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they've been doing this in tokyo for years...the fake-tanned 'kogal' girls started it, and then boys started getting in on the action copying the look...fake-tan and often loads of makeup (particularly white around the eyes, so they look like a sunburnt clown)! absolutely mental.
they take everything to the max out there...love it.
maori, portsmouth,
What on earth is going on with that colour? What on earth is going on,full stop? They all look like some sort of androids. All with the same face,hair and expression.And there's even one picture where these guys look like orange vampires. i'd puke if they didn't look so damned ridiculous!
Andrew Hartley, Rio de Mouro, Portugal
I think my bank adviser is one of them. Her legs for sure.
Glorb, Congleton,
You mean they did that intentionally?
Heaven help them if they are caught in the rain: they will look like their faces are melting. And the picture with this article....did the one on the right ever realize he was not completely sprayed? Or was he hoping that no one noticed he ran out of spray tan.
Next I'll be hearing those same guys are using the spray hair to give themselves beards.
ed, dayton, ohio
Surely these lads are the sons of Bros ("When, oh when, oh when, will I be famous ?"
steve, Kidderminster,
Looks like spray on skin cancer....!
John, Chichester, UK
how are women even stood remotely near them?
vicki andrews, bath, England
What does gangsta really has to do with it? They look anything but gangsta!
Louis Smythe-Silva, Sintra, Portugal
I was thinking along the lines of a oompah loompah from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Liam Billington, Manchester,
Looks like the orange men you normally see on a Saturday night on Staten Island.
Sally, Brooklyn, New York
Awesome.. It's all about Nu' Joysey... one place to also witness this phenomena, is Miami South beach... around spring break (mid march)... it really does'nt get much better than this!
Also check:
http://njguido.com/
Charlie, SF, Californai
Which just goes to show, you don't always know when you've been tangoed.
Paul M, Nottingham, UK
The truth isn't really all that strange. They're from New York and New Jersey, the original photos having been posted on an MMA forum, 'Sherdog' by a kid called Lee Hotti.
Welcome to 2006, enjoy your stay.
Jay, NYC,
Oh Man. Have you seen those pictures? Had to stop eating my lunch, couldn't stop laughing. They're not tanned, they're orange. Think sunburn with a hint of mud wrestling. If this was fancy dress I might understand....(perhaps it is?)
Ben, KingsCross, London
Not so keen on spray tan YET.
It's only a matter of time, dude.
Jack Hanson, Seattle, US
In America, we call them "Those Guys."
Michael J Rollins, Zephyrhills, FL