One woman's clever fake tanning trick became her boyfriend's worst nightmare.

If there is one thing that bamboozles the heck out of dudes, it’s fake tan.

“But WHY?” they ask incredulously. “Why would you want to be ORANGE?”

It’s an ongoing battle between our attachment to a can of St Tropez, and their attachment to normal coloured hands and clean white sheets.

But even we had to laugh at this poor guy’s run-in with his girlfriend’s fake tan.

“My girlfriend fake tans,” explains musician and graphic designer Barnaby Oakley in his now widely-shared Facebook post.

“My girlfriend decides to use a sock instead of tanning mitt. I wear the sock all day without knowing.”

*gulps*

“Result: I am 007’s newest enemy… Bronzenfoot.”

Oh, Barnaby.

*stifles giggles*

The post has attracted more than 49,000 likes and has been shared over 3,200 times with countless girls tagging their friends.

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Listen, Barnaby: we reckon you should just be happy it was your foot, and not your face, OK?

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