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Day 14
Everyday Super Powers
So today we are going to look at some super powers that would be helpful in our everyday lives, though ones that certainly wouldn't be useful to any superhero… or would they?
Power: Ability to make whatever song you want play on the radio.
Why you'd want it: Say you going on a long drive and don't have a raido with an MP3 player hook up or your CD's with you, bam you can listen to whatever… or you want someone to hear that cool new song you just heard, bam there it is again on the radio… or maybe you're feeling mischievous and walking past some people blaring rap music from their car all decked out with 10 subwoofers, shaking the whole block… Bam they are now rocking out to "Rocky top" and losing some serious street cred.
What kind of Superhero would want this? Meet the newly discovered "Airwaves" she is a hip urban high school aged girl who fights to protect her fellow classmates from the evil team of school teachers and PTA mothers, with her ability to change the radios to profanity laced rap songs she is able to distract these evil forces time and time again… (sounds like a cartoon series to me)
Power: Always have correct change
Why you'd want it: Everyone hates breaking a dollar, or even worse 5 dollars to buy something like a 69 cent fountain drink, or even worse buying gas and going over by like 4 cents… ugh what a hassle
What kind of Superhero would want this? Let me introduce you to "Grack" a simple minded cave man bust into the future (in some strange time machine accident involving a high school history class trying to bring back Millard Fillmore to give a lecture on his decision to send Perry to open up Japan) to fight crime. However he has little concept for money, and no where to put it (leopard loin clothes have no pockets). And obviously coming from the stone age he has no understanding of credit :P
Power: To always hit green stoplights
Why you'd want it: Who hasn't wished for this power at sometime? Trust me you'll think about it next time you try to drive through town and hit 4+ red lights in a row… Its going to happen, I've jinxed you now.
What kind of Superhero would want this? Welcome in "Mr. Justice" became a superhero when his obsessive compulsive disorder to follow everything "by the book" got him kicked out of the police force, willing to fine or ticket anyone for even the smallest infraction, (even if the rule was so old no one else remembered it). However he is hindered greatly by his unwillingness to break any laws including running red lights… so without this power his enemies would surely get away
Power: to clear lines at Wal-Mart
Why you'd want it: I think we all have experienced a "quick trip" to Wal-Mart just trying to buy something simple or small that ends up taking an hour because we are standing around forever waiting for lines.
What kind of Superhero would want this? Say Hello to "Oliver 'the janitor' Armstrong", Oliver, or "the janitor " as he prefers to be called by his super hero name… is a 87 year old veteran who worked as a janitor for a long time. His combined experiences in the army and as a custodian taught him to be very resourceful building his gadgets and superhero weaponry to fight crime out of cheap everyday items. He has to use gadgets because he is an old man and his physical strength left him, and they have to be cheap because he is living off of his pension, thus he shops at Wal-Mart a lot (at least he gets handicap parking!) But when a heist or some massive evil plot is going on, he needs to get his supplies quickly in order to have a chance to save the day…. A Wal-Mart line could spell doom!
Power: To always know the correct time
Why you'd want it: I personally hate wearing a watch, and therefore use my cell phone as a watch. However, some places my cell phone doesn't get reception which drains the battery so I have to turn it off… like Hicks library, and there aren't many clocks in there so it's a pain to keep track of the time.
What kind of Superhero would want this? Any hero who fights against a villain who loves to make complicated traps or bombs that involve puzzles that require precise timing to pull off and stop. We'll call this villain "Clockwork", he grew up in a small hamlet in Switzerland and was apprenticed to a master clock smith. Learning the complex skills of clock work would drive him to make timing devices part of his gimmick after he became an evil super villain when his town was destroyed in a mudslide due to the snow on the mountain side melting from global warming….
Power: To be able to repel cat and other animal's hair from sticking to you or your clothing…
Why you'd want it: Sure they make lint and pet hair removers, but if you have a cat like mine you know it can take multiple sheets to deal with their shedding skills, only to find out they have somehow ambushed you again before you get out the door.
What kind of Superhero would want this? Roscoe Jenkings a.k.a "The Nose" his crime fighting ability relies on his uncanny skill at "sniffing out crime" latterly, he was born in as a test tube child in a lab and in some freak accident where his stem cells got crossed with DNA from a bloodhound and some toxic waste that was just sitting around…(*Fake Spoiler* later in his comic book career you discover it was genetic testing :O) What it created was a man who could smell out crime from 27 miles away… but his weakness is allergies to pet dander that can stuff him up for weeks if he isn't careful, allowing super villains everywhere to wreak havoc on the world!
Power: To always be right
Why you'd want it: Well lets see you are always right… need to know something? Make it up and bam your right! Want something to be different? Say what you want… bam your right!
You: "Your gas is on sale, 50 cents a gallon!"
Clerk: "umm no its not…"
You: "Check again"
Clerk: "Wow your right!"
What kind of Superhero would want this? Wait who wouldn't want this :P
There you go some umm… everyday super powers that you won't find in the movies or comic books… that is unless anyone wants to buy the rights to one of my new characters ;)
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