http://www.metafilter.com/tags/lollipop Posts tagged with 'lollipop' at MetaFilter. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:40:14 -0800 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:40:14 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/74032/Herbie%2DPopneckers%2DPowerful%2DLollipop "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Popnecker" title="Wikipedia on Herbie Popnecker">Herbie</a> <a href="http://learning2share.blogspot.com/2007/08/link-quick-herbie-popnecker-web-round.html" title="Herbie Popnecker link roundup at glorious blog, source of this link, and all around swell time, I'm Learning to Share!">Popnecker</a> is unique among superheroes. While looking less like a superhero than any other, he may also be the most powerful.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Herbie can "<a href="http://perlypalms.com/herbie/pix.pl?flying" title="Luckily Herbie knows some short cuts!">fly</a>" by walking through air, or <a href="http://perlypalms.com/herbie/pix.pl?space-walk" title="Monsters -- they come out of the unknown, so that's where I'll go.">space</a>, or <a href="http://perlypalms.com/herbie/pix.pl?underwater" title="Just do like I say.">water</a>.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Herbie can <a href="http://perlypalms.com/herbie/pix.pl?time-travel" title="In Herbie #1, Herbie travels in time for the first time. He grabs one of his purple time lollipops......steps into a grandfather clock, and flies into the past. As he travels, he surprises Abraham Lincoln and is greeted by George Washington, crossing the Delaware.">travel through time</a>, or <a href="http://perlypalms.com/herbie/pix.pl?underground" title="Hey, you see what I see?">the ground</a>, or <a href="http://perlypalms.com/herbie/pix.pl?breakthrough" title="CRASH!">through walls</a> (some damage occurs), sometimes <a href="http://perlypalms.com/herbie/pix.pl?4th-wall" title="Herbie notoriously steals into a scene to beg change from Cary Grant.">breaking the fourth wall</a>.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Herbie is the <a href="http://perlypalms.com/herbie/pix.pl?expressionless" title="a flash of insight is not visible on his face.">least emotional</a> of any super hero, and one of <a href="http://perlypalms.com/herbie/pix.pl?says-something" title="Say something, Herbie!">few words</a>.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Herbie defeats many of his opponents by <a href="http://perlypalms.com/herbie/pix.pl?those-eyes" title="Sometimes, Herbie's eyes are all he needs to overpower an adversary.">looking at them</a>, but sometimes, <a href="http://perlypalms.com/herbie/pix.pl?lollibopping" title="You want I should bop you with this lollipop?">he bops them with <i>this here lollipop</i></a>."<br>Herbie's further powers are examined thoroughly at <a href="http://perlypalms.com/herbie/imgbar.pl" title="Herbie Popnecker: Examples of Recurring Themes">Herbie Popnecker: Examples of Recurring Themes</a>. <a href="http://learning2share.blogspot.com/2008/08/reasons-to-be-cheerful-week-of-080808.html" title="Cheerful we are indeed, thanks to The In Crowd!">via I'm Learning to Share!</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.74032 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:40:14 -0800 comics examples herbie here lollipop popnecker recurring superhero themes this carsonb http://www.metafilter.com/69864/Merry%2DChristmas <a href="http://www.lollyphile.com/maple-bacon.php">Bacon lollipops.</a> That is all. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.69864 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:51:53 -0800 bacon batshitawesome lollipop Dormant Gorilla