Did mermen ever really exist?

[Trebuchet]

I sea what you did there.

 

[Hungry81]

So this is what the thread has come to? Water disaster. Floundering around to find puns this site has gone rapidly from deep to shallow. You all need to go back to school.

 

[Trebuchet]

Now that I think of it, mermen DO exist. "Mer" simply means sea.

 

[Thermal]

Now that I think of it, mermen DO exist. "Mer" simply means sea.

Risky click. Thought you were going somewhere else with that.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

Risky click. Thought you were going somewhere else with that.

Yeah, but "What's long, hard and full of mermen?" doesn't work as a joke.

 

[Thermal]

Yeah, but "What's long, hard and full of mermen?" doesn't work as a joke.

'What's long, hard, and full of mermen?

Thinking about this OP.'

Yeah, you're right.

 

[Mike!]

Pogomofo is shocked that there's been six pages of this discussion...

 

[Lucian]

Tolkein's academic speciality was in linguistics.

Philology. But he also edited, taught, and wrote about literature, primarily medieval Germanic literature.

 

[Humots]

Now that I think of it, mermen DO exist. "Mer" simply means sea.

How about mal de mer men?

 

[abaddon]

Pogomofo is shocked that there's been six pages of this discussion...

BWAHAHAHAHAHA. I had totally forgotten that insanity.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

'What's long, hard, and full of mermen?

Thinking about this OP.'

Yeah, you're right.

We're here all week,folks!

And try the fish (don't try the fish).

 

[abaddon]

We're here all week,folks!

And try the fish (don't try the fish).

ROFL

 

[EHocking]

We're here all week,folks!

And try the fish (don't try the fish).

Goodby.
And thanks for all the fish.

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[Trebuchet]

Risky click. Thought you were going somewhere else with that.

Yeah, but "What's long, hard and full of mermen?" doesn't work as a joke.

'What's long, hard, and full of mermen?

Thinking about this OP.'

Yeah, you're right.

My, what filthy minds you ISFers have!

 

[carlitos]

Here’s le mer, man.

 

[Craig4]

Of course they exist. Here is one I managed to convince to join weight watchers.


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Norm

I should do something about my post divorce sex life. She's starting to look good.

 

[HarryHenderson]

I should do something about my post divorce sex life. She's starting to look good.

You probably also need to do something about correcting your post divorce vision.

 

[Wolrab]

You probably also need to do something about correcting your post divorce vision.

Maybe his hindsight isn't 20-20. I'm sure there is a prescription for correcting that but it won't be opthalmic in nature.

 

[Gilbert Syndrome]

So, if it ain't on tv, you ain't gonna believe it.

So the Kardashians and Markles are real bonafide developing news, soon to be included in University syllabii.

We know this, because I saw it on the news.

Never said nuffink about no ancient species of mammals with fishtail-like behind, like whales, for example.

We know whales exist because of Moby Dick and Free Willy, right? They're not fiction, not like what mermaids and mermen are.

I'm just surprised that between binge-watching Game of Thrones and filling in the crossword puzzles on the backs of cereal boxes, you somehow find the time to pretend to have a point in threads such as these.

 

[Gilbert Syndrome]

I didn't say they were 'numerous' I considered that maybe they were extinct, having once existed, given the numerous sightings from all different cultures and eras.

True-dat. Same with Trolls, Imps, Goblins, Werewolves, Zombies, Yetis, Giants, Dragons, and Chesney Hawkes. They've all been sighted, written about and talked about for years, therefore they all exist or have existed and are now extinct. I'm glad that we can all learn from one another, knowledge truly is power, brah.