# Tanning Mom is such a scamp. How can you not love her? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 18, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324 "2012-05-18T15:25:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/21 "2012-05-19T20:05:02Z")
My heart really goes out to her teenage daughter for having to take care of an alcoholic parent. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/22 "2012-05-19T20:21:29Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > In case you haven’t seen it [the video footage](http://thefw.com/braless-patricia-krentcil/) of the shoot. That video is pure awesome! “GET IN THE HOUSE!!!” ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/23 "2012-05-19T21:49:06Z")
I’m confused by that woman’s lack of ass. I have no real comments - I’m just confused. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/24 "2012-05-19T21:55:16Z")
Who is this person, and why is she on my internets? ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/25 "2012-05-19T22:13:20Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Who is this person, and why is she on my internets? Why that’s tanning mom, of course. She brought the sexy back to leathery skin and public intoxication. She was arrested on suspicion of letting her small child use a tanning bed. The charges and evidence are questionable, but there’s no lack of evidence that she has worked her way into our heats with that bronzed, burnt-fried-chicken glow and indomitable sass. Good news: she’s already working on [plans for a reality show and a playboy spread](http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/05/15/tanning-mom-patricia-krentcil-in-talks-for-reality-tv-show-would-do-playboy-if-asked/) so she will be on our internets for a long, long, time. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/26 "2012-05-19T23:45:12Z")
I just got an idea for a new reality show: “Jersey Shore Meets Tan Mom”! Think it’ll go over? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/27 "2012-05-20T00:35:43Z")
Well, it seems clear why the school was anxious to find an excuse to involve the authorities in her daughters’ life. Very, very sad. I hope she ends up on [del]celebrity[/del] d-list rehab. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/28 "2012-05-20T01:24:02Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > Why that’s tanning mom, of course. She brought the sexy back to leathery skin and public intoxication. She was arrested on suspicion of letting her small child use a tanning bed. The charges and evidence are questionable, but there’s no lack of evidence that she has worked her way into our heats with that bronzed, burnt-fried-chicken glow and indomitable sass. > > Good news: she’s already working on [plans for a reality show and a playboy spread](http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/05/15/tanning-mom-patricia-krentcil-in-talks-for-reality-tv-show-would-do-playboy-if-asked/) so she will be on our internets for a long, long, time. I was GOING to say, “you meant _hearts_, up there, right **Crazyhorse**?”, but then I took another look at the whole sentence and it makes sense when you take it as meaning anger and not _in_ heat. 🙂 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/29 "2012-05-20T01:44:07Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > I was GOING to say, “you meant _hearts_, up there, right **Crazyhorse**?”, but then I took another look at the whole sentence and it makes sense when you take it as meaning anger and not _in_ heat. 🙂 > > Quasi You’re right - I meant to type ‘hearts’ but the typo worked out either way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/30 "2012-05-20T01:58:25Z")
I loves me some satire! 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/31 "2012-05-20T02:25:35Z")
**Quasi** - See, you look at this woman and your mental condition doesn’t seem so bad. StG ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/32 "2012-05-20T03:24:55Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > My heart really goes out to her teenage daughter for having to take care of an alcoholic parent. Agreed, but I had to admire her for her guts, too. And something has to be said about those turds with the cameras. That woman has a problem, but exploiting her weakness and putting her on display to be ridiculed says something about their own mental faculties. Must have been a slow day for chasing cripples. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/33 "2012-05-20T03:42:34Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > **Quasi** - See, you look at this woman and your mental condition doesn’t seem so bad. > > StG You’re ABSOLUTELY right, **StG**!😃 I thank Og every day y’all can’t see my man-tits because of this fucking medication I have to take, but I sure wouldn’t parade myself around like _that_! Hell, she’ll prob’ly get her half page (I HOPE it’s only a half), but then, by god, she’ll be history! _seriously_, I used to be a moderately nice looking guy, but now? No, not anymore. Where’s the nearest dumpster? LOL! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/34 "2012-05-20T06:03:34Z")
“Not _Playboy_ material?” Now THAT’S putting it mildly! ---
**Author:** ![mister\_nyx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@mister\_nyx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mister_nyx)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/35 "2012-05-20T07:26:10Z")
That is definitely the most appealing photograph I have seen of her so far. How certain are we that she’s not an orc? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/36 "2012-05-20T07:31:29Z")
> [@mister\_nyx](#): > > That is definitely the most appealing photograph I have seen of her so far. > > How certain are we that she’s not an orc? Pretty sure. “It is a mark of evil things that came in the Great Darkness that they cannot abide the Sun,” to quote Treebeard. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/37 "2012-05-21T00:09:41Z")
I’m fairly certain the whole thing is an elaborate hoax perpetrated by Jeremy Irons. (Or am I the only one who sees the resemblance?) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/38 "2012-05-21T03:13:59Z")
I see the resemblance to her and a battered old leather handbag - beyond that, not seeing it. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/39 "2012-05-21T04:51:41Z")
Doggy-style, or any other position. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/40 "2012-05-21T05:11:15Z")
I have endured the images of this female for a few days now, and the ones linked above are less heinous than others. Honestly, she would fit in quite nicely with a number of Floridian crispy critters that bake on many a beach this time of the year. Why humans would deliberately put themselves at risk for skin cancer merely to discolor their outer integument is beyond me. It is merely one of the mysteries of your culture that I have been sent to study. Fortunately, I can do so from my indoor facility. Shady, quiet, cool. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324.md?page=3)