Superman – Lee Duigon

Superman Renounces His American Citizenship

leeduigonDecember 1, 2021

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Wow! This was done all of ten years ago, and somehow I missed it. ( https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/superman-renounces-his-u-s-citizenship-in-900th-issue-of-action-comics)

Superman is a figure of transcending unimportance. But there are a lot of us who grew up reading the comic books and watching the TV shows and hearing him pledge himself to “truth, justice, and the American way.”

Now, who sez leftids are practically brain-dead, with no capacity for originality? Well, dig this! Superman is now a citizen of the world. Gee-wow, who would ever have thought of that?

What a load of bull-equity.

I find superheroes boring beyond words, and avoid them as thoroughly as possible. That’s how I missed that Superman story.

Aw, go gargle with kryptonite.

P.S.–Here’s a quote from some blogger that I never heard of: “Superman has always been bigger than the United States.”

We are surrounded by a virtual forest of idiots.

The Key to Cyber-Popularity!

leeduigonJune 17, 2021

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I’m already getting tired of trying to highlight key words by typing them in boldface. It feels like I’m writing a freakin’ comic book. “Hey, Superman! Do you know Lex Luthor is in town?” Feh.

Ah! But I’ve read about studies that show that unless you employ only the simplest words, hardly anyone will want to read you. Or even talk with you. Advance beyond the sixth-grade reading level, and it makes their heads hurt.

Back in high school there was a kid who used to yell at me every time he saw me, “Yah, Mr. Big Words! Big words! Yah!” This went on for several years. I didn’t even know his name. He only stopped when I promised to beat him senseless the next time he did it. One can only take so much.

Well, it seems his attitude has now become part of our dying culture. This is how you have to write, or no one will read you. No more big words.

All this cyber-stuff was supposed to raise us up and make us smarter. Instead, it dumbs us down.

Enough! On behalf of the English language, and all who treasure it, I declare defiance.

Coruscation! Orgulity! Penultimate! Chastisement! Polyglot! Effulgence!

(“Damn the torpedoes–full speed ahead!”)

A Quick Question!

leeduigonNovember 27, 2020

I don’t know that anyone has ever asked this question, let alone answered it:

How does Superman get a haircut?

I mean, he’s invulnerable, right? Indestructible. Bullets bounce off him like spitballs. So isn’t his hair like the rest of him? If you could cut his hair, wouldn’t you be able to cut him?

By now he ought to look like Cousin Itt from The Addams Family.

And how would he cut his toenails and fingernails? The scissors or nail clippers would just break–right?

Someone ought to have thought these things through.