Nuns deserve to get tanned too, if they want. A specially made fabric is black in the visible spectrum but partially transparent in the near UV (the good tanning part, not the bad skin cancer part).
-- sqeaketh the wheel, Mar 20 2012

Exists for swimsuits http://www.tanthrough.com/
[Klaatu, Mar 21 2012]

http://ypcommando.c...ages/nunstools1.jpg [2 fries shy of a happy meal, Mar 22 2012]

Actually, a better reason for this Idea is the fact that the skin makes Vitamin D from UV light. So, people who don't get enough sun-exposure can suffer from a deficiency of that vitamin. What tanning is, is the skin's defense against too much UV. I've read that black people living in places like Chicago sometimes suffer from Vitamin D deficiency because their natural protection against equatorial sunlight doesn't let enough through, when they live that far north.
-- Vernon, Mar 20 2012


Exactly.
-- sqeaketh the wheel, Mar 20 2012


Clothes: Nun, not Clothes: None. Easy mistake to make!
-- gnomethang, Mar 20 2012


Mind: Gutter. Not helpful.
-- sqeaketh the wheel, Mar 20 2012


Yes, all nuns should go naked when in public. Problem solved.
-- pocmloc, Mar 20 2012


Well, I bunned this, but aren't nuns allowed to have bathing suits?
-- xandram, Mar 20 2012


What's black and white and red all over?
-- goff, Mar 20 2012


What's brown and sticky?
-- pocmloc, Mar 20 2012


It's not just black folks, [Vern]; even pale-skinned Nordic types like [The Alterother] suffer numerous maladies from short winter days. It's even worse if you live in mountainous regions where the hours of direct sunlight are even fewer.
-- Alterother, Mar 20 2012


//What's black and white and red all over?// [marked-for-Summary]
-- FlyingToaster, Mar 20 2012


What's brown and sticky?

A stick.
-- not_morrison_rm, Mar 21 2012


A: a sunburnt nun, a newspaper, a penguin in a liquidiser, a communist zebra
-- goff, Mar 21 2012


[nmrm] has the correct answer. What's brown and comes backwards out of cows?
-- pocmloc, Mar 21 2012


Do Penguins have this problem?

If so,someone or something could spray them with a concentrated liquid version of //specially made fabric//
-- skinflaps, Mar 21 2012


//What's brown and comes backwards out of cows//
The Isle of Wight ferry.
-- AbsintheWithoutLeave, Mar 21 2012


The change in livery did spoil that one decades ago though.
-- pocmloc, Mar 21 2012


So photographing in the UV spectrum would give you nudes of nuns? I'll bun that.
-- Voice, Mar 22 2012


Bad-ass habits. [link]
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Mar 22 2012



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