Do You Want to be a Mermaid or a Whale?

I got this e-mail via a friend and I just had to share it!! Enjoy...............

This pretty much says it all!!Recently, in a
large French city, a poster featuring a young, thin and tan woman
appeared in the window of a gym. It said:¨THIS SUMMER DO YOU WANT TO BE
A MERMAID OR A WHALE?¨A middle aged woman, whose physical
characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster, responded
publicly to the question posed by the gym.

To Whom It May Concern: Whales
are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, sea lions, curious humans)..
They have an active sex life, they get pregnant and have adorable baby
whales. They have a wonderful time with dolphins stuffing themselves with
shrimp. They play and swim in the seas, seeing wonderful places
like Patagonia, the Barren Sea and the coral reefs of Polynesia. Whales
are wonderful singers and have even recorded CDs. They are incredible
creatures and virtually have no predators other than humans.. They are
loved, protected and admired by almost everyone in the world. Mermaids
don't exist. If they did exist, they would be lining up outside
the offices of Argentinean psychoanalysts due to identity crisis. Fish or
human? They don't have a sex life because they kill men who get close to
them not to mention how could they have sex? Just look at them.....where
is IT ?Therefore, they don't have kids either.. Not to mention who wants
to get close to a girl who smells like a fish store? The choice is
perfectly clear to me; I want to be a whale.

P.S. We are in an age when
media puts into our heads the idea that only skinny people are beautiful,
but I prefer to enjoy an ice cream with my kids, a good dinner with a man
who makes me shiver and a piece of chocolate with my friends. With time
we gain weight because we accumulate so much information and wisdom in
our heads that when there is no more room it distributes out to the rest
of our bodies. So we aren't heavy, we are enormously cultured, educated
and happy. Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will
think, ¨Good grief, look how smart I am...¨