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    Weta Workshop Designs Mermaid Tail Prosthetic For Amputee

    Swimmer Loses Her Leg, Goes On To Compete in the Olympics

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    Image of kaiwhakamarie kaiwhakamarie
    02/28/09

    In reply to Weta Workshop Designs Mermaid Tail Prosthetic For Amputee
    At times like this I wish I still lived in New Zealand. *sigh* I love Weta.
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    Image of Cesybabe or Nirvanah Crane Cesybabe or Nirvanah Crane
    02/28/09

    In reply to Weta Workshop Designs Mermaid Tail Prosthetic For Amputee
    Weta are fantastico! You couldn't get a company more in line with the Kiwi attitude of number 8 wire (that will fix everything) and helping out others. They totally give this country a good name.
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    Image of laughing_anima laughing_anima
    02/28/09

    In reply to Weta Workshop Designs Mermaid Tail Prosthetic For Amputee
    but does it relax her to hear the sound of the land?
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    Image of A Small Turnip A Small Turnip
    02/28/09

    @laughing_anima: And at parties, does she smoke seaweed?
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    Image of Liz11685 Liz11685
    02/28/09

    In reply to Weta Workshop Designs Mermaid Tail Prosthetic For Amputee
    This woman has fulfilled my childhood dreams! I kinda hope that these tails get mass produced by someone.
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    Image of lilad lilad
    02/28/09

    In reply to Weta Workshop Designs Mermaid Tail Prosthetic For Amputee
    I want one.

    Now.
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    Image of valhalla_i_am_coming valhalla_i_am_coming
    02/28/09

    In reply to Weta Workshop Designs Mermaid Tail Prosthetic For Amputee
    I haz a jealous.


    Now about that pesky "breathing under the water" part...

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    Image of lilad lilad
    02/28/09

    @valhalla_i_am_coming: I'm sure they could figure something out!
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    Image of Rare Affinity Rare Affinity
    02/28/09

    In reply to Weta Workshop Designs Mermaid Tail Prosthetic For Amputee
    Is this any different to what Daryl Hannah swam in Splash?
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    Image of Imogen Quest Imogen Quest
    02/28/09

    @Rare Affinity: I'm guessing that it's a bit more complicated because she doesn't have the bottom part of her legs for leverage, so this has to be part prosthetic and part covering, where I assume what Hannah wore just covered her legs.
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    Image of Rare Affinity Rare Affinity
    02/28/09

    @Cthulhah Bankhead: I just wish I could swim with my legs shut and without a float between. I have no problem doing the breast stroke but have never been able to master the back stroke.
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    Image of girlnamedblue girlnamedblue
    02/28/09

    In reply to Weta Workshop Designs Mermaid Tail Prosthetic For Amputee
    While this is totally awesome, the 7 year old me is annoyed, because she can never keep her legs together while swimming and pretending to be Ariel, and a mermaid tail would be just the thing.
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    Image of lilad lilad
    02/28/09

    @girlnamedblue: That is SO hard. I practiced all the time, but I could never get it right.
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    Image of girlnamedblue girlnamedblue
    02/28/09

    @lilad: At one point, I seriously considered taping or tying my legs together. Of course, my dad talked me out of it, what with the possibility of drowning and all.
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    Image of sumerfish sumerfish
    02/28/09

    @girlnamedblue: [en.wikipedia.org]


    happy saturday!

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    Image of girlnamedblue girlnamedblue
    02/28/09

    @sumerfish: Yaaay! Lol, thanks, Happy Saturday to you too.
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    Image of alouette alouette
    02/28/09

    @girlnamedblue: I used those pool diving rings to bind my ankles together. Awesome. Dangerous.
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    Image of lizzzz lizzzz
    02/28/09

    In reply to Weta Workshop Designs Mermaid Tail Prosthetic For Amputee
    I would like to turn one of my dogs into a unicorn. To whom do I address my letter requesting said transformation?
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    Image of stealthird stealthird
    02/28/09

    In reply to Weta Workshop Designs Mermaid Tail Prosthetic For Amputee
    How does it work in the sea?? That video ended about three minutes too soon. That's really cool. If I were eight again I would be begging for that tail. And my guess is that Weta is going to face an increase in demand for those tails.
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    Image of LucilleMcGillicuddy LucilleMcGillicuddy
    02/28/09

    In reply to Weta Workshop Designs Mermaid Tail Prosthetic For Amputee
    Cool, but I can't get "Geek Love" out of my brain.
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    Image of Beat Girl Beat Girl
    02/28/09

    @LucilleMcGillicuddy: Oh lord, that hadn't occurred to me. Now it's stuck.
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    Image of Annabellie Annabellie
    02/28/09

    @LucilleMcGillicuddy: I love that book! I read it while I was all doped up after having my wisdom teeth out. I think that made it even better.
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    Image of Janie Jones Janie Jones
    02/28/09

    @LucilleMcGillicuddy: That is one of my favorite books ever.
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    Image of A Small Turnip A Small Turnip
    02/28/09

    In reply to Weta Workshop Designs Mermaid Tail Prosthetic For Amputee
    Aaaaaaah! I love this story, not least because a friend of mine went for a job interview at Weta's make-up department last Wednesday, and said that the people there are absolutely lovely. Just fantastic, hard-working, funny folk.


    God bless those crazy mermaid-making Kiwis. They deserve a chocolate fish as big as the Westpac stadium. Chur!

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    Image of sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit) sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
    02/28/09

    @ASmallTurnip: I actually have such a crush on Richard Taylor so it's awesome to know that his workshop seems so cool even after all the LOTR fame has died down.
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    Image of A Small Turnip A Small Turnip
    02/28/09

    @sarah.of.a.lesser.god: Like you, I gots the hots for the bespectacled Mr. Taylor, so it's not as if I need any more reason to be Weta's bitch. But it was really interesting hearing my friend talk about their hiring philosophy.


    She only got her degree in make-up design very recently, so she doesn't have a hell of a lot of experience yet. But when she shyly brought that up, the woman interviewing her just chuckled, and said very genially that while experience was a nice bonus in an employee, having a happy and flexible attitude was so much more important when working at a company like Weta. Nobody there wanted to work with someone tiresome, no matter how talented they were. She said that skills could be taught and learned, but that douchebaggery was forever. Heeeee!


    And now I want to go work for Weta.

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    Image of karmasutra är svensk karmasutra är svensk
    02/28/09

    In reply to Weta Workshop Designs Mermaid Tail Prosthetic For Amputee
    I would want to be a centaur, if I could.


    Any one else have mythical creature dreams?

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    Image of Glitterbug (likes life shaken, not stirred) Glitterbug (likes life shaken, not stirred)
    02/28/09

    @karmasutra: Does witch count? Unoriginal I know. But my school is very Hogwarts-esque and I can't help but daydream sometimes...
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    Image of Annabellie Annabellie
    02/28/09

    @karmasutra: I'll take anything with wings. Think they could make me wings?
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    Image of girlnamedblue girlnamedblue
    02/28/09

    @Glitterbug: From the time I was eleven on, I've dreamt of getting my acceptance letter to Hogwarts. Even though I'm a muggle and not British. Sigh.
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    Image of Rare Affinity Rare Affinity
    02/28/09

    @karmasutra: I wanted to be the mythical woman who has it all.
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    Image of sassy sassy
    02/28/09

    @karmasutra: I want to be the baby on the back of this bacon-unicorn.

    [17.media.tumblr.com]
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    Image of Remedios Varo can't see no huevos. Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.
    02/28/09

    @Annabellie: Me too! Y'know Archangel from the X-Men universe? I want that, sign me up.
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    Image of undomesticgoddess doesn't sleep a wink undomesticgoddess doesn't sleep a wink
    02/28/09

    @Glitterbug: I want to be a witch too! But I think I might rather be a "Charmed" witch than a "Harry Potter" witch.
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    Image of ceejeemcbeegee is not here ceejeemcbeegee is not here
    02/28/09

    @karmasutra: Batman. No doubt.
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    Image of athenasadidas athenasadidas
    02/28/09

    @karmasutra: Pegasus. Winged white horse who lives on Mt. Olympus and flies around with Hercules. Need I say more?
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    Image of happymisanthrope happymisanthrope
    02/28/09

    @athenasadidas: The Queen of Air and Darkness, from Tam Lin. I read waaay too many fairy tales as a kid.
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    Image of sybann sybann
    03/01/09

    @karmasutra: A Queen of Narnia.
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    Image of Annabellie Annabellie
    02/28/09

    In reply to Weta Workshop Designs Mermaid Tail Prosthetic For Amputee
    That's amazing!


    I have to admit, though, if I ever needed a prosthesis I would probably never think to give Peter Jackson a call...

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    Image of Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
    02/28/09

    @Annabellie: It's not Peter Jackson, though; Weta Workshop is a massive company in its own right. Jackson only worked with them.
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    Image of Lyesmith Lyesmith
    02/28/09

    In reply to Weta Workshop Designs Mermaid Tail Prosthetic For Amputee
    I love Weta. They also make Jane and the Dragon, an awesome kids show about a 9th century English girl who wants to be a knight.
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    Image of girlnamedblue girlnamedblue
    02/28/09

    @Lyesmith: Oh, my sister loves that show :)
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    Image of Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
    02/28/09

    @Lyesmith: Richard Taylor created that show with the intention of creating a strong, slightly bolshy role model for girls. Which makes him all the more awesome.
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