10/08/2025
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This Summer, Be a Whale
Recently in France, a poster appeared in a gym window showing a young, thin, tan woman with the question:
"This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?"
One middle-aged woman, whose body didn’t quite match the poster, decided to respond publicly:
To Whom It May Concern,
Whales are magnificent creatures. They are always surrounded by friends—dolphins, sea lions, curious humans. They have active love lives, get pregnant, and raise adorable babies. They feast on shrimp, play in the seas, and explore breathtaking places like Patagonia, the Bering Sea, and the coral reefs of Polynesia. They sing, they’ve even recorded CDs, and their only real predators are humans. Whales are admired, loved, and protected by nearly everyone.
Mermaids? They don’t exist. And if they did, they’d be lining up outside Argentinean psychoanalysts’ offices, wondering: fish or human? They have no love life—because, you know, they kill men who get too close—and how would they even… you get the picture. No babies, no parties, no shrimp, and they smell like a fish store.
The choice is perfectly clear: I want to be a whale.
P.S. We live in a world where the media tries to tell us that only skinny people are beautiful. But I’d rather enjoy ice cream with my kids, a delicious dinner with a man who makes me shiver, and chocolate with my friends.
We gain weight over time not because we’re lazy, but because we fill our heads with knowledge and wisdom. When there’s no more room in our brains, it spreads to the rest of our bodies. So we’re not “heavy”—we’re cultured, educated, and happy.
Starting today, when I look at my butt in the mirror, I’ll think: “Good grief… look how smart I am!”
