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Hmmm... could be... those who grew up in Philadelphia in the '50s and '60s might remember Bertie the Bunyip, and there does seem to be at least a bit of resemblence between the two...meisdadoo wrote:I'm leaning towards the bunyip http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2 ... Bunyip.jpg
...They both have eyelashes.Dave wrote:there does seem to be at least a bit of resemblence between the two...
^ This! This is why I posted the link to the 'catching salmon' video although I thinks scooping up a screaming bitchy mermaid and dropping her back in the pool from the rafters would earn her a trip to the principal's office ("IT WAS WORTH IT!").meisdadoo wrote:It just occurred to me that Atsali can fly better than the mermaid twins can swim. If they don't behave she could give them "flying lessons" (insert picture of an eagle flying off with a salmon). But I suspect that is not in her nature. . .yet.
Not all swimming happens in a pool. If there are waves on the surface, to any degree at all, there's a chance of one washing over your face and giving you quite the rude awakening. Then you'd better be able to switch to treading water while you cough up the water and regain your composure.Julie wrote:By that I mean most humans aren't going to just hug themselves and stay upright in the water...they're going to tread water to stay afloat (though why we don't just teach kids to float on their backs to keep our heads above water is beyond me...there has to be a reason for it).
Yep, what they are doing now, is just playing!! part of my standard school swimming lessons was to put a full set of pyjamas on,DilyV wrote: I suspect that anyone showing that level of a lack of difficulty with water would stick out like a sore flipper in BUD/S training. I'm a non-swimmer, but I've noticed that even people who can swim well struggle mightily in situations like that. When I was in the Army we had a guy in Korea that was the best swimmer in the company... during RB-15 drills (a rubber assault boat) he almost drowned. He'd played water polo and was on the swim team in high school... we were in the water for like six hours... and heaving and hauling the boats, ourselves and our fellow soldiers in and out of the water for that length of time can wear on you. I hardly thing that Mrs. Adler would not have stuck out like a sore thumb if she'd been a Seal (the military kind, not the mammal.)
What they taught us for "survival swimming" is the Dead Man's Float. It doesn't keep your head out of the water - you have to learn to be comfortable with your face submerged most of the time - but it takes less muscular energy than treading water. If you're in water which is warm enough that you don't have to keep moving constantly to stay warm, you can stave off fatigue by using this technique, and extend your survival time... or, at least, that's what they told us.Platonix wrote:Not all swimming happens in a pool. If there are waves on the surface, to any degree at all, there's a chance of one washing over your face and giving you quite the rude awakening. Then you'd better be able to switch to treading water while you cough up the water and regain your composure.
If only that actually accomplished anything.Julie wrote:That is one awesome teacher!If only more teachers took such a stance on bullying...
In my experience the end result is usually a) the bully learns when they can and can't insult you without being caught and b) they (and potentially others in the class) blame you for the punishment they receive and turn up the intensity accordingly.Well, and the "Mrs." part. Sadly for those of us who grew up wanting to fight actual pirates and not just Disney ones, they still won't let anybody with a vagina into the SEALs.DilyV wrote:I suspect that anyone showing that level of a lack of difficulty with water would stick out like a sore flipper in BUD/S training. I'm a non-swimmer, but I've noticed that even people who can swim well struggle mightily in situations like that. When I was in the Army we had a guy in Korea that was the best swimmer in the company... during RB-15 drills (a rubber assault boat) he almost drowned. He'd played water polo and was on the swim team in high school... we were in the water for like six hours... and heaving and hauling the boats, ourselves and our fellow soldiers in and out of the water for that length of time can wear on you. I hardly thing that Mrs. Adler would not have stuck out like a sore thumb if she'd been a Seal (the military kind, not the mammal.)zachariah wrote:On second thought she could have joined the Navy and gone to SEAL training.
Whoever broke the pun jar did not do a good enough job. It's healing ability restored it and it asked if I was the one who broke it? I denied all knowledge and I suspect it doesn't believe me. I donated another gold bar but this time it withstood the impact quiet nicely. I guess it was just another brick in the wall.
You never know with paranormals. She could be capable of morphing into male human form, complete with genitalia.pinglederry wrote:Well, and the "Mrs." part. Sadly for those of us who grew up wanting to fight actual pirates and not just Disney ones, they still won't let anybody with a vagina into the SEALs.
No surgeon would even consider it for a 15 year old with out extensive reasons. Since her body is still changing and growing doing that at this time could cause real problems for her, and maybe the doctor as well. A friends son had a problem with the growth plate on his leg bone just below the knee at age 14. They refuse to fix it until he had finished growing. It's location would mean removing it could impact the other normal bone growth in that leg. Same issue would involve Sali at this point. She still has growing to do before she is adult. I doubt this is the only stage she will go through until she is an adult. At some point her voice has to mature as well. Maybe she can become a singing star?KnightDelight wrote: Also, since her breast size is beyond her morphing control, does that mean she could get breast reduction surgery? I would think she would like to do that if she could.
They might know but I doubt they think she would rip them in two. I doubt she would as well, so it doesn't mean much. Of course we don't know these two "girls" aren't capable of similar levels of bloody mayhem, so the playing field may be more level than we think. Besides, we have been told, and seen, the paranormal world can be quite savage and dangerous (to paranormals and humans) so these two may be no strangers to sudden and unexpected death.kingklash wrote:I wonder if those two water-witches know that Atsali could "rip a man in half", as Castela put it?
NebulousRikulau wrote:With the students' current attitude, would that make her a seal of disapproval?Akamar wrote:Hm.. perhaps Ms. Adler is a selkie?
Yeah, I know. Pun jar. Clink.
and no reaction from the pun vault I think you might be OK.shadowinthelight wrote:Heh, Atsali's girls are buoys.
Can't do it. Unless I'm actively swimming and/or deliberately keep my lungs overinflated, my feet sink and I'm back to treading water.Dave wrote:What they taught us for "survival swimming" is the Dead Man's Float.
Not just rivalries or natural predatory instincts. Imagine a congratulatory head-butt from Sweetie the minotaur...KnightDelight wrote:They might know but I doubt they think she would rip them in two. I doubt she would as well, so it doesn't mean much. Of course we don't know these two "girls" aren't capable of similar levels of bloody mayhem, so the playing field may be more level than we think. Besides, we have been told, and seen, the paranormal world can be quite savage and dangerous (to paranormals and humans) so these two may be no strangers to sudden and unexpected death.kingklash wrote:I wonder if those two water-witches know that Atsali could "rip a man in half", as Castela put it?
That brings up a question. Given how sphinx rules of conduct go I have to wonder if other paranormals have similar codes of conduct? Do werewolves or vampires or para-wolverines have an uneasy truce among themselves while at school? If there are sphinxes, would they have that same instinct to go at it to the death if provoked? Basically, does the school have a tough time keeping certain of them from killing/eating/flaying/burning each other?
In the version of Dead Man's Float that I was taught, it's OK if your feet sink. In fact, you're expected to float in a near-vertical position. As long as your buoyancy with lungs inflated is high enough that you free-float with at least a tiny bit of your head out of the water, you won't actually sink (and this is true of most people... not all, though).loxmyth wrote:Can't do it. Unless I'm actively swimming and/or deliberately keep my lungs overinflated, my feet sink and I'm back to treading waterDave wrote:What they taught us for "survival swimming" is the Dead Man's Float.
not in the least... Atsali just made an arch-enemy today without doing a bloody thing!...TheDOCTOR wrote:Do ya think Gilchrist and Gotlieb will become buds after this?
