Posted on 01/19/2017 6:50:55 PM PST by nickcarraway
A group of women have quit their jobs to become permanent mermaids.
A community of people in Seattle, Washington, have decided to switch their life on land to live like the sea beings under water permanently, despite being "laughed" at for their lifelong ambition as a child.
Caitlin Nielsen - who was a biology graduate - has put her plan into action as she has set up a workshop where she handcrafts silicone tails, which she feels "awkward" when she isn't wearing the attachment.
Speaking to The Mirror Online, the 32-year-old said: "When I was in kindergarten and the teacher asked everyone to go around and say what they wanted to be when they grew up, I said 'a mermaid.'
"Everyone laughed at me and now here I am - I'm a mermaid. I'm literally a real life mermaid.
"Ever since I saw Disney's 'Little Mermaid' when I was very young and I also watched the movie 'Splash' with Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah.
"Both of my parents are marine biologists, so I grew up knowing a lot about the oceans, spending a lot of time at the sea shores and really feeling like I was meant to be in the ocean, so when I saw mermaid movies it sort of resonated with me.
"I do feel like my tail is a part of me, and I do actually feel like it is a prosthetic limb. I sometimes joke that I wear a prosthetic because I was born with a terrible birth defect - which is legs. When my tail is off I feel a little bit awkward. Suddenly I have legs and I don't know what to do with them. I feel extremely clumsy."
Caitlin isn't the only person to switch lifestyle as her friends Ed Brown, Tessie LaMourea and Morgan Caldwell have claimed they are the mystical creature.
Yeah, okay, but do we ever get the answer to the most important question: which bathroom do they get to use? (and don’t try to get out of it by telling me they’re just going to pee in the ocean).
I initially thought that the second mermaid from the left probably had a dork, which sort of destroyed the whole mermaid concept.
it turns out that it considers itself asexual, which means that it is confused on levels that I never before considered possible.
It doesn’t matter ... state or federal. However since we have Trump as president now, we should take advantage of this and make it federal.
Can mermaids grant wishes?
The Georgia Aquarium has a mermaid show. Working it seems a suitable outlet for the fantasy without getting weird about it.
LGBTM?
right. we need a federal law making it a criminal offense to wear the wrong kind of clothes. we’ll have to shred the constitution into a file of confetti first, but let’s circle back to that — and the fact that the founders are literally whirring in their graves — later.
so, what happens when they outlaw whatever it is you’re wearing right now? don’t discount the possibility. I didn’t think we would ever make such hysterically bad electoral decisions that would get our healthcare hijacked, but it happened.
would you be in favor of a three strikes provision in your federal clothing law? on the third offense, you are executed?
How does she pee?
I don’t think the founding fathers were dressed like mermaids. They wore tights, but it was OK for dudes to do that back then. These days, they shouldn’t because that is weird. Six months should do the trick. Nothing serious.
Once they make the law, I will review the law and dress accordingly. I have nothing to hide.
See the picture in #18, not very hot.
what if the law requires you to dress like a mermaid?
ZOOLANDER! All time classic.
What if the planet earth gets sucked into a black hole tomorrow and we all turn into tomatoes?
“Both of my parents are marine biologists.....”
Well alrighty then.
dude, you said something retarded, not to mention fascist. It would be easier if you just admitted it and went on to your next spectacularly stupid comment.
Of course I am a fascist. I never said I wasn’t. I think most people will think like me pretty soon. I don’t think the personal insults will get you anywhere apart from revealing how petty and childish you are.
inauguration troll. I want the credit when this guy gets zotted.
Yeh, nip this one in the bud. Not even entertaining.
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