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two words for you: grow up!

 

don't be the kid who giggles every time the prof mentions the words clitoris, labia etc.

 

Yeah, take it easy. Just trying to have a little fun. The reverse mermaid part made me think this was a joke. Kind of hard to approach this problem with a carefully considered argument.

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Sorry guys, I'm going to have to vote bottom-half human.

 

Yeah the top-half would provide companionship, social conversation, etc. but eventually I think we're gonna have to start considering repopulating the island with weird incest fish/people. So bottom half gets my vote.

 

Had to be the Newfie that pointed that one out. The band from the rock, Great Big Sea, did a great parody of this one on their acoustic album. The only reason that I made the connection between your location and the question at hand.

 

Personally, I would vote top-half, the whole gills issue would make any sort of relationship rather difficult. My ability to hold my breath is about the same as a fish's ability to breath air.

 

Thanks for the humour!

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since brain is one those organs which makes humans "superior" to other animals, I would take mermaid as my companion, just because it has a human brain and hence some sense. The "reverse-mermaid" is just a mutant fish :P

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Wasn't there a family guy episode dealing with this scenario? I think it was Lois who had to politely reject the offer made by a reverse merman that saved her life :D

 

I think I'd choose A. I prefer companionship to reproduction. Sex is for suckers ;)

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"The Mermaid" - Shel Silverstein

 

When I was a lad in a fishing town

Me old man said to me:

"You can spend your life, your jolly life

Just sailing on the sea.

You can search the world for pretty girls

Til your eyes are weak and dim,

But don't go searching for a mermaid, son

If you don't know how to swim"

'Cause her hair was green as seaweed

Her skin was blue and pale

Her face it was a work of art,

I loved that girl with all my heart

But I only liked the upper part

I did not like the tail

 

I signed onto a sailing ship

My very first day at sea

I seen the Mermaid in the waves,

Reaching out to me

"Come live with me in the sea said she,

Down on the ocean floor

And I'll show you a million wonderous things

You've never seen before

So over I jumped and she pulled me down,

Down to her seaweed bed

On a pillow made of a tortoise-shell

She placed beneath my head

She fed me shrimp and caviar

Upon a silver dish

From her head to her waist it was just my taste

But the rest of her was a fish

'Cause ...

 

But then one day, she swam away

So I sang to the clams and the whales

"Oh, how I miss her seaweed hair

And the silver shine of her scales

But then her sister, she swam by

And set my heart awhirl

Cause her upper part was an ugly fish

But her bottom part was a girl

Yes her hair was green as seaweed

Her skin was blue and pale

Her legs they are a work of art,

I loved that girl with all my heart

And I don't give a damn about the upper part

Cause that's how I get my tail.

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Definitely pick A.

 

Although the homo sapien gluteus maximus is definitely one of my favorite muscles, you can sort of see that the bottom-half mermaid version still has some interesting potential. Plus, the bottom-half mermaid gotta be able to poop and pee from SOMEWHERE.. so you know.. there is still potential for reproduction although the texture might me a little fishy. But if you go with B, then you are definitely missing out on the pretty face and the other things :rolleyes:

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