# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/41 "2012-05-21T10:33:21Z")
She lives in Nutley? _Futurama_ [nails it again](http://futurama.wikia.com/wiki/Petunia) ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/42 "2012-05-22T03:46:30Z")
google ‘tanning mom action figure’ I’m serious ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/43 "2012-05-22T23:17:30Z")
> **[New Jersey tanning mom inspires action figure](https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/jersey-tanning-mom-inspires-action-figure-182150456.html)** > > The overly tan New Jersey mom accused of taking her young daughter tanning has inspired an action figure. The $29.95 "Tanorexic" mom doll is available from HeroBuilders.com, the custom doll retailer behind the Michaele Salahi action figure, Anthony... ---
**Author:** ![Windsong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Windsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windsong)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/44 "2012-05-25T01:04:47Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > 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. Said by one who once incarnated as a bucket o’ bolts! ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/45 "2012-05-25T01:13:02Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > I just got an idea for a new reality show: “Jersey Shore Meets Tan Mom”! > Think it’ll go over? Ewww, that makes me think of some horribly awful sitcom, where Tan Mom plays the loveable, but slightly alcoholic mom to…oh, I just have to stop. I’m making myself sick. ---
**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 25, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/46 "2012-05-25T18:21:44Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > [New Jersey tanning mom inspires action figure](http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/jersey-tanning-mom-inspires-action-figure-182150456.html) They got the skin-color right, but she doesn’t look skanky enough. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/47 "2012-05-25T18:50:26Z")
Oh I bet that, if you get to know her, she’s a real sweetheart. You know, Like Flo the Progressive Insurance lady. ---
**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 25, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324/48 "2012-05-25T19:24:57Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Oh I bet that, if you get to know her, she’s a real sweetheart. > > You know, Like Flo the Progressive Insurance lady. Actually, Flo the waitress from Mel’s Diner might not be too far off. . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanning-mom-is-such-a-scamp-how-can-you-not-love-her/622324.md?page=2)