# Boob News: Florida Town rejects Mermaid Statue **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 3, 2006, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221 "2006-05-03T12:35:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/21 "2006-05-04T20:02:39Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > I remember as a kid coming across a boob and holding it up to my ear so you could hear the mermaid. How’d you get the sticky out of your ear? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/22 "2006-05-05T00:12:57Z")
They don’t _really_ object to Boobs, only those that smell like bait. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/23 "2006-05-05T01:20:35Z")
Are you AFRAID of my breasts? No SERIOUSLY! Are you afraid of my breasts? Do they make you uncomfortable? Do they make you shy? Do you lack confidence when you see them? Do you get anxious? Are you afraid someone might notice you staring? Are you staring? Do they make you feel inadequate? … —Suzanne MacNevin ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/24 "2006-05-05T01:55:18Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > I remember as a kid coming across a boob and holding it up to my ear so you could hear the mermaid. Kinky. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/25 "2006-05-05T01:57:19Z")
I’d be offended, but only because that thing is really, really ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/26 "2006-05-05T02:06:02Z")
This guy has balls, talking proportion. The breasts are bigger than her _head_. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/27 "2006-05-05T02:21:07Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > This guy has balls, talking proportion. This made me wonder…what if the sculptor created a mer_man_ (and not the Ethel type), what would…? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/28 "2006-05-05T06:31:04Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > My god- people get up in arms over THIS? It’s Florida. The majority of the state is Christian Conservative. A few years ago, a mayor in Florida formally banned Satan from her city. > [@](#): > > Do we have any idea how many of the irate women who complained were large-breasted? I have no doubt that some were. This is not a misogyny issue, or about breast size. This is a case of “Think of the children! Won’t somebody please think of the children?” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/29 "2006-05-05T11:57:01Z")
> [@](#): > > A few years ago, a mayor in Florida formally banned Satan from her city. I missed this one , too. Now I have an urge to dress up in a red suit, with horns, tail, and pitchfork (a la Jon Lovitz on SNL), go down there, and pound on the door of Town Hall. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/30 "2006-05-05T11:59:56Z")
Hell, yesterday, there was a guy dressed all in red dragging a big-ass cross back and forth in front of our county courthouse. And no one seemed to find this strange or unusual as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/31 "2006-05-05T12:45:03Z")
I had to look it up. It was in 2001 in the town of Inglis. Here’s the text of the Proclamation: > [@](#): > > Be it known from this day forward that Satan, ruler of darkness, giver of evil, destroyer of what is good and just, is not now, nor ever again will be, a part of this town of Inglis. Satan is hereby declared powerless, no longer ruling over, nor influencing, our citizens. > > In the past, Satan has caused division, animosity, hate, confusion, ungodly acts on our youth, and discord among our friends and loved ones. NO LONGER! > > The body of Jesus Christ, those citizens cleansed by the Blood of the Lamb, hereby join together to bind the forces of evil in the Holy Name of Jesus. We have taken our town back for the Kingdom of God. We are taking everything back that the devil ever stole from us. We will never again be deceived by satanic and demonic forces. > > As blood-bought children of God, we exercise our authority over the devil in Jesus’ name. By that authority, and through His Blessed Name, we command all satanic and demonic forces to cease their activities and depart the town of Inglis. > > As the Mayor of Inglis, duly elected by the citizens of this town, and appointed by God to this position of leadership, I proclaim victory over Satan, freedom for our citizens, and liberty to worship our Creator and Heavenly Father, the God of Israel. I take this action in accordance with the words of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, as recorded in Matthew 28:18-20 and Mark 16:15-18. > > Signed and sealed this 5th Day of November, 2001 > > Carolyn Risher, Mayor > > Sally McCranie, Town Clerk [http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/580673/posts?page=6](http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/580673/posts?page=6) Interesting quote: > [@](#): > > The words just flowed from Carolyn Risher’s pen as she sat at the kitchen table Halloween night. She wrote fast, ignoring commas and periods. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/32 "2006-05-05T13:02:28Z")
> [@Rysdad](#): > > This made me wonder…what if the sculptor created a mer_man_ (and not the Ethel type), what would…? Well, the building would have a new support pillar… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/33 "2006-05-05T13:18:09Z")
Hey! I may have found a home for the Mermaid – they should send her to **Ustka, Poland** : [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-03/31/content\_319514.htm](http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-03/31/content_319514.htm) > [@](#): > > Poland city wants bigger bust for Mermaid > (Agencies) > Updated: 2004-03-31 13:27 > > The mermaid patron of a Polish coastal town faces plastic surgery after councilors decided her breasts were too small and hips too wide, a city official said Monday. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/34 "2006-05-05T13:19:28Z")
A picture of Ustka’s current mermaid. Maybe Wellington will take her: > **[City Wants Bigger Bust for Mermaid](https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/14073-city-wants-bigger-bust-for-mermaid/)** > > WARSAW (Reuters) - The mermaid patron of a Polish coastal town faces plastic surgery after councilors decided her breasts were too small and hips too wide, a city official said Monday. The mermaids looks became a hot topic during talks in the city... ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/35 "2006-05-05T14:18:25Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > Are you AFRAID of my breasts? Well, no, not so much. 😛 _But_, I did remove your link because it contained pictures that weren’t quite safe for work. (In this case, there were bare breasts.) Just please be sure to follow the “two-click” guideline: > [@](#): > > When posting a link to potentially shocking or offensive material, observe the “two click” rule - don’t link directly to the item, but rather to an intermediate page that in turns links to the item. From [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347160). ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/36 "2006-05-05T14:46:47Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > It’s Florida. The majority of the state is Christian Conservative. A few years ago, a mayor in Florida formally banned Satan from her city. > > I have no doubt that some were. This is not a misogyny issue, or about breast size. This is a case of “Think of the children! Won’t somebody please think of the children?” The gas thing about this is that Wellington is fully inland, and is a primarily upper-class **horse** town, known for its polo fields. It would have been far more appropriate to have had a female centaur as the town’s statue, complete with ginormous breastages. I don’t mean those perky, lei-wearing centaurettes from _Fantasia_, I mean a full-fledged bonnie mare – 100% horse flesh! Rowr! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/37 "2006-05-05T15:01:41Z")
There’s a lot of female centaur art, a lot of it apparently from fetish sites (centaur porn seems to have a lot of adherents), which I’ll neither open at work nor post to the IMDB. I’d just like to add a note here that interest in centaur sex goes 'way back before the Internet. The Roman wtiter Lucian talked about a painting of a Centaur he’d seen that showed it suckling one child at its human breasts, and another it its equine teats. _That_ something I’ve never seen on anyone’s Centaur Art site! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/38 "2006-05-05T15:09:08Z")
Given the amount of public alarm, media attention and general outrage that exposed breasts seem to generate in the USA, why is it that we don’t see naked breasts being used by terrorists? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/39 "2006-05-05T15:09:27Z")
Maybe they could mount it on a federal courthouse somewhere. On my last trip to Cleveland I was titillated by the “Cleveland Venus” gracing the main entry of the new courthouse. [http://www.ohnd.uscourts.gov/Clerk\_s\_Office/New\_Court\_House/Sculpture/sculpture.html](http://www.ohnd.uscourts.gov/Clerk_s_Office/New_Court_House/Sculpture/sculpture.html) Was a little surprised to see such art commissioner for a building completed during the reign of GB II. I wonder if they drape it with a tarp when John Ashcroft comes to town? ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221/40 "2006-05-05T15:14:46Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Given the amount of public alarm, media attention and general outrage that exposed breasts seem to generate in the USA, why is it that we don’t see naked breasts being used by terrorists? " … And in other news today, a busty terrorist extremist exposed herself in a busy marketplace in downtown Manhattan. Penis ensued." [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boob-news-florida-town-rejects-mermaid-statue/355221.md?page=3)