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• Buy a goldfish bowl and fill it up. Stick your head in it for practice.
  The goldfish are optional. -- More things to do as preparation for life as a mermaid....
• Go water skiing, but keep the other ski as a spare.
  -- Forty-two things to do as preparation for life as a mermaid....
• Forget about the question of just who wears the trousers in your household.
  -- More things to do as preparation for life as a mermaid....
• Ask your cosmetics company if they have any make-up that is waterproof and not tested on laboratory fish.
  -- More things to do as preparation for life as a mermaid....
• Tell all your friends to get swimming pools in case you want to visit.
  -- More 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....
• Write to your local council complaining about the lack of mermaid ramps on public buildings.
  -- Forty-two things to do as preparation for life as a mermaid....
• Buy your chiropodist a farewell present. -- Forty-two things to do as preparation for life as a mermaid.
• Accuse fun-run organisers of discrimination. -- Forty-two things to do as preparation for life as a mermaid.