The Merchaun

Once upon a time a bunch of us were at Kat's parents' cottage. Felix was part of that bunch. The bunch was swimming on Friday night. Katrina began to swim underwater for some time. Then...

Felix: Wouldn't it be funny if she didn't surface....
Laura: (thinking the most terrible thoughts of Felix)
Felix: ...because she was a mermaid?
Laura: (suddenly ceasing the prayers for Felix's lost soul) oh yeah, ha ha and a leprechaun.
Felix: (chortle)
Laura: Yeah, a lepermaid. Um, no. Wait. A merchaun. Yep, a merchaun.

And then we discussed the finer points of the merchaun; such as:

• having the mer-tail
• having a shell bra
• having a beard
• using a pipe
• wearing the leprechaun hat
• possibly wearing the jacket
• being under a rainbow
• being aware of where the gold is

I proceeded to tell everyone who came to the cottage about the merchaun, thereby elevating it to the status of urban myth. Then on Sunday, Josh decided to cover Katrina's legs with sand (via a lot of shoveling). Melissa and I chose to finesse the sand pile into a merchaun tail and Rachel captured it for eternity and thus you have merchaun Katrina with her tail, a glass of ale and stroking her beard!