True Story
Kentucky man buys swimming pool for kids. Man fails to put sunscreen on kids while they play in pool. Kid gets sunburn. Man takes him to the emergency room. Man arrested for child neglect, jailed and charged a $7500 fine.
Kentucky Man jailed for child neglect
Sheesh, if laws were this strict when I was growing up, my folks would be serving life in prison.
Too funny. I remember burning my bare back on the glass panes protecting the fireplace. My stepmother, in her infinite wisdom, decided that Crisco would make a good balm. I still have the bacon shaped scar today.
Posted by deadscot on 13 Jun, 2008 at 10:48Nivea in my case and I too have the scar to prove it. For some strange reason, I still have this aversion to roasting in the sun.
I don’t know about Kentucky, but in our neck of the woods getting a bad-ass sunburn is easy enough. One of these days I’ll try to fry an egg on the sidewalk.
Posted by elwedriddsche on 13 Jun, 2008 at 11:39
My mother did the second-degree sunburn thing to me. To this day, she claims that sunblock causes skin cancer… Wish they’d slapped her ass into jail back then.
Posted by elwedriddsche on 13 Jun, 2008 at 07:28