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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Whale or Mermaid ! ! !

Recently, in a large city in Australia ,
a poster featuring a young, thin and tan woman appeared in the window of a gym.
It said, "This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?"

A middle-aged woman, whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster, responded publicly to the question posed by the gym.

To Whom It May Concern,
Whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, sea lions, curious humans.)
They have an active sex life, get pregnant and have adorable baby whales.
They have a wonderful time with dolphins stuffing themselves with shrimp.
They play and swim in the seas, seeing wonderful places like Patagonia,
the Bering Sea and the coral reefs of Polynesia .Whales are wonderful singers and have even recorded CDs. They are incredible creatures and virtually have no predators other than humans. They are loved, protected and admired by almost everyone in the world.

Mermaids don't exist.
If they did exist,they would be lining up outside the offices of Argentinean psychoanalysts due to identity crisis. Fish or human? They don't have a sex life
because they kill men who get close to them, not to mention how could they have sex?
Just look at them ... where is IT? Therefore, they don't have kids either.
Not to mention, who wants to get close to a girl who smells like a fish store?

The choice is perfectly clear to me: I want to be a whale.
P..S. We are in an age when media puts into our heads the idea that only skinny people are beautiful, but I prefer to enjoy an ice cream with my kids, a good dinner with a man who makes me shiver, and a piece of chocolate with my friends.

With time, we gain weight because we accumulate so much information and wisdom in our heads that when there is no more room, it distributes out to the rest of our bodies.. So we aren't heavy, we are enormously cultured, educated and happy.
Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think, ¨Good grief, look how smart I am!¨

18 comments:

jabblog said...

Oh I LIKE this . . . :-)

Susan at Stony River said...

ROFL I'm pretty damn smart myself, by the looks of things!

...and I like that woman who answered. Amen.

bobbie said...

I really like this post, Sylvia! That is the way to think.

PJ said...

I think they were being pretty harsh and I think you've made a great case for self-acceptance.

Unknown said...

I am requesting permission to use you in my next blog.. your post today and you does deserve it, really..nice.. Give me the go ahead and I will. This is really nice..

Sunny said...

I really love this post it really says a lot, and from now on when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think, "What a smart a** I am!"
Sunny :)

Anonymous said...

Boy I must be Einstein then LOL I love this. Thanks for sharing :) xoxox

Lee Spangler said...

Thanks for the humor and the images. Also thanks as usuual for your thoughtful comments. Today I arrived in Oxford and gosh are there a lot of smart kids walking around here.

Chris said...

Wonderful, and I have to agree. We are always being asked to "Save the Whales", but never to "Save the Mermaids"

Anonymous said...

In a word - brilliant!

Mare said...

I loved this post!!! I'm with you. What a sad life for the skinny folks who cannot get past it being the focal point of their existence.

Annie Jeffries said...

Brilliant. Absolutely BRILLIANT!!!

kanishk said...

I think you've made a great case for self-acceptance.
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magiceye said...

love this!!!!!

KaHolly said...

Right on, Sylvia! Bravo! ~karen

Lois said...

Thank you!

Maria Berg said...

Me too!!! a Whale. MB

robin andrea said...

Excellent! We are a world of beautiful womanly whales.

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