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Superhero Status: Bad Ass
When I was a kid I used to wear underoos. I had the whole Wonder Woman gig, with the red panties, blue tank top with white stars; I even had the headband and armbands to finish off the ensemble. I used to watch Superfriends all the time. I wanted to be a superhero so bad. |
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Now I've realized that I am, in fact, a superhero. One with limited
repute, for certain, but all that's going to change soon. You see,
Jennifer is just an alias. My real name is MegaloBriago, and I'm from
Korzon, planet of left-handed midgets, here to battle the injustices
inflicted upon short and sinistral people everywhere.
Mild-mannered, right-handed editor of somewhat diminuitive stature by day, at night I become the supremely giant, creatively-stultified-and-bitter-about-it lefty, MegaloBriago. I consume beaujelais and fly around and help those of small stature reach the cereal on the top shelf at the supermarket, battle grammar school bullies who think they can push smaller kids around, pimp-smack large parents and teachers who try to force children into right handedness, and speak at conferences to shift America's prejudices of the height-impaired and sinistrally-inclined. Unaware about the plight of short people and lefties? Now you know. And knowing is half the battle. |
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7/18/99 Name: Happy Clapper Super powers: Function effectively in society. Contribute to society. Be subservient and obedient (without fail). Conform to mass media. Conform to stereotypical anglo-saxon behaviour. Inability to think for myself. Inability to survive without soap operas. Blissful naivete. Why? Because it seems to work for so many other people, I wonder what I'm missing out on. 5/12/99 I am tree. Walk past and notice me shake. Was that the wind disturbing my leaves? Doubtful. You ask for my powers and here they are: I don't murder young innocent animals and claim them as 'food'. I don't murder my fellow planet dwellers in the name of 'progress'. So, you can say that my power is: the golden rule. That is all. goodnight, god bless and watch out for those pesky kids! 5/12/99 I'm Rubfur guy. I run around and leave fur (hairs) on floors, beds, food, in trees and everywhere else I go. On December 7, 1999 these hairs will all burst out "gockadockadoo" What does this mean? Wait and see. 4/28/99 My name is Dionne Warwick and I have the super power to resurrect famous dead female singers, like Fontella Bass, Betty Everett, and Diana Ross! Unfortunately I can't resurrect singing careers. But I can get you a job as a psychic. I was also a former lover of Fidel Castro. 4/12/99 I think I would go the route of being Don Juan....Superpowers..I dont need no stinkin powers. 4/3/99 If I could be a superhero, I would like to be the 3 dots ... you know, as in "Oh, no! Not the ... Please! Anything but that!" Why? Because it denotes unspeakable fear on the part of the speaker. I'm so frightening, my name can't even be mentioned. My powers will be known as The Look And The Sting. Example: Everytime my boyfriend or some other poor unfortunate anger me, one look from my eyes can either : (a) freeze them in complete fear, (b) vaporize them on the spot, (c) make them start telling the truth, (d) just hand over all their spare cash to me. The Sting comes from my tongue. This power came into existence after I spent too many nights, tossing and turning, fuming over an insult and kicking myself because only NOW have I thought of the perfect comeback. With The Sting, I will always be witty, have a good comeback, able to humiliate and reduce a full-grown man to tears at 50 paces, and able to verbally flay the skin off a water buffalo. Tough things, those water buffaloes. Still Deluding Myself - Lady Lamp 3/29/99 I would be "StroSoOGo," which is of course short for "Strong Son of a Goat." It's obvious from the name that my super powers would be to climb rocky mountains in a single leap, chew up chunks of garbage into useless bits of, well, garbage. And perhaps most powerful of all, produce the most foul-smelling cheese which would over-power any villain into helpless submission. 3/21/99 I am known, in small midatlantic circles, as the shuffler. This title is derived from my primary superpower: being able to shuffle playing cards with my feet while simultaneously masturbating with my two hands. And while this may not seem to be a so-called "superpower", the world of organized crime shudders in fear at the thought of it. That, and I also occasionally have partially invisible ears. 3/11/99 Being able to survive, even thrive, without working, I'd be called "Jobless Charmed Life Guy." 3/5/99 Yes, as you may have guessed, I would be Obscure Reference man! Not only am I responsible for broadening the minds of all common citizens everyhere with obscure quotes and references from movies, songs, books and practically every other media out there, but I am also priviliged with giving out supernatural advice from otherworldly, thereby 'obscure', sources or 'references'. Yes, teaching the masses and always forcing their plebian minds to go "Huh? What was THAT from, I's better find out!". A mind full of useless or semi-useful information is a mind that is happy and if I can make the world a happier place, then my job is DONE! (where's my background music?) 3/5/99 If I could be any super hero, I would emulate my friend Frou-Frou the Dancing Bear. One day I was making a house out of breadsticks when out of the sewer a magical dancing bear with the odd name of "Frou-Frou" came out. He knocked over my house of breadsticks and pointed at me, saying, "Come dance with me! Let's make sandwiches for the hungry children of the world!" So Frou-Frou and I raided my kitchen and looked for all the bread, bologna, and peanut butter and jelly we could find. We then got into Frou-Frou's magic flying ladle and flew to all the hungry children of the world, making sandwiches. Ah, that silly Frou-Frou! He would dance for the sandwich-eating street urchins while I stood there watching in amazement. Sadly, I had to leave Frou-Frou and come back to rebuilding my house of breadsticks. I hope the day will come again when I can dance and make sandwiches with Frou-Frou. He will live in the hearts of me and all the sandwich gobbling rug-rats of the world. All hail the mighty Frou-Frou!!! Dance, Frou-Frou, DANCE!!! |