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<blockquote data-quote="flutterby" data-source="post: 293158" data-attributes="member: 7083"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><strong><strong>Recently, in a large French city, a poster featuring a young, thin and tan woman appeared in the window of a gym. It said:</strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><strong><strong></strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><strong><strong> ¨THIS SUMMER DO YOU WANT TO BE A MERMAID OR A WHALE? ¨</strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><strong> A middle aged woman, whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster,</strong></span></span></span></span></strong> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><strong>responded publicly to the question posed by the gym.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><strong><strong>To Whom It May Concern:</strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><strong><strong></strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><strong><strong>Whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, sea lions, curious humans). They have an active sex life, they 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 Pat agonia, the Barren 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.</strong></strong> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><strong><strong>Mermaids dont exist. If they did exist, they would be lining up outside the offices of Argentinean psychoanalysts due to identity crisis. Fish or human? They dont have a sex life because they kill men who get close to them not to mention how could they have sex? Therefore they do not have kids either. Not to mention who wants to get close to a girl who smells like a fish store?</strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><strong><strong></strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><strong><strong>The choice is perfectly clear to me; I want to be a whale.</strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><strong><strong></strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><strong><strong>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 coffee with my friends. </strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><strong>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 arent heavy, we are enormously cultured, educated and happy. Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think, Good gosh, look how smart I am.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterby, post: 293158, member: 7083"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Book Antiqua][B][B]Recently, in a large French city, 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? ¨[/B][/B] [/FONT][/COLOR][B][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Book Antiqua][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Book Antiqua][B] A middle aged woman, whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster,[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][CENTER][B][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]responded publicly to the question posed by the gym.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER] [/FONT][/CENTER] [FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Book Antiqua] [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Book Antiqua] [B][B]To Whom It May Concern: Whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, sea lions, curious humans). They have an active sex life, they 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 Pat agonia, the Barren 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.[/B][/B] [B][B]Mermaids dont exist. If they did exist, they would be lining up outside the offices of Argentinean psychoanalysts due to identity crisis. Fish or human? They dont have a sex life because they kill men who get close to them not to mention how could they have sex? Therefore they do not 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 coffee with my friends. [/B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][B][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]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 arent heavy, we are enormously cultured, educated and happy. Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think, Good gosh, look how smart I am.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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