There's a problem with "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex." How do we know Superman is a "he"? We might assume that Superman has something resembling male genitalia, but that might be an ovipositor.
Ditto the first comment, I read it in the early 1980s when it was already in a collection of short SF found during my lazy days browsing a university library for idle entertainment.
Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex .
ReplyDeleteMike beat me to it.
ReplyDeleteMike_C, And I thought I was the only person that knew about that monograph.
ReplyDeleteYup, first thing I thought of when seeing this post.
"I thought I was the only person that knew about that monograph."
ReplyDeleteLook where you are. I'm a little surprised if someone doesn't.
I'm trying to push all the various off color man of steel jokes out of my mind.
ReplyDeleteWow, I think Mike_C's link covered all of them and then some.
ReplyDeleteHe married Louis in Louis & Clark...
ReplyDeleteAnd had a kid with her in the first new movie. Might have had a kid with her in the TV show, too, but it's been too long since I watched that one.
He married Louis in Louis & Clark...
ReplyDeletePlease God, don't let that be a Freudian slip!
Well, then, he would definitely not have kids, even ignoring the Supersperm.
ReplyDeleteThere's a problem with "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex." How do we know Superman is a "he"? We might assume that Superman has something resembling male genitalia, but that might be an ovipositor.
ReplyDelete"Able to leap tall IUDs (and other contraceptives) in a single bound..."
ReplyDeletePerhaps along the lines of sprouting out of the head, like Zeus's children or the "golden shower" thing he was fond of
ReplyDeleteDitto the first comment, I read it in the early 1980s when it was already in a collection of short SF found during my lazy days browsing a university library for idle entertainment.
ReplyDeleteGod I miss doing that.