Do you believe in mermaids?

ThomM

15 years ago

In my part of the world it's believed that what the sailors thought where mermaids where actually these cuties.

So yes I do

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Fernando Veloso

15 years ago

Surf a lot and never saw one. At least not in the water.

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ThomM 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Fernando Veloso

Surf a lot and never saw one. At least not in the water.

Manatee or mermaid:confused::confused:
The common name for the Manatee is Sea Cow, I've seen more then my share of those on the beach:rolleyes:
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- RB Riddick 15 years ago
  
  Hey Thom,
  
  I don't know how someone could confuse a manatee with a girl + tail.
  
  Maybe on a dark night after a few beers or a very long ocean voyage.
  
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  ThomM 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by RB Riddick
  
  Hey Thom,
  
  I don't know how someone could confuse a manatee with a girl + tail.
  
  Maybe on a dark night after a few beers or a very long ocean voyage.
  
  Well after a few months on a boat drinking rum, I can see how the Manatee could look pretty damn good
  
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  GeorgettaSterling 15 years ago
  
  I saw a mermaid at a boat show I was dragged to years ago. Seemed quite nice - smiled a lot, spoke English, had great hair. Contary to myths, she remained in "mermaid form" even out of the water (perched in the back of some cabin cruiser - apparently that is the preferred hang-out location for mermaids).
  
  She had no problem breathing out of water either. No sign of gills.
  
  I wasn't the only one to see the mermaid either - thousands saw her, and didn't think it was that wild. Many didn't look twice. I don't know what the big deal is with this particular story - seems to me mermaids aren't that rare after all, if they hang out at boat shows.
  
  Her tail seemed a bit plastic-y or rubbery, rather than scaly, but I guess that was a problem with my expectations...
  
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johnlagoudakis

15 years ago

I'm not surprised... if I was out at sea for a long time...

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emofree

15 years ago

lol this seems to be interesting I think mermaids right now are some kind of a loch ness monster before it's never seems to be true. I think we need to have the Myth Busters go there to investigate the myth lol ...

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RB Riddick 15 years ago

"At first I thought she was just another sunbather"

I'm not sure if I'd want to spend much time on that beach.
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Phnx

15 years ago

I believe, I believe!

I've always had a thing for the merpeople, and still collect paintings of them. They are one of those things that if they don't exist they really should. I mean, c'mon!!

Here's an interesting snippet about the Benbecula mermaid, and the description doesn't leave much room for doubt that it wasn't a deformed fish....

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Women of the Deep
A Light History of the Mermaid
Originally published in SEA HISTORY 68, WINTER 1993-1994
by Anthony Piccolo

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But a much more celebrated episode occurred in 1830 on the small island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides. A farmwoman cutting seaweed on the shore, was startled to see a few feet from her the fish-like form of "a woman in miniature" happily turning somersaults. Several men failed to capture the creature as she splashed away, but a boy struck her in the back with a rock. Days later, the mermaid's dead body washed ashore. The dainty corpse attracted a large crowd. A careful examination was performed and documented by local officials. Everyone agreed that this was a mermaid and therefore partly human. As a result, there was a complete burial in a shroud and a coffin made by order of the chief magistrate of the island.

The detailed examination of "The Mermaid of Benbecula" was published solemnly in 1900 by the distinguished Gaelic scholar, Alexander Carmichael. It reveals that the upper part of the creature was "about the size of a well-fed child of three or four years of age, with an abnormally developed breast. The hair was long. dark and glossy, while the skin was white, soft, and tender. The lower part of the body was like a salmon, but without the scales."

Throughout the 19th century, on both sides of the Atlantic, numerous fake mermaids were exhibited, including the one owned by P. T. Barnum. On a visit to Japan in the 1850's, Andrew Steinmetz discovered that fishermen there made these curios, in a kind of cottage industry, from the corpses of monkeys and large fish....."

http://members.cox.net/mermaid31/merhist.htm

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ThomM 15 years ago

but a boy struck her in the back with a rock

I don't know Phnx, that's just wrong on a couple of levels
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- Phnx 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by ThomM
  
  I don't know Phnx, that's just wrong on a couple of levels
  
  Oh you iz bad!
  
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  Killer Joe 15 years ago
  
  Are you talking about a woman that smells like a fish?
  
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  ThomM 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Killer Joe
  
  Are you talking about a woman that smells like a fish?
  
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  Do you like fish sticks Joe?
  
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  Killer Joe 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by ThomM
  
  Do you like fish sticks Joe?
  
  Not as much as I like fish tacos, Thom.
  
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  ThomM 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Killer Joe
  
  Not as much as I like fish tacos, Thom.
  
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  You knew where that was going, didn't you?
  
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  Jared Alberghini 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by ThomM
  
  You knew where that was going, didn't you?
  
  So did I... but somehow I knew KJ would not fall for such a lame attempt...
  
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  ThomM 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Jared Alberghini
  
  So did I... but somehow I knew KJ would not fall for such a lame attempt...
  
  What can I say. It's been a long day and at the moment lame is as good as I get
  
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Fernando Veloso

15 years ago

You guys crack me up :p Thanks for the laughs.

Damn, just woke my kids!!

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EugeneKimmerly

15 years ago

i dated one once till she got wet and poof

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Michael Oksa

15 years ago

No, I do not believe in mermaids. Assuming that mermaids are part human (or humanoid), that would lead one to think they would be social animals. In that case, it's most likely they would have been discovered by reputable scientists/biologists by now.

However, I also believe there are still some fantastic animals yet to be discovered. And the bulk of those animals are probabaly going to be from the vastly unexplored oceans of the world.

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KimW

15 years ago

The PT Barnum mermaid:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ee_mermaid.jpg

By the way, I am currently in the process of purchasing a mermaid of my own.

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vertigo

15 years ago

i belive.im from haifa in israel and i can tell you a story about a places in the north of israel like Aco who has grait storys about people who saw mermaids.