Thursday, April 18, 2013

On the Menu Tonight

From the first time I saw Daryl Hannah in the movie Splash, I was enamored and fascinated by mermaids and merfolk! And then I was really enthralled when I came out as gay, and found out about mermen!!!!! And now after all these years a merman has finally surfaced.......and he is cute as hell!



When Eric Ducharme slips into his handmade fin to explore the crystal clear waters of Florida’s natural springs as a merman, he says he’s mentally transported as well. So is the unique, eye-catching life of this Florida man who says he eats, sleeps and breathes mermaids while physically looking and acting like one as often as time allows. 'It's a lifestyle. It's a path in life that I have chosen,' says the 22-year-old from Crystal River who’s one of the latest characters to appear on TLC's My Crazy Obsession. Three times a week Ducharme drives more than an hour and a half to swim in one of his shimmering handmade suits at a natural spring.


Today he has transformed his beloved hobby into a business, using silicone, urethanes, and latex rubbers to create shimmering wet suits featuring life-like colors and textures of scales and flowing fins.


 
'I have tails that are as real as fish you just caught on your boat, which are available to every aspiring mermaid and merman who dreams of life in the sea,' Ducharme's website, The Mertailor.


  

Thought as bizarre of a 'lifestyle' activity as it is, it's one his family and even boyfriend have accepted - if not without initial astonishment. Figures....a hunky merman finally arrives and he has a boyfriend!!! I wonder he has a merfriend?

26 comments:

  1. you may need to find yourself a real hobby.

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  2. All I could think about while reading this was the zoolander scene. "Merman! I'm a merman!"

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  3. Just give me some fishing line, a french tickler and some olive oil and Im good to go with this cutie!

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  4. His nipples look like they need to be nibbled on. Where's the butter? He looks so enjoyably cute with the tail.

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  5. Would love to see a remake of the movie 'splash' with him as the mermaid

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  6. Just what the Casa needs....a merman in the pool. And how do you propose having sex with it?

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    1. imIm sure the Mistress will have it all figured out and the how to's!

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    2. where there is a will.....

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  7. You know, doctors always advise people to eat more fish.

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  8. Anonymous4/18/2013

    He's a cutie.

    Hey I got your package today! :-)

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  9. Maddie,
    No lie, the motto of my third restaurant that was on the Indian River was: "We Brake for Mermaids". I've brought a few to life...

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  10. I do believe i'd like myself a merman!!

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  11. This is a beautiful story I must say...

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  12. More power to this guy. :) Those tails look awesome!

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  13. I would love to measure his flipper and see how big it is.

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  14. The tail is sooo beautiful~~I want one also

    btw, he really looks like a mermaid when he swims... I have seen this show. And I also wonder if he calls his junk a fish stick?

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  15. He'd make a natural poolboy!

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    1. the boys will ride him thinking he's a raft.

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  16. this is so awesome

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  17. I can see the headlines now if he meets a great white.

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  18. He's a gay fish? So cute.

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