Power You Most Wished You Had

[Eirik]

"the differences are more biological than psychological.

must not be married..."

I was thinking the same thing.  What exactly is the biological motivation behind wasting 80 hours a year writing Christmas cards and letters to people you either never see and contact, or people you are in touch with all the time anyway?  I've been married 7 years and we have fought about my lack of participation in this ritual 7 times.  Don't tell me it's in the estrogen.

[dean]

Had this discussion with my girlfriend a while back, she thought Mind Reading would be handy, I figured it would be a pain, but would help me understand why she got a bit angry about how I didn't notice her new jeans [which look the same as her other jeans, exactly the same]

On the other hand having a power that enables you to mess around with people all the time would be funny as hell, like telekinesis [or whatever it's called, the move around stuff with your mind one]

Someone is annoying the hell outta you, you make them dance.  Somebody is about to beat your head in with a bat, the bat beats them.

Not to mention all the pranks you could pull

I'd imagine it would be easy to make someone very paranoid and crazy with that power.

[AndyC]

Eirik wrote:
> I was thinking the same thing.  What exactly is the biological
> motivation behind wasting 80 hours a year writing Christmas
> cards and letters to people you either never see and contact,
> or people you are in touch with all the time anyway?

Yes, but you're also the anti-community guy :)

[Scott]

We all exhibit great powers in our every day life and don't even realise it. If you did aquire "superpowers" then they would become "ordinary powers" and then you would want something more.

It's not bad to seek those powers out  as it is normal to want to see the next level of anything, but we should also understand what we already have.

We do have "superpowers" compared to some things. For example we may have more powers than a stone. Then again maybe stones have more power than we do. It depends on were you're at and where you are going (or where you think  you're going).

[Eirik]

"We do have "superpowers" compared to some things."

This is true.  Compared to my two month old daughter, I have astonishingly great strength and superhuman intellect.  I bet that if babies had some proportionate version of a gun, the bullets would bounce off my chest.

[daveblackeye15]

I wish I had the power to make people' head and bodies exploded when I hit them (Fist of the North Star people.) I know that's more like a made up martial arts but I WANT IT!

Or maybe the ability to copy myself like Agent Smith from the last two Matrix Movies. That would be sweet! I'd have my own base ball team (wait that joke's been done WAY too many times)

Or maybe the power to make my muscle's bigger and then I become stronger and faster. (Fist of the North Star again!). Though I either have to buy more shirts or I have to remove them before I go into battle.

[raj]

Eirik wrote:

>  I bet
> that if babies had some proportionate version of a gun, the
> bullets would bounce off my chest.

You mean a bebe gun?

[chopper2]

lol, nope sure aint!

[Scott]

Another good example would be that I have a weakness for potato chips. Chips are like kryptonite to me and I'm superman.

I once went a whole year without a potato chip on a $100 dollar bet with my daughter.

[Neon Noodle]

As lame as it sounds, I can remember watching Firestarter when I was younger and thinking that Charlie's dad [PUSHER] had the cooler power.

 Sure, blowing stuff up into a firey blaze is cool, but being able to manipulate minds is even cooler! Cab rides for $1.00 and the driver thinks it's $500.00 - good way to save the dough...

[B0SoxSuk (Austin)]

invisibility, super strength, flight, mind reading, womanizing, easy ending to marriage...

why should you have to settle for just one power?

If I had any power, it would be to make any power that I could think of or want a reality.  I would be able to grant my own wishes to possess any power that I might desire.  However, I would restrict my powers to the ones that have been mentioned previously with the exception of mind control.  No f**king with free will.  

all the powers they have on Dragonball Z, immortality (I could end it whenever I wanted), the power to feel only the emotions that are more beneficial to me at any given moment, and the power to bestow powers upon anyone I choose

oh yeah...and the power to restrain myself from being an ass and taking over the world or something...the power to make myself modest despite my abilities

i would have them all

[Conrad]

Eirik!  We at work decided not to buy each other Christmas cards, but instead to make a donation to a charity box, charity to be determined from a ballot.  We raised £60 (@ $90) for a local hospice.  You could put this suggestion to your wife - it saves trees, your time, and benefits some people who really need the money!

[ad]

The power of Kung Fu would be great...and it is, to some degree acheivable...

[Eirik]

"Eirik! We at work decided not to buy each other Christmas cards, but instead to make a donation to a charity box, charity to be determined from a ballot. We raised £60 (@ $90) for a local hospice. You could put this suggestion to your wife - it saves trees, your time, and benefits some people who really need the money!"

That's a great idea!  I'll set up a donation to the Human Fund.

(people who watch Seinfeld will get it)

[Ash]

Hehehehe!
 
That's a good one Eirik!

I just saw that Seinfeld episode not too long ago.