June 28, 2009: Mermaid

xoxoxoBruce · 06-28-2009, 02:00 AM

Hey look, a mermaid...
not one of those ugly Sea Cows drunken sailors fell for, or an animated Disney character, but a living, breathing, mermaid.
Would I lie to you, my oldest and dearest friends?

if it didn't involve sex or money, anyway.

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Nadya Vessey's legs were amputated below the knee when she was a child due to illness. At one point, reports Stuff, a child asked her what happened to her legs and she told him she was a mermaid. The idea stuck with her, so she wrote to Weta Workshop in Wellington, New Zealand, two years ago asking for a mermaid tail. To her surprise, they said they'd do it.

Weta, is a special effects company. Think Lord of the Rings, King Kong, and Chronicles of Narnia.

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Nadya Vessey's prosthetic tail is mostly constructed from wetsuit fabric and plastic molds, and covered in a digitally printed sock.

If you want to eat this IOtD, you'll have to peel it first.

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zippyt · 06-28-2009, 02:11 AM

its a Dolphen !!!!

xoxoxoBruce · 06-28-2009, 02:16 AM

SHE's a "Dolphen". :p

TheMercenary · 06-28-2009, 04:50 AM

Eat it? Wouldn't that be like having a peel and eat shrimp and opening it up only to find the meat missing? No thanks.

SPUCK · 06-28-2009, 05:08 AM

Exactly what "childhood disease" results in leg amputation?

Frenger · 06-28-2009, 05:37 AM

I wonder how well she can swim in that.

monster · 06-28-2009, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by SPUCK

Exactly what "childhood disease" results in leg amputation?

it doesn't say "childhood disease", solet's go with cancer, infection, menengitis?......

I bet she can swim really well -think about how fast butterfly kick is, and here she doesn't have to work to keep her legs together.

Happy Monkey · 06-28-2009, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

SHE's a "Dolphen". :p

No, a Sherk.

Rendrago · 06-28-2009, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Frenger

I wonder how well she can swim in that.

Here's a video:

http://video.libero.it/app/play?id=d...bd9b1a5fa5c8a8

Trilby · 06-28-2009, 04:05 PM

That's one way of making lemonade! Good for her.

Mayor of Shekou · 06-28-2009, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

That's one way of making lemonade! Good for her.

I now have an image stuck in my head of her lining up lemons on the edge of the pool and smashing them with her tail...

lumberjim · 06-28-2009, 07:45 PM

its June!

delete this after you fix the title

lumberjim · 06-28-2009, 07:55 PM

Doesn't seem all that fluid ....

I wonder it it's a rigid construct. It seems like they should have gone with a stiff plastic/rubber compound so it has some spring to it.

I bet they could sell them

Medic63 · 06-28-2009, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

its June!

delete this after you fix the title

"Let's do the Time Warp again!"

xoxoxoBruce · 06-28-2009, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

its June!

delete this after you fix the title

Um... I was just checking to see if you were paying attention... yeah, that's it.
Congratulations, you passed.

06-28-2009, 02:11 AM	#2
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	its a Dolphen !!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

06-28-2009, 02:16 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	SHE's a "Dolphen". :p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-28-2009, 04:50 AM	#4
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Eat it? Wouldn't that be like having a peel and eat shrimp and opening it up only to find the meat missing? No thanks. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

06-28-2009, 04:05 PM	#10
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	That's one way of making lemonade! Good for her. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

06-28-2009, 07:45 PM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	its June! delete this after you fix the title __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-28-2009, 05:08 AM	#5
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Exactly what "childhood disease" results in leg amputation?

06-28-2009, 05:37 AM	#6
Frenger skub Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Paris, France Posts: 18	I wonder how well she can swim in that.

06-28-2009, 07:55 PM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Doesn't seem all that fluid .... I wonder it it's a rigid construct. It seems like they should have gone with a stiff plastic/rubber compound so it has some spring to it. I bet they could sell them __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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