On Mon, 15 Apr 1996, The Chaotic Trickster wrote:

On Mon, 8 Apr 1996, Ben Kosse wrote:

Oh, now I remember. This does have interesting implications. Such as the 
fact that, even in his 80s, Ranma can be a pretty young girl instead of 
an old hag when he gets wet. I wonder if he would consider that good or 

Suppose he reaches 80, turns into a young woman and stays that way for 500 
years.  What happens when she is 580 and turns male again?

bad....

If you had the curse - which would you choose at 80?

Interesting question. Very interesting question. I've been thinking about
that for about 20 mins. now, and my answer right now would be as follows:
     If I was in *VERY* good shape it might null and void this answer, but
     I would probably choose the cursed form.

     I would love to see what others would decide. How about you Chaotic
Trickster? You asked, it's only fair for us to have an answer.

Probably would end up being a kindly old grandpa who *really* enjoys his 
(her) nights out at the Casino. ;)

I'd assume that if you got the curse at Ranma's age (16 or so), you would 
have definitely come to terms with it by 80 (if you still had it).

Something else for you - what if you got the curse at 80?  You'd have had 

Didn't that happen to Happosai in "Contagion"?  Anyway, it might be easier 
for an older person to deal with a curse.  The longer you've had to 
establish your identity, the less a curse would threaten it.

the one body for 80 years, and suddenly you now have two.  Be interesting 
to see how many 80 yr olds would survive the shock.  Even worse, 
Alizimers and finding out every day.

Those with schitzophrenia (sp?) would fit right in I guess.

Most folks with multiple personality disorder would need a lot more than two 
bodies, though.

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               The Chaotic Trickster - kergma@sv.net.au

%% Yes I did consider this for a week.