Interesting conversation on NPR - choose ONE superpower: invisiblility or flight

[iaJim]

I guess I could learn to fly a plane, but I can't learn to be invisible. Still, I'd rather fly.

[voodoopenguin]

I want to be the Silver Surfer, unfortunately I'm now becoming a silver surfer.

Paul

[$tevie]

davester wrote:
I think mavic is having difficulty with the whole superpower concept.

For me it would have to be flight. Just imagine...

Davester to hot woman: "Check this out" (flies)

Woman: "Cool"

Davester to hot woman: "Check this out" (disappears)

Woman: "Creepy".

LOL, davester!

[$tevie]

I'd like to be able to fly because I don't drive and flying would be a great way to get to work. And I wouldn't fight crime because I am a 'fraidy cat and unless there's invulnerability involved, fuggedabout it.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

I live in Los Angeles - commuter traffic is the bane of my existence. Flight wins, hands down.

[Paul F.]

Boy there'd be a lot of fun practical joking with invisibility... but I gotta go with Flight also.

First task: Around the world with a backpack and a camera!!

[GeneL]

davester wrote:

For me it would have to be flight. Just imagine...

Davester to hot woman: "Check this out" (flies)

Woman: "Cool"

Davester to hot woman: "Check this out" (disappears)

Woman: "Creepy".

Comics abound here on MRF. This is a second witticism today, that gave me a really good laugh.

Thanks, davester.

[Doc]

archipirata wrote:
Is the flight power strong enough to pick up chicks and fly them around?

That's the problem with the whole segment. They don't define terms.

Maybe "flight" is hovering a mm off the ground and any weight -- like clothes -- drops you like a rock. Maybe you can travel at 300MPH, but the slightest turbulence rips your arms off.

Maybe "invisibility" is permanent. You'll never know how clean a shave you've got. Remember that Claude Rains the Invisible Man went crazy from it. Is that part of the deal?

[M A V I C]

davester wrote:
I think mavic is having difficulty with the whole superpower concept.

Not sure what makes you think that, I just like to have all the info. What's the point of picking a superpower if it turns out to be not a very good choice?

[IronMac]

davester wrote:
I think mavic is having difficulty with the whole superpower concept.

For me it would have to be flight. Just imagine...

Davester to hot woman: "Check this out" (flies)

Woman: "Cool"

Davester to hot woman: "Check this out" (disappears)

Woman: "Creepy".

Excellent!!!