Just to do some snipping:

Faye and Peter Ogilvie wrote:

jus wondering, when you jump into the spring, the guide says "ooh, verry bad
mr. customer, a thousand" yadda yadda yadda" now whoever fall in take body
of young girl!"  My problem with this is, ranma DOESN'T take her body!  he
takes the body of if he was born female, IE sex appeal of ranma if he was
female.  Mouse still has his bad eyesight, and I'm pretty shure that pchan
has fangs.  So do they really take the other bodies?  or do they just take
the body of A young female/little black pig/cat/ whatever?  <cologne looked
at nyannichuan with a thought rattling around that crafty canny old brain "
spring of YOUNG girl" she thought>
        -Cullen the mostlly sane

  It is not my contention that Ranma turns into a girl as if he was one, nor do 
I say that he turns into a specific girl. To me, it doesn't matter.
  Ranma turns into a girl(when hit with cold water). His curse brings water of 
many types to him. As far as I know, Takahashi has, and will, never explain the 
mechanics of the transformation, or the curse. It is a plot device.
  I have many ideas spawning in my mind dealing about the "Jusenkyo Mix". I 
might start a spamfic series.
  Hey that sounds neat.

  thank you for your time,
  turbo@relex.com