My Super Power
I watch “Heroes”. Fun show, but so far everyone has really impressive powers. Powers like going nuclear, super strength, liquifying matter, healing, flight, super hearing…
What of the guy whose power is far less impressive? I’m talking about the man whose only power is the spontaneous manifestation of garden vegetables. Specifically radishes. Small red ones only.
Furthermore, he can only manifest a maximum of one kilogram of radishes at a time and he’s then exhausted for four hours.
How would one turn that into a crime fighting skill?
I suppose if you could manifest the radishes directly inside someone’s colon…
Of course, I would just do it as a joke if it weren’t for the four hour refractory period. A kilogram of unexplained radishes in your stool makes for a great practical joke, if not an effective crime fighting strategy.
Japanese “Daikon” radishes are really good.
When I get back home I’ll have to visit one of the yuppie international food shops in Oakland County to find these delicious treats.
Brian:There is always that Japanese grocer next door to the Second City in Novi…
Spot on. One should never get caught in a situation where one can’t explain one’s radishes. US customs are all over radishes these days. like salad dressing: boys in bleu-cheese dressing.
I thought all radishes were small and red (and pleasingly peppery). But no, huh?
A radish makes a rad dish.
How weird. I’ve just posted about root vegetables myself and now I read this.
i can smell things real good
I’ve only just started watching this show. I was pleasantly surprised.
I think the Radish man should become part of a crime fighting duo. Now, if only we can find someone who turns into the human torch every time they ingest about a kilo of radishes… wait, that happens to me!
Luckily I’m Aussie and the metric quantity of radishes doesn’t confuse me.
Err, well, if one were saddled with such a radish-generating power, you could always get inventive. Like say for instance our hero, Radishar (for lack of a better term), was sent back in time by scientists to stop Hitler. All he’d have to do is generate his kilo of radishes directly within the Fuehrer’s skull. Mission accomplished!
After which, of course, Radishar would be riddled with machine gun fire from various SS members. Can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs!
A Radish weapon? Sounds like something thought up by the Fraggles. Watch out for those deadly Doozer Sticks!
hehe, radishes in someone’s stools… good one
Sam: I’m not sure about bleu-cheese. I never eat anything I can’t actually tell is rotten or not. As for all radishes being small and red, I dunno. I suspect there to be many variations, and wanted to be absolutely clear.
Foot:I’ll forgive you using “rad” as an adjective if you forgive me about wearing the same outfit as you.
Gus:So you can! Fight crime by smelling the criminality on their breath, then.
G3T Rich:Ah! Yes, if there were a hero whose trigger is a kilo of radishes.
DC: No, the radishes couldn’t manifest in his skull. Radishar can only manifest radishes in soft tissue cavities, and the brain-pan is too tightly packed. But i like your thinking! Too bad our only time traveller can only transport himself… well, and his clothes as well. Arbitrary, but modest.
PJ:And Gorgs! Watch out for the damn Gorgs!
Maja: You’re going to try it, aren’t you.
From what I remember about that Japanese grocer, he didn’t have anything too special.
A friend of mine goes to someplace in Livonia a few times a year. Some of the things he finds there I don’t remember at the place in Novi.
Then again, the last time I went to that place in Novi was about 18 months ago, and I was still pretty new to Japan, and was only buying some miso soup as a gift because I forgot to get it before flying home.
I’ll be home soon enough, and check them both off.
Perhaps I’ll come over and make a feast for your family, complete with faces for the kids meals.
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