It began yesterday morning. When I woke up I had the usual blurry eyes that one gets after sleeping. However, something was very unusual. When I crossed my eyes (you know, producing a double image) it appeared as if I was looking through whatever was in front of me! Must be an illusion, I thought. But no, sure enough I was looking right through the picture frame. Thinking this odd phenomenon may wear off, I gave up and took a shower.
Later in the day, I asked my girlfriend to perfom a test to determine if this was for real. I asked her to take a shoe box and put something in it when I wasn’t looking. I then crossed my eyes and lo’ and behold I could see very clearly the wristwatch she placed inside!
What should I do? Probably most people’s first reaction is to say “prove it”. Well, that was my first thought. Walk into to physics department at the local university and let them perfom an obcjective, double blind experiment to test this power. It occured to me, however, that if my claim was legitimized, I would probably be contacted by the government very quickly. After all, the ability to see through things makes be a risk to national security, doesn’t it? Maybe GW Bush will say that I’m supporting terrorism. I really don’t want to end up in Guantanamo bay. What should I do?
Of course, as you’ve already guessed, this is just a joke. But really, what would you do if you suddenly found some special power? Keep it a secret or go public and risk persecution (a la X-men, I guess). My first thought was to cash in on the million$ from Randi, but that leaves me in the same position.
Although while walking down the street I have the recurring fantasy/thought that it would be really cool if I couyld fly then I could be walking along normally and suddenly “fall up” while screaming “DAMN YOU GRAVITY!!!” Oh the shock on peoples faces. Chuckles.
I could never have super powers. I’d be inclined to use them for practical jokes, like Osiris, or for personal gain. Not for robbing or stealing mind you, but for sneaking into the girl’s locker room or spying on supermodels or something. Yeah, I should never be given super powers.
Obviously you should make yourself a gaudy skintight costume, build a funky tech-heavy vehicle, and leap from building to building at night fighting crime.
I know of nobody who has a superpower that does not do this.
If I had the kind of superpowers mentioned in the OP, I would be starting a worldwide tour of casinos starting tomorrow. Who needs card-counting when you’ve got second sight?
