This made me laugh

I wanted to be a mermaid too. I used to spend ages sitting in the sea in the hope I'd grow a tail.

Brilliant ! I wonder what qualifications he will need

Awww! And why not?
AKA Did you have long hair and a comb?

littleflo He will have to be a 'merman' I'm afraid.

That's so sweet - certainly more original than fireman, train driver, etc.

As long as he doesn't have to be a 'merperson'...

feetlebaum

It'll need to be PC.. Big Brother will be watching.

If he wants to be a fantasy creature, presumably he can choose the gender. Do mer creatures have genitals and, if so, where do they keep them?

When asked what she was going to be when she grows up my middle granddaughter announced that she would quite like to be a giraffe. Her older sister wisely pointed out "that's just silly, you can't be a giraffe Gracey" "OKAY then" she said "I will be a horse instead"

Dolphins and whales are quite discreet about their parts.....

Not the whales and dolphins I've seen!

Overheard on whale watching trip in carribean
'How do you know it's a boy whale?'
Pause
'Hm ma'am, by his organ'

Great big one every time he rolled over playing with the boat!

That's when they're...um...excited?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_whale_penis

The tip

This am
DGD we have to go to preschool

Darling daughter only if you want to. Do you want to go in there? Pointing at the preschool block

DGD, alarmed, we can't go in there

Darling daughter, don't you want to go?

DGD we can't go in the wall. We have to go in the door! The front door!

Darling daughter ah........