- Joined
- Jun 5, 2006
- Location
- Edmonton Canada
With all the superhero movies out lately, we were discussing what kind of superpower would be the most fun, and what superpowers we already have. I thought it would be fun to see what you'd like for a superpower and what (if anything) you already have. It doesn't have to be anything extravagant like disappearing in a puff of smoke (although if you can do that, I for one would be extremely impressed!)
Ray, for instance - he's got almost perfect pitch - he can tune instruments by ear (not WITH his ears silly - although that would be fun to watch!) It drives him a little crazy though because we'll be watching a movie and they'll be playing some music in the background and he'll say, "Arrggh that piano is SO out of tune!" and most people wouldn't even notice it.
A friend of mine has an uncanny ability to remember dates. Not just for special things, but for just ordinary things. I'll say, "Oh I went there one summer a few years ago," and she'll say, "Yes that was on June 6th, 2007!" It's pretty spooky really for someone like me who doesn't even usually know what day of the week it is TODAY.
So then there's me...I actually have 2, the first one is that I have really good hearing. Plenty of times in my life I've heard stuff I'm not supposed to.
But once, I was in Phoenix and I had to go to emergency...I was in there for FIVE bloody hours, but that's another story. So I'm in the little curtained off cubicle thingie and there are people moaning and groaning and yakking all over and people trundling machines back and forth and racing up and down and just general chaos. All of a sudden I heard this faint little voice saying "help" - I waited and nobody seemed to be doing anything and then I heard it again, this tiny little gasping "help" so I jumped up and grabbed one of the nurses as he was charging past and I told him I'd heard someone calling for help. He turned around and ran down the hall and stuck his head behind all the curtains, and suddenly went racing into one that was at the opposite end from me and across the hallway.
When he came back he stopped in and was amazed that I heard her from all that way and he told me what happened, it was a very frail elderly lady, she was lying on the gurney thing and she felt suddenly like she was going to throw up, she leaned her head over the edge of the bed - maybe looking for something to get sick in - and she leaned too far and grabbed the edge of the sheet just soon enough to keep from smashing headfirst onto the floor. But she doesn't have the strength to pull herself back up and if she lets go, she's going to land right on her face. So there she is, poor lady, upside down with the blood rushing to her head and trying to get someone's attention and nobody could hear her. Except me.
My other one is that I have a really good memory for faces - one day I might be a good witness, but I don't have any stories.
And the superpower I'd like to have is to be able to fly. Just mostly so I can stop being afraid of heights.
Ray, for instance - he's got almost perfect pitch - he can tune instruments by ear (not WITH his ears silly - although that would be fun to watch!) It drives him a little crazy though because we'll be watching a movie and they'll be playing some music in the background and he'll say, "Arrggh that piano is SO out of tune!" and most people wouldn't even notice it.
A friend of mine has an uncanny ability to remember dates. Not just for special things, but for just ordinary things. I'll say, "Oh I went there one summer a few years ago," and she'll say, "Yes that was on June 6th, 2007!" It's pretty spooky really for someone like me who doesn't even usually know what day of the week it is TODAY.
So then there's me...I actually have 2, the first one is that I have really good hearing. Plenty of times in my life I've heard stuff I'm not supposed to.
But once, I was in Phoenix and I had to go to emergency...I was in there for FIVE bloody hours, but that's another story. So I'm in the little curtained off cubicle thingie and there are people moaning and groaning and yakking all over and people trundling machines back and forth and racing up and down and just general chaos. All of a sudden I heard this faint little voice saying "help" - I waited and nobody seemed to be doing anything and then I heard it again, this tiny little gasping "help" so I jumped up and grabbed one of the nurses as he was charging past and I told him I'd heard someone calling for help. He turned around and ran down the hall and stuck his head behind all the curtains, and suddenly went racing into one that was at the opposite end from me and across the hallway.When he came back he stopped in and was amazed that I heard her from all that way and he told me what happened, it was a very frail elderly lady, she was lying on the gurney thing and she felt suddenly like she was going to throw up, she leaned her head over the edge of the bed - maybe looking for something to get sick in - and she leaned too far and grabbed the edge of the sheet just soon enough to keep from smashing headfirst onto the floor. But she doesn't have the strength to pull herself back up and if she lets go, she's going to land right on her face. So there she is, poor lady, upside down with the blood rushing to her head and trying to get someone's attention and nobody could hear her. Except me.
My other one is that I have a really good memory for faces - one day I might be a good witness, but I don't have any stories.
And the superpower I'd like to have is to be able to fly. Just mostly so I can stop being afraid of heights.
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