# This mermaid can swim in my pool anytime she wants to **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mermaid-can-swim-in-my-pool-anytime-she-wants-to/663803 "2013-07-18T00:57:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mermaid-can-swim-in-my-pool-anytime-she-wants-to/663803/21 "2013-07-18T16:46:05Z")
My fav is this woman, [a double leg amputee who loves swimming and was given a working mermaid tail expecially adapted to her made by a movie special effects team.](http://inhabitat.com/weta-workshop-designs-mermaid-suit-for-a-double-leg-amputee/mermaid3/) ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mermaid-can-swim-in-my-pool-anytime-she-wants-to/663803/22 "2013-07-18T16:51:33Z")
[Or this one selling custom expensive swimmable tails.](http://www.themertailor.com/gallery/video) ---
**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:** [July 18, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mermaid-can-swim-in-my-pool-anytime-she-wants-to/663803/23 "2013-07-18T16:51:49Z")
Mir(Maidrns) can’t reproduce. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mermaid-can-swim-in-my-pool-anytime-she-wants-to/663803/24 "2013-07-18T20:29:13Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > If she did learn to walk again, then she’s regained the use of her legs, and she’s no longer disabled, no? It also says she’s a hairdresser, which would entail lots of standing in one place, so I would agree she’s probably no longer diabled. > [@Joey\_P](#): > > Saying things like “I’ve met two other mermaids” just makes her sound crazy. She didn’t say that, the article writer did. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mermaid-can-swim-in-my-pool-anytime-she-wants-to/663803/25 "2013-07-18T21:00:24Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > She didn’t say that, the article writer did. You’re right, it wasn’t her, it was the author There’s this line, from her but everything thing else the author added in: As she told Fox News: “It makes me feel amazing, makes children smile, makes adults smile, everybody happy – you don’t expect to see a mermaid at the pool.” However, it still (IMHO) a poorly written article. With lines such as: No fins are allowed in the pool, she was told, even if you’re a mermaid [Really, that’s what they told her? How about telling the reader what she was really told so we can understand the rule the HOA is enforcing] (Of course there were mermaids around during the Renaissance.) [I know that’s sarcastic, it just sounds stupid though] Seven year after a brain tumor cost her the use of her legs and she had to learn to walk again [So it didn’t cost her the use of her legs, maybe there was a better way to write that sentence] I think there were a few others. I know this was probably an attempt at a lighthearted article, it just seemed to miss the mark (at least on me) and end up coming off like someone whipped it up in 5 minutes and posted it without having another set of eyes take a look at it first. ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mermaid-can-swim-in-my-pool-anytime-she-wants-to/663803/26 "2013-07-19T15:50:33Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Let me rephrase it then. The HOA must have been thrilled they had the ‘no fins’ rule on the books when she showed up with the mermaid tail. But it wouldn’t surprise me if there were complaints. Based on some of the quotes in the article, I’d imagine the HOA got a lot of emails along the lines of “weird lady’s being weird (again), do something about it”. Could be. Even odds on them saying, “Crap, looks like we do have a rule against that. Guess we need to do something.” I know several HOAs who prefer to be able to (nicely) say to complainers, “There is no rule against what you are constantly bitching about so stop being such an ass.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-mermaid-can-swim-in-my-pool-anytime-she-wants-to/663803.md?page=1)