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• Try, just once, to do the lotus position. You'll never get the opportunity again.
  -- Forty-two things to do as preparation for life as a mermaid....
• Talk to fish. Sooner or later, they will talk back.
  -- Forty-two things to do as preparation for life as a mermaid....
• Act like a cartoon character. Most of your companions will be.
  -- Forty-two things to do as preparation for life as a mermaid....
• Develop a close, personal hatred for chlorine. It's bad enough having to drink i
  imagine having to *live* in it. -- Forty-two things to do as preparation for life as a mermaid....
• Try to appreciate sex with your knees tied together.
  (This may be slightly more challenging if you are female....
• Accuse fun-run organisers of discrimination. -- Forty-two things to do as preparation for life as a mermaid.
• Discover that you *can* eat seaweed. -- Forty-two things to do as preparation for life as a mermaid.
• Don't worry about ladders in your stockings. -- Forty-two things to do as preparation for life as a mermaid.
• Drive a car with an automatic transmission. -- Forty-two things to do as preparation for life as a mermaid.