Did mermen ever really exist?

[MikeG]

For ancient Chinamen and Cornishmen to have all seen one, they must have once existed.

Russians, Irish, Greeks - all describe them in a similar way.

Perhaps mermen became extinct.

They all saw dragons too.

I'm bookmarking this page. Whenever you attempt to make a serious point anywhere on the forum, you interlocutors will be reminded of this stupidity.

 

[Thermal]

You ever wonder something, then really wish you hadn't?

 

[Butter!]

Is this one of those threads that exists to stealthily try and make a point about some other thread? Because otherwise, it seems really random.

Of course mermen have always existed. They're from Atlantis. Duh.

 

[zooterkin]

We're talking mermen, so it's trawling.

Could equally well be trolling; you're as likely to catch a merman with a line as with a net.

 

[Loss Leader]

Is this one of those threads that exists to stealthily try and make a point about some other thread? Because otherwise, it seems really random.

I don't know, but I'd say the admissible evidence we have for the existence of mermen is about as lacking as the evidence that Amanda Knox killed her roommate. And the joy it creates in some people to imagine mermen where none exist is about equal to the joy inspired in some people by imagining a foreign, college sex-murder.

 

[Venom]

Steller's sea cow

These beasts were comparable in size to modern elephant seals.

 

[Darat]

For ancient Chinamen and Cornishmen to have all seen one, they must have once existed.

Russians, Irish, Greeks - all describe them in a similar way.

Perhaps mermen became extinct.

And the people with heads of dogs?

 

[Thermal]

Steller's sea cow

These beasts were comparable in size to modern elephant seals.

Dead ringer for my mother in law.

Sorry, is this thread out loud?

 

[Venom]

Dead ringer for my mother in law.

Sorry, is this thread out loud?

lol

 

[JoeMorgue]

Manatees were often mistaken for beautiful seafaring women by sailors.

Sad, desperate, lonely, horny, drunken sailors.

 

[Babbylonian]

Manatees were often mistaken for beautiful seafaring women by sailors.

Sad, desperate, lonely, horny, drunken sailors.

...afflicted with scurvy and who knows how many sexually transmitted diseases.

 

[Buddha]

My ex-girlfriend thinks she is a mermaid. Then again, I left her because I could no longer visit her at the funny farm

 

[Thermal]

Belongs in suborum 'Shower Thoughts'

 

[Nay_Sayer]

Swiftly answered in the first reply. So with all this extra space, Anyone wanna go halfsees in on some Thai food?

 

[BStrong]

For ancient Chinamen and Cornishmen to have all seen one, they must have once existed.

Russians, Irish, Greeks - all describe them in a similar way.

Perhaps mermen became extinct.

No.

 

[MRC_Hans]

You ever wonder something, then really wish you hadn't?

No.

 

[carlitos]

0/10. I award you no points and may God have mercy upon your soul.

 

[fromdownunder]

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

Norm

 

[p0lka]

What? Aquaman and Prince Namor are not real?

Bollocks, everyone I know loves Aquaman and Prince Namor so they must be real.
Namor gets the edge though as his ankle wings are cool!

 

[p0lka]

They all saw dragons too.

I'm bookmarking this page. Whenever you attempt to make a serious point anywhere on the forum, you interlocutors will be reminded of this stupidity.

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