Random superhero related thoughts

This week saw the release of the new Teen Titans movie from DC Comics, 'Teen Titans Go! To The Movies', so with that in mind, this week's blog post has a superhero theme to it.

"Hmm, what shall I call myself?
Mr Brilliant? Mr Excellent? No, I've got it!
Mr Fantastic!"

1) Mr Arrogant

The Fantastic Four chose their own names, and yet Reed Richards chose to call himself Mr Fantastic. What a bighead!

2) Useless powers

In real life Superman's 'super' hearing would be useless. Because of the speed of sound, any scream he heard from miles away would reach him after the victim was already dead.

3) Who needs eyelids?

Technically, superheroes with x-ray vision could walk around with their eyes shut all the time.

World Cup memes

Last weekend saw France beat Croatia to become the 2018 World Cup winners. Sticking with the World Cup theme, here's a round-up of some of the memes that did the rounds on social media during the World Cup...

1) Close enough...

"Three lions on the shirt."

More nice reviews

It's been a few months since I released my short story, 'We Come In Peace', and I'm happy to say I've had a couple of nice reviews. My recent short stories have also been getting a lot more downloads than I usually get, so all in all I'm really pleased.

Here are the reviews of 'We Come In Peace', together with a few reviews of some of my earlier short stories:

1) We Come In Peace

Here's the first review...

"Great short story, funny and clever."

10 funny quiz show answers (part 6)

It's time for another round-up of amusing quiz show answers, starting with a contestant whose specialist subject most definitely isn't astronomy...

Advice for quiz contestants: Robots don't count as life.

1) "What is the only planet in the universe known to support life?"
"Mars."


2) "Name a weapon in the game of Cluedo."
"Dice."

Hmm, maybe if you're playing against a really bad tempered player...


3) "What fruit has varieties called Mandarin and Seville?"
"Spinach."