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13 July 2005

If you were a superhero, who would you be? →[More:]

I'd be Withering Look Girl. Or maybe the Glowering Goddess.

post by: mudpuppie at: 22:08 | 30 comments

Can Make His Palms Sweat On Command Man.

The Solipsist.

The Nostalgist.

posted by interrobang 13 July | 22:10

The Cheeto Dust Bandit: leaving greasy orange marks all over you favorite shirt.

Wait, that's more of a Super Villian but yeah.

posted by LeeJay 13 July | 22:12

Semi-demi-quasi-quaver man.

He keeps the beat so you don't have to.

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 13 July | 22:15

I'd be Clever Retort Girl - able to come up with scathing quips at a moment's notice.

I'd date Bon Mot Boy.

posted by iconomy 13 July | 22:21

i'd be her sidekick touche

posted by ethylene 13 July | 22:23

my street name is snap

posted by ethylene 13 July | 22:24

Touche! Our archenemy would be The Dimwit. He'd have large question marks all over his costume, just like The Riddler. Only all of his question marks would be preceded by the word HUH in 24 pt. Helvetica, all caps.

posted by iconomy 13 July | 22:25

she slays me
she's a slayer

posted by ethylene 13 July | 22:31

i'm actually the angel of uncle
SAY UNCLE! SAY UNCLE!

hey, rube works as a batsignal as well
us circus folk gotta stick together

posted by ethylene 13 July | 22:35

The Amazing Pedantic Man! With my sidekick, Turabian Footnote Boy.

posted by LarryC 13 July | 23:18

I'll be The Nudge, with the power to poke and annoy.

posted by amberglow 13 July | 23:29

secret noogie weapon or just the wink wink?

posted by ethylene 13 July | 23:30

Our archenemy would be The Dimwit.
That would be me, then.

posted by dg 13 July | 23:42

Is it too late to be "Apology Man"?

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 14 July | 00:04

yep
you can be Belated Wishes Wiseman
come bearing gifts

posted by ethylene 14 July | 00:24

The Poop-Scooper? (I tend to call our pup The Pooper and my sig other The Poop-Scooper. She loves it, I tell ya)

Out-Of-Place-Man?

Love-Him-Or-Hate-Him-Guy?

Everybody-Thinks-You're-On-Drugs-Kid?

posted by dreamsign 14 July | 00:56

I'd be The Sputterin' Spoonerism, and my name would be the only thing I could say coherently.

posted by PinkStainlessTail 14 July | 00:59

Shut-the-Fuck-Up Man, jamming cellphones and car alarms and turning noisy children in public into silent, wafting pillars of dust and gas.

Sweet, sweet silence.

posted by trondant 14 July | 01:11

I know! I could be Mr Insipid, then I could use Mr Incredible's suit.

posted by dg 14 July | 01:49

CAPTAIN OBLIVIOUS!

*drinks*

TO OBLIVIAN! AND BEYOND!

posted by loquacious 14 July | 03:01

I'm Snarkman.

posted by Smart Dalek 14 July | 04:20

i want to be bulletproof

posted by ethylene 14 July | 07:22

maybe...

Captain Passive-Aggressive -- "No, that's cool. You can destroy the city. I don't care." (By day, I could be a CPA)

or...

The Amazing Outsider -- He'd watch all the other superheroes doing their super-thing, from a distance, thinking "I could do that" but then he'd just go home and read a book.

but no! I'd be...

Captain Boogie -- whose amazing powers of funky dancitude causes criminals to uncontrollably clap to the beat, and keep time with their feet, while chanting "Go Captain! Go Captain! Go Captain!" while the po-lice ride up in their paddy wagons and take the evildoers into custody.

And DAMN but my costume would be funky!

posted by papercake 14 July | 08:44

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by ethylene 14 July | 08:51

I would just be the One-eyed Wolfdog.
But I would invite trondant over every chance I got. Permanently, even.

posted by Wolfdog 14 July | 08:57

And DAMN but my costume would be funky!

posted by amberglow 14 July | 09:50

amberglow: yeah! that's me there, on the left

posted by papercake 14 July | 10:01

Moon Knight

posted by Hugh Janus 14 July | 10:31

I'd be Work and Read The Internets At The Same Time Girl. My magic powers would, among other things, consist of being able to hold what sound like coherent work-related conversations within microseconds of hiding the window showing the latest entry of the amusing music blog behind an Excel spreadsheet.

In my off moments, I'd be Updating My Resume Girl. *looks over shoulder, logs out*

posted by jokeefe 14 July | 16:14

Master Multitasker! Mistress Multipass!

posted by ethylene 14 July | 16:15

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