Entertainment | Jay-ZTV A Guide to SPFs, From 4 to 233 Honestly, is 100+ really necessary? By Evann Gastaldo Posted Aug 3, 2009 1:26 PM CDT Copied In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, thousands of people flock to a bathing beach to cool themselves in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, on Saturday Aug. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Xizeng) See 2 more photos The development of SPF 100+ sunscreen has led to confusion for some consumers—or at least that's Zev Borow's excuse for a tongue-in-cheek guide to the wide world of sun protection, in the New Yorker: SPF 4: “You’re joking, right? This is some kind of joke? 4? We make this stuff for armadillos.” SPF 12: “Bonus: Comes with an ‘I AM, OR ONE DAY WILL BE, A DANGEROUSLY NEGLECTFUL PARENT’ visor.” SPF 100: “This is to SPF 99 and below as excellent heroin is to Capri Sun juice boxes.” SPF 125: “Remember the first time you were allowed into an airport first-class lounge? Or experienced oral sex? Add using SPF 125 sunscreen to the list of experiences that you will never forget.” SPF 150: “Actually repels the fear and anxiety and vulnerability and paralyzing paralysis that affects so many of us each and every time we walk outside during daylight hours.” SPF 175: “Ever wanted to have unprotected sex with a prostitute in Haiti? Don’t answer. Doesn’t matter. The point is with SPF 175 that’s now an option.” SPF 233: “Is not inexpensive. But, in the war against the evil that is the sun, can you put a price on freedom?” Read These Next A space capsule carrying ashes of 160 people crashed in the ocean. The death toll in the Texas floods has risen to 27, including 9 kids. Musk says his new party is in business. A lesson in minding your own business ... at 30,000 feet. See 2 more photos Report an error