If I could be a superhero
So I'm sure you've been asked the question "If you could have any super power, what would you choose?" I've been asked this several times before, and I always have a different response. Sometimes I wish I could fly, other times I wish I could teleport to different locations in an instant. Maybe x-ray vision or time travel is more your cup of tea. All of these are great choices.
But today, I think I came up with the ultimate super power: The ability to instantly remove yourself from uncomfortable situations.
Think about it...how many times have you been stuck talking to "that guy" at a party and you couldn't get away. Or when someone spontaneously starts talking about their health problems. Or the time when an old man grabs ahold of your arm and talks to you for hours about the way things used to be, all the while smelling like moth balls and old man breath! Or when you're driving around in a salesman's truck, unable to escape his incessant rambling about his ex-wife, his dog, listening to his crappy bluegrass music, or having him list off all the wacky high school mascots he's ever heard of!
Plus I bet that power comes with an awesome utility belt.
posted by philthy @ 5:49 PM
3 Comments:
>>other times I wish I could teleport to different locations in an instant.
Phil, you could have this power AND the ability to remove yourself from uncomforatble situations at the same time. Can't stand the guy who is talking your ear off with his garlic breath? Bam, you're in Tahiti.
The two super powers I can't decide between are the one you mentioned that I pasted above OR having the ability to have a perfect body while being able to eat anything I want and not have to exercise at all. I've often found myself pondering the two, feeling very torn about which I'd choose, just to realize that I will never actually have either super power and that it is just a waste of my time to dwell on it.
Teresa
I've had this conversation with my brothers and sisters-in-law.
My power: The ability to shut doors at an amazing speed
My oldest brother: The ability to stand for super-human amounts of time.
My second oldest bro: Super fast scoot (kinda like the crab walk)
My sister-in-law: the ability to cook in super-large portions.
Will Ferrell told Barbara Walters that he would choose the powers of vomiting on command and speed reading if he could.
His thinking with vomiting was along your lines, Phil, as in one use would be to get out of unbearable social situations.
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