Birthdays are funny things.
We’re basically celebrating that we haven’t died during the previous 365 days.
Why not celebrate the last day of every month we haven’t died in?
More parties.
Category: Joke-a-day
Experimental Joke-a-day
Salads
Add extra colour to your salads with these pretty red mushrooms.
Apollo
Rocket fuel is so toxic that 55 years later nothing grows at the Apollo 11 landing site!
Subtext
Super Villain File
Name: Subtext
Origin: The same alien beam missed its mark and hit Olivia’s bitter rival, Helen Hint. Now possessing the ability to speak only in riddles and hidden meanings, she became Subtext, a villain dedicated to spreading confusion!
Aims: Dedicated to spreading confusion!
Foes: Captain Obvious
Captain Obvious
Super Hero File
Name: Captain Obvious
Origin: Mild-mannered librarian Olivia Point was struck by a mysterious beam from an alien spacecraft, granting her the power to state the obvious so emphatically that it leaves her enemies dumbfounded! She took on the name Captain Obvious, battling crime with truth and simplicity.
Powers: States the obvious to confuse enemies.
Weaknesses: Is completely oblivious to sarcasm.
Foes: Subtext
Plasticor
Super Villain File
Name: Plasticor
Origin: Formerly a brilliant but unscrupulous scientist, Dr. Paul Tridax lost his hand in a freak accident involving synthetic polymers.
Replacing it with a plastic appendage, he found he could control all plastics and vowed to rid the world of metal, becoming the sinister Plasticor!
Powers: Controls all plastic materials.
Aims: Vowed to rid the world of metal
Foes: Magneta
Magneta
Super Hero File
Name: Magneta
Origin: On a stormy night, young inventor Maggie Sparks was struck by a bolt of lightning while experimenting with her latest gadget—a magnetic amplifier.
When she awoke, she discovered she had gained the power to attract all metal objects!
Now, as Magneta, she fights for justice, though she struggles with her unfortunate metal allergy.
Powers: Attracts all metal objects.
Weaknesses: Has a metal allergy.
Foes: Plasticor
Captain Kina
Super Hero File
Name: Captain Kina
Origin: Living a peaceful life eating seaweed when the same radiation leak that created TAXman changed their life for ever
Powers: A prickly character
Aims: To raise sea level to create ever larger fields of yummy kelp
DEATHman
Super Hero File
Name: DEATHman
Origin: In an attempt to reduce his workload, DEATH comes to Earth and battles people who ignore workplace and road safety rules.
Powers: Catchphrase: Quick Vulture, to the DEATHmobile.
Aims: Lower death rate.
Weaknesses: Contractually forbidden to resurrect clients.
Foes: Simeon Brown
Affiliates: Vulture
Tornado
Super Villain File
Name: Tornado
Origin: Originally a plant ecologist until leaves blown by Leaf Rider during her origin gave her the power to blow back with massive force.
Powers: Creates massive winds that can destroy anything in their path.
Aims: End Leaf Blower’s control of fallen leaves to allow natural composting.
Weaknesses: Can not enter storm cellars.
Foes: Leaf Rider