Behind The Awkwardness: You Say Tomato…
September 12th, 2011
“My little sister had the unfortunate experience of getting a really bad sunburn while on vacation. A woman walked by while we were by the pool and said that tomatoes help the pain go away.”
(submitted by Christine)
Tags: sunburns
not only will the tomatos take away the pain, but you’ll end up with sin-roasted tomatoes you can enjoy later! it’s a win-win situation! :p
i meant SUN roasted tomatos. JEEZ!
And yet she’s in a bikini in
the sun?
hahaha best!
Noxema, anyone?
Another WAY to stop the pain………GET OUT OF THE SUN !!!!!!!!!
This is how you get sun-dried tomatoes.
lol
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH GREAT I got to remember that one to say to a barnie/vacationer when they come here. CLASSIC yeoooo
Actually the trick with vinegar works wonders. Cold water with some vinegar dabbed on with a cloth or soaking in will take out the sting from a sunburn. I’m extremely fair skinned and allergic to aloe vera. I had to find some relief. I’m thinking the acidity of the tomatoes would work the same way.
Well did it work?
Probably not, since she outside in the sun despite her sunburn.
At least it wasn’t ketchup – imagine what THAT would have looked like — wait I can see the ad now – Heinz Ketchup, protecting you from the sun since 1869!
It will now come with an SPF rating on the label xD
I think the old lady was screwing with you. She just wanted a funny story to tell on bingo night.
you should see all the slices of bacon cooking on her feet
So why isn’t she lying on a bed of lettuce?
Excellent reply, Rick!
Those tomatoes are very evenly sliced. They must have brought some good knives along on vacation.
Love this comment!!
I’ve been hung up on the knife skills involved also.
I’m wondering if maybe they ordered a bunch of tomatoes from room service?
See, I always heard you slice a banana on your thighs and lay out in the sun. I’ll have to try the old tomato trick!
Tomatoes On burns Do Help
Although she’s lying outside it looks like shes actually in the shade (except for her shoulders).
If they were really cold tamatoes I’m sure it would help. If all failed she could try iceberg lettuce
Then you just add bacon – nothing says summer like BLT while lying out by the pool.
BLT = Bikini Lounging Tomato ???
Haha. Perfect!
lol
Why would she be lying in the sun, if she were burned?!
Eh, the damage is already done. Let her hang out in the sun if she wants to.
Here’s a novel idea! STAY OUT OF THE SUN!!! This way, you see, one wouldn’t have to resort to “cures” like this when one gets burned.
I resolutely refuse to join the chorus asking why she is still in the sun.
Me too! I will not ask why she is in the sun!
Oh, dear–what that “helpful” lady SHOULD have said is that you need to EAT the tomatoes BEFORE you burn. (The lycopene in tomatoes helps prevents sunburn.
To all those who are saying she is still sitting in the sun, it does look like she’s in the shade… well a bit. When I got the crap burned out of me in the south a few years ago, someone said vinegar helped. It did… not a miracle but it helped… but I smelled like a chip wagon
Boy, I can’t wait to see the tan lines from this setup!
Well, she’s certainly not a quitter!
When you are hurting it always amazes me what someone will try ANYTHING to make it better.
Tomatoes are acidic. I don’t think anyone could convince me to put acid on my sunburn. Ow.
This is a recipe for sun DRIED tomatoes not sun BURN tomatoes. And as far as anyone knows, tomatoes do not have an SPF rating.
look closer people-she is in the shade
We get it folks. She should have gotten out of the sun. The first few times of it being said were enough, everything after is overkill.
I reckon all those folks posted before the other posts were visible. (I’m sure of it in my case.)
At least no one said it was photo-shopped! (or was it?)
yeah, don’t think that’ll work, vinager? yes, that will work. maybe the lady had her salad cures mixed up
LOL, salad cures!!!
She should have used green tomatoes. With the heat coming off her legs, turn them in a couple of minutes and you could have had fried green tomatoes for lunch!
Uh, yeah…tomatoes will help ease the pain, but only if they are pulverized and put into a really big Bloody Mary!!!
Now THAT’ sounds like a good plan. I’m wondering what kind of “snowflake-y” looking tan lines you’d get from lying in the sun with tomatoes on you body. Hmmmmm – maybe I’ll try it!
Soooo….. Did it help or not?? I wanna know!
Then why is she still in the sun?
Thank you!
She’s NOT!
She was trying to make you feel better: ‘At least you’re not as red as these tomatoes!’
Perhaps she should not have continued to sit in the sun?
Nothing cures a sunburn like laying out in the sun!
brilliant, thanks
and……………… it did or did not ???
Gee, I dunno — maybe it might help the pain IF YOU GOT THE HECK OUT OF THE SUN FOR A FEW HOURS/DAYS??!! Sheesh!
Okaaaaaaay…why is she still in the sun?
LOL! I think it would have helped more not to lie in the sun anymore.
The photo made me giggle … and then I read the background info … another word about sunburn advice … I’ve heard that putting a paper bag on your head and hopping like a bunny while clucking like a chicken helps too!
LOL!!! NEVER take advice from a stranger.
Or someone you know, either!
Sheesh – you’ve got it all wrong. Hop like a chicken and cluck like a bunny.
Ah yes – I stand corrected. Thanks Brenda .. perhaps I’m suffering from heat stroke!
Heat stroke? For that, you need tomato slices.
The bigger question is why is she laying out in the sun if she’s already sunburnt?
Sharon thought she would start a new fad as a human vegetarian sushi bar.
But should she still be lying in the sun AFTER the bad burn and with the tomatoes on her legs?
Good thing she wasn’t told “watermelon slices”. Then she would just look foolish.
WINNING!
Hilarious!
Don’t know about tomatoes but vinegar helps.
Aside from that it looks like the start of a strange BLT.
Burnt Lady and Tomato
LOL!
BLT ha ha ha ha… now that was funny!
I think she was in the shade… it’s awful to be on vacation and become ill, hurt or suffer a bad sunburn. Sitting inside is an awful way to spend vacation time so sitting in the shade was the only way to still feel included.