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• Sell your mountain-side chalet. You never used it much anyway.
  -- 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.
• Stand (or sit if you are more advanced) on the shore and sing at passing ships.
  Score a point for each one that runs aground. -- Forty-two things to do as preparation for life as a mermaid....
• Trade in your Harley-Davidson for a motor scooter. That way you won't have to make a choice about whether you get to change gears, or use the brakes.
  -- Forty-two things to do as preparation for life as a mermaid....
• If you dye your hair, don't use water-soluble dyes.
  It is hell trying to get the colour out of your eyebrows....
• Never fret about losing a single sock in the wash again.
  -- Forty-two things to do as preparation for life as a mermaid....
• Come to terms with the fact that mermen seem to be few and far between.
  (Well, how many have *you* seen?) -- 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....
• 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....