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Get it out of a bottle please.


Byline: ELAINE C SMITH

I HAVE been reading the riot act Riot Act

the reading it to unruly crowds, sheriffs under George I could force them to disperse or be jailed. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 767]

See : Riot
 to my daughter about the new report on the danger of sunbeds.

I went daft when she came in after burning herself on a sunbed sun·bed  
n.
See tanning bed.

sunbed ncama solar

sunbed sun nlit pliant;
(with sun lamp
 to refresh (1) To continuously charge a device that cannot hold its content. CRTs must be refreshed, because the phosphors hold their glow for only a few milliseconds. Dynamic RAM chips require refreshing to maintain their charged bit patterns. See vertical scan frequency and redraw.  her tan from a holiday in Mexico.

But we live in Glasgow, where the desire to be a terrible orange seems to be more important than whether you get cancer.

My daughter is an adult.

All I can do is give her the facts. What I really want is to bar her from going to salons and to stand in front of the door if she tries.

Please girls - and it is mostly girls - be happy with your skin. If you want a better tan, get it out of a bottle.

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Publication:Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
Date:Aug 2, 2009
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