# Do Mermaids have Vaginas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mermaids-have-vaginas/240110 "2004-04-15T04:01:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![the.hyacinth.girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@the.hyacinth.girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the.hyacinth.girl)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mermaids-have-vaginas/240110/41 "2004-04-16T04:02:30Z")
By the way, the proper latin plural of \*vagina \* would be _vaginae_… ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mermaids-have-vaginas/240110/42 "2004-04-16T04:28:48Z")
> [@](#): > > That _would_ explain why he had to settle for the horse 😃 If it weren’t for his horse,he wouldn’t be able to go to college. It all makes sense! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mermaids-have-vaginas/240110/43 "2004-04-16T06:36:36Z")
**Tentacle Monster** , you are a terrible, hideous human being. And you just left me cackling like Cesar Romero. Bravo. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mermaids-have-vaginas/240110/44 "2004-04-16T14:13:09Z")
> [@Tenar](#): > > Does that mean that she _didn’t_ have a vagina after she turned into the hispanic woman? > > Just wondering. Oh, that short little hispanic woman definitely had all her parts. **Shirley** , I hereby place a cease and desist on all Lewis Black jokes before I’ve had a chance to get my two cups of morning coffee into my system, not into my keyboard via my nose. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mermaids-have-vaginas/240110/45 "2004-04-16T18:31:51Z")
> [@the.hyacinth.girl](#): > > By the way, the proper latin plural of \*vagina \* would be _vaginae_… But unless you’re going to pronounce it “wa-ghee-nye” I think the English spelling will have to do. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mermaids-have-vaginas/240110/46 "2004-04-16T20:34:31Z")
> [@](#): > > **Shirley** , I hereby place a cease and desist on all Lewis Black jokes before I’ve had a chance to get my two cups of morning coffee into my system, not into my keyboard via my nose. Nasally Injected Coffee. This could be a new marketing idea. \*Start your mornings with Caffeinex. One shot up your Schnoz and it’s \*\*GO GO GO NOW! \*\* Inspired by Mermaid Sex Bukkake Rape Dreams. \* ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mermaids-have-vaginas/240110/47 "2004-04-16T21:37:50Z")
Nasally injected coffee? Just fill one of these [bad boys](http://www2.active.ch/gerstei/main.en.html) up with your favorite brew and let 'er rip! The best part is, since it flows through, you can put your coffee cup under your nose and send it through again, or just chug it down! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mermaids-have-vaginas/240110/48 "2004-04-17T00:21:14Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > Nasally injected coffee? Weeny. I take mine with a syringe. Jab that puppy into the stomach muscle and slam the plunger home. Wakes me right up. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mermaids-have-vaginas/240110/49 "2004-04-17T02:24:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Weeny. > I take mine with a syringe. > Jab that puppy into the stomach muscle and slam the plunger home. > Wakes me right up. A syringe in the stomach? What are you a Nancy Drew Fan? I stab my caffeinated syringe straight into my juglar before I get out of bed in the morning. I hit the showers at Mach 22. Amateur. > [@](#): > > The best part is, since it flows through, you can put your coffee cup under your nose and send it through again, or just chug it down! \*\*\*Caffeinex: Hot Snot That Hits The Spot! \*\*\* ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mermaids-have-vaginas/240110/50 "2004-04-17T03:24:29Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I stab my caffeinated syringe straight into my juglar But, but, Hunter S. Thompson does it… ---
**Author:** ![Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lathe_of_Heaven)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mermaids-have-vaginas/240110/51 "2004-04-17T17:36:44Z")
No less an authority than Shel Silverstein has weighed in on this. [And I’ll tell you, boy, before you start You can love that girl with all your heart But you’re just gonna love the upper part You’re not gonna like the tail…](http://www.banned-width.com/shel/works/mermaid.html) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mermaids-have-vaginas/240110/52 "2004-04-18T01:56:30Z")
> [@Lathe of Heaven](#): > > No less an authority than Shel Silverstein has weighed in on this. > > [And I’ll tell you, boy, before you start > You can love that girl with all your heart > But you’re just gonna love the upper part > You’re not gonna like the tail…](http://www.banned-width.com/shel/works/mermaid.html) All through this thread I was thinking of Bobby Bare’s song from 30 years ago. Shoulda guessed it was a Silverstein-written ditty. DD ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mermaids-have-vaginas/240110/53 "2004-04-18T18:22:27Z")
If anyone ever meets Tom Hanks, why don’t you ask him? ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mermaids-have-vaginas/240110/54 "2004-04-18T23:16:43Z")
> [@Dragwyr](#): > > **Tentacle Monster** : What can I say except that I had to stand up here at work and applaud you for that awesome post… then I had to get a Keenex to clean off all the **spit** on my monitor (that appeared from laughing so hard). Spit. Riiiiiiiiiight. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mermaids-have-vaginas/240110.md?page=2)