Terminalcoffee discussion

If you had to choose between these two superpowers, which one would you prefer?

I think flying would be much more fun. And practical. No more bitching and moaning about my commute.

I used to think that was my biggest wish, to be invisible. Now I already feel that way sometimes.


Flight.

I want both.

You have to choose, train man.

Can't make me.

I'd choose invisibility.

I think flying would scare the heck out of me. I'll take invisibility, please.

This reminds me of the old joke about Wonder Woman, The Invisible Man, and Superman.

One day, Superman was flying around with nothing to do, when he thought he would go past Wonder Woman's house. As he flew over, he saw her lying on her back in the back yard naked, moving around strangely ....

That's not a joke.

It's not?

It just sounds like a short, graphic story.

Well, I didn't tell the punch line.

I saw a movie called The Entity with Barbara Hershey as a woman who was repeatedly raped by an invisible man or demon. I started watching it because Ron Silver was in it, and I had a crush on him.

Pretty disturbing.

Was Ron Silver invisible?

ew. That sounds like Nic Cage raping a prostitute while high on crack and making her boyfriend watch at gunpoint.

No, Ron Silver was the shrink who didn't believe her.

Neither. I'd want a different power.

Both. I want both.

But you have to choose one or the other.

OK. Both give you freedom, but invisibility is covert, so I choose flight. Cool, clean freedom.

Invisibility.

I would use invisibility for evil purposes. Better fly....

flight, but i'll have to get a bright-coloured flying suit to keep me warm. with a cape.

Ok, let me expand this question. You could have BOTH flight and invisibility, but if you choose that option, you can NEVER have an orgasm again.

What would you do?

No capes!

RandomAnthony wrote: "Ok, let me expand this question. You could have BOTH flight and invisibility, but if you choose that option, you can NEVER have an orgasm again.

What would you do?"

That's just bogus.

I'd jerk off in flight.

I should choose invisibility, since I'm afraid of heights. But, I'd much prefer flight...no more traffic ridden commute wishing I had a mini-gun attached to my Kia.

I want to be able to teleport.

That would be cool, but I can't stop thinking about Jeff Goldblum merging with that fly. Having to keep some of your vital organs in mason jars... not for me.

The Star Trek transporter is the thing. Step in, step out into . . . wherever you want to go. I'll take that and keep my orgasm options open.

Beam me off ... I mean up.

Ha.

Re: Jeff Goldblum movie. I saw that when about 10, I'm sure it was R rated. It scared the poo out of me.

Well, one day Superman was flying over Wonder Woman's house ....

Larry! You are on the porch. Freezing cold. We can't hear you.

... and the Invisible man suddenly yelled, "Youch! What the hell was that?"

I hear you, Larry. I'm trying to find the letters to express my appreciation. Maybe Mmmchtt.

Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "I want to be able to teleport."


we watched Galaxy Quest again the other night and the teleporter scene is tooooo funny

GQ, haven't watched that in YEARS!

(mental note: dig out GQ DVD.)

Ooh flying definitely! I am not creepy or paranoid enough to want to be invisible:)

I've thought about this further and I am even more confident about flight over invisibility. Presumably you have to be naked to be invisible. Now, I would be too nervous of a falter in the system. And, anything you pick up or get on you would lessen your superpower (make you slightly visible). No thanks, too much trouble! Seems to only have it's use for eavesdropping, which I cannot be bothered with.

So you're okay with having your flying ability falter?

Who says you have to fly up high, Larry? You could fly about three feet off the ground. :)

Technically he's not flying. He's as tall as he'll ever be but his feet just haven't reached the ground yet.

Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "Who says you have to fly up high, Larry? You could fly about three feet off the ground. :)"

True. But where's the thrill in that?

Sarah Pi wrote: "Technically he's not flying. He's as tall as he'll ever be but his feet just haven't reached the ground yet."

So he grows down?