probably had those shorts for 20 years).

We tease him to no end. It's unfortunate, how outnumbered he is.

1 footnotes:

Katie said...

Duly noted. I thought sunscreen was enough. I was so wrong.