Mermaids Or Just The Imagination Of Drunk Sailors?

I've run a few comics related posts, including Grant Schreiber's fun short story, this week in honor of Comic-Con in San Diego.  Since San Diego is also home to a large number of military personnel, especially from the Navy, I wanted to reassure them that, despite what they may have seen early in the morning and late in the drinking, there are no mermaids.  You probably just saw some cosplayer dressed up as Lori Lemaris.

Besides, everyone knows that humans who live under the sea look like Aquaman.