BS: Mermaid

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 17 Aug 09 - 07:42 PM

"Looks like you blew a seal."

"Naw, man, it's just tartar sauce."

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: Dead Horse
Date: 17 Aug 09 - 10:26 AM

But seals just love to balance balls on their noses, Your Honour!

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: Rapparee
Date: 16 Aug 09 - 02:52 PM

Isn't taking a seal into a privy for immoral porpoises a crime, even if you're a Lord and own the privy?

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: Stringsinger
Date: 16 Aug 09 - 01:40 PM

In an imaginary alluring image of a Siren, which would you prefer, the body of a woman with the head of a fish or vice versa?

It's a consummation devoutly to be fished.

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: Little Hawk
Date: 16 Aug 09 - 01:14 PM

That's it! Brilliant deduction on your part, Michael.

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: Michael
Date: 16 Aug 09 - 04:04 AM

Little Hawk - The Lord Privy Seal? (and what he was privy to in the privy we shall never know)

Mike

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: Gurney
Date: 16 Aug 09 - 03:57 AM

I started to read the article, but when I got to '....laying on the sand in a weird way..' it got too weird for me!

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: Dead Horse
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 08:45 AM

I thought they come as a trio, accompanied by wise men.
The other two being a Gold-maid and a Frankincense-maid

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: Bobert
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 07:31 AM

The ship went down in the icey water
Captain cried, "Where is my daughter?
Put her in a lifebaot, she must go free
Chain my body to the masthead, I would rather see myself dead
Then to see her drowning in the sea."

Wild geese were flyin' low
Saw the sinking ship below
Heard the final cries of the crew
Well, a vigil thru the stormy night
But with the dawn no life in sight
So onward to the South the wild geese flew

Sometimes in the night a passin'
Sailors hear a frigthfull laughing
A warning from the rocks to stay clear
Some say it is the maiden
Still alone and forsaken
Waiting for the angels to appear

So if you're sailing inn the Northern waters
And you meet the captain's daughter
Leave her golden apples, one, two, three
Do not cast away your eyes
Do not speak to her with lies
Or' else you'll never leave the Iceland sea

For I have lived beneath the deep
The oceans and her secrets keep
And I know where the legends come and gp
Where kings and queens and paupers too
Have written down the truth for you
And time is now and will be long ago

(Paul Seibel)

(From Bobert's mememory so don't hold me to each word...)

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 15 Aug 09 - 01:57 AM

Mermaids are actually resident in Liverpool UK.. and when walking that great city you can often hear the dulcet tones of another shouting "Shut up you stupid Mer"

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: Little Hawk
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 10:12 PM

The merm is a dark green fruit resembling a lime, but it has a sweet and tangy taste that is quite agreeable. They can be found in tropical forests above 2,000 feet, mostly on small islands in the Pacific. Mermade is a terrific drink and will restore insouciance with a minimum of 3 doses over a 24 hour period.

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: Rapparee
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 09:46 PM

I'd like to open a mermade stand out in front of the house. Does anyone have a good recipe for mermade? Where can I buy merms?

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: Charley Noble
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 09:18 PM

No good will come from this thread, I predict.

Mermaids or Merimaids always bring bad luck. Ships sink, sailors drown, love ones weep!

Whatever!

Charley Noble, who knows better!

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: Tug the Cox
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 07:43 PM

I've seen her, great figure,   38, 23, and ten shillings a pound. ( OK, so its an old one)

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 07:27 PM

Lizzie would have a tizzy- or did I misinterpret?

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: Little Hawk
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 05:30 PM

That's true. Just think, for instance, what would happen if the Queen of England entered her bedroom and found a seal on the bed calmly grooming itself.

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 05:27 PM

Amazing how much attention a seal can get when caught in odd light and a bit far from home !!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 05:19 PM

If it is a real Mermaid, then they gotta use the right bait or they'll never catch her. What they gotta do is dress some good lookin' man up as a Merman and have him hang around on the beach. He should have a full beard and long hair, cos Mermen don't shave or get haircuts, accordin' to legend. If she is there, she will eventually come out of the water to investigate, and that's when photos can be taken to prove or disprove this thing once and fer all, plus they might even catch her if they plan it right.

Now, if she was Hillary Clinton, fer example, then you could use a half-open suitcase with what looked like a couple billion dollars in it to get her to come out of the water, but that's another matter. So never mind. Just get a good Merman impostor in place, some guys with strong nets in hiding near him, and that should do it.

- Chongo

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: gnu
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 03:50 PM

Gonna hit Loch Ness afterward?

Subject: RE: BS: Mermaid
From: frogprince
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 03:41 PM

Two old Native Americans sat, a few yards apart, fishing from the shore of Chesapeake Bay. One looked over at the right moment to see the other reel in a mermaid, unhook her, and release her back into the water. The observer got up, walked over to the other, and said "Why?" The other just looked up and replied,

                            "How"

(From some guest on the Tonight show, 50 years ago.)

Subject: BS: Mermaid
From: curmudgeon
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 01:37 PM

On Friday morn, we set sail ...