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[Closed] If mermaids were real would we eat them?

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Just been watching a cartoon with the little one, where a hungry hyena thing wants to eat a mermaid, got my thinking.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 12:00 pm
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You'd more than likely piss in their sinks.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 12:01 pm
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Posted : 17/05/2016 12:03 pm
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Only the bottom half. I like a bit of tuna but I ain't no cannibal.

If we got good at the amputation we could get dinner and a dinner guest all from the same shop. Mermaids always seem like charming company.

How do they reproduce?


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 12:15 pm
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I imagine they are like lizards and when they lose their tail it regrows a body and the body regrows a tail


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 12:19 pm
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I imagine they are like lizards and when they lose their tail it regrows a body and the body regrows a tail

So buy a man a mermaid and you'll feed him forever. Actually maybe we should farm lizard tails.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 12:20 pm
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ask and google shall provide
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Posted : 17/05/2016 12:21 pm
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paddingdon bear aid mermaid sanwidtheth

(I've got a cold)


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 12:22 pm
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[i]Only the bottom half. I like a bit of tuna but I ain't no cannibal[/i]

What would you do with the top half?


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 12:24 pm
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^ Wrong thread, you want to be here http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/whats-the-funniest-thing-youve-ever-said


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 12:25 pm
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No, I wouldn't.

Just like I wouldn't eat any sea mammals.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 12:26 pm
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It's getting dangerously close to this


 
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What would you do with the top half?

Invite her to stay for dinner. it would have to be a surf and turf menu 'cos I'm going to assume my guest isn't a cannibal either. Conversation could be a bit tense what with me eating her tail but you never know until you try it.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 12:28 pm
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She might taste a bit fishy.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 12:30 pm
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I suppose that it would be classified as a marine mammal which tend to be a bit divisive,re nomming them.

We were on a beach in Wales when we spotted a pod of dolphins having a bit of 'sport' with a small porpoise, which, in the end, washed up near to us, battered and quite dead.
My dad was quite disgusted with me, then a marine biologist, for suggesting we get the barbecue out and have a sample.

I mean, when else would you get a chance to try one totally guilt free?

So for me, it depends on how one acquires said mythological fish-lady.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 12:33 pm
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So for me, it depends on how one acquires said mythological fish-lady.

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I'll remember that advice/excuse


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 12:35 pm
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You cruel beasts. The poor mermaid!

She'll likely end up in a shelter for battered women.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 12:44 pm
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..I ate a nice tail fillet with some parsley sauce and a nice linguini, th,th,th,th

Doesn't have quite the same ring to it 🙂


 
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You cruel beasts. The poor mermaid!
She'll likely end up in a shelter for battered women.
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Battered? Nooo. A nice Tom Yum broth.


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 12:49 pm
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So general thinking is that if one washed up dead on the beach that you had seen swimming shortly before hand it would be acceptable to cook her there and then.

Free range may be more acceptable than farmed.


 
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We were on a beach in Wales when we spotted a pod of dolphins having a bit of 'sport' with a small porpoise, which, in the end, washed up near to us, battered and quite dead.

Do you think the dolphins accidentally caused the death of the poor wee creature, or did they do it on....

IGMC


 
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Whenever I'm unable to control my desire to hunt for a mermaid and cook it's firm plump body over an open fire on a balmy summer's evening, I spend some time looking at this serene photograph of Jan Leeming which helps me to find peace and satisfaction in the life that I already have

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Posted : 17/05/2016 1:12 pm
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You want to be more wary of the mermaid eating you!

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Posted : 17/05/2016 1:16 pm
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Not since the BBC took down the recipe.


 
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When you get a mermaid out of the water, do you see their flaps, and if so, how big are their flaps?

Here are the flaps of a small tuna as a starting point:

I reckon big fishy flaps are guaranteed!!


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 1:26 pm
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I'd imagine it'd be a bit like the talking cow thing in hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
"Try my rump,i have a lovely rump sir"


 
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I'd imagine it'd be a bit like the talking cow thing in hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
"Try my rump,i have a lovely rump sir"

It's all getting a bit "never let me go"


 
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Posted : 17/05/2016 2:28 pm
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If it were a Darryl Hannah type mermaid, I'd start nibbling at her caudal penduncal, work my way up to her anal fin and finish right up to her pectorals


 
Posted : 17/05/2016 7:58 pm
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This thread is only going to go further downhill.....


 
Posted : 18/05/2016 7:23 am
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I have quizzed many today on this topic.

Responses range from - No that is disgusting, they can think so no, if they were dangerous I would, no...but if it was cooked in front of me I might be tempted.

my favourite - would they smell of fish?


 
Posted : 18/05/2016 8:03 am
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I've eaten penguin; mermaid causes me no issues.

Edit - tasted bloody horrible, mind.

Rachel


 
Posted : 18/05/2016 8:58 am
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Most ridiculous thread title and subject eva!


 
Posted : 18/05/2016 9:31 am
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I've eaten penguin; mermaid causes me no issues.
Edit - tasted bloody horrible, mind.
Rachel

I've never been a fan, though my other half goes crazy for the mint ones.

I'd be fine with eating mermaid, though I might find it a bit off putting if served whole.


 
Posted : 18/05/2016 10:10 am
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If they looked like Daryl Hannah in the 1980's Splash movie...


 
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You cruel beasts. The poor mermaid!

She'll likely end up in a shelter for battered women.

Bounce - quality humour, deserved more....

😀


 
Posted : 18/05/2016 11:10 am
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What about mermen?


 
Posted : 18/05/2016 12:01 pm
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I would worry they were like the fish from bad grandpa


 
Posted : 18/05/2016 1:24 pm
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Package it and give it one of the allowed colours in the protein isle of the supermarket, and people would buy it without thinking. They do pretty much everything else, fail to see how most people would treat mermaid any different.


 
Posted : 18/05/2016 2:04 pm
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What about Mormon's - do we eat them?


 
Posted : 18/05/2016 6:29 pm
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What about Mormon's - do we eat them?

Don't be daft - Mormons aren't real


 
Posted : 18/05/2016 10:25 pm
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lol


 
Posted : 18/05/2016 10:31 pm
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I was asked today by one of the questioned yesterday - How far up the mermaid would it be before it was classed as cannibalism.

They had been mulling this over most of last night.


 
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