Are you implying we should be living in the ocean like common mer-people?

Are you implying that such a thing is even possible?

Didn't you ever see The Little Mermaid?

Have you tried breathing underwater unaided?

Are you trying to get me killed?

Wouldn't that satisfy everyone's curiosity about the feasibility of living as mer-people?

Why would I volunteer, given that I was the brain trust which came up with this plan, and am therefore not expendable?

Why wouldn't you volunteer, given that you came up with this cockamamie idea of underwater living and therefore have the greatest stake in seeing it work?

Isn't my presence more required in safety so that I may come up with other plans - like my idea for a new monkey-powered train, just in case this scheme doesn't get past the hypothesis stage?

Given that your ideas include monkey-powered trains, may I define "safety" to mean "locked in a padded room for your own good"?