What a fun story.
Lois missed the most likely (although, obviously, incorrect) solution to the problem: Krypton had had a counterpart to cherries and Superman had learned the trick on his original planet. Or the next most likely one: He learned it here and practiced with super speed. But then again, that is Lois through and through: She does consistently come up with completely outrageous scenarios that just happen to be the right ones.
Now what I really want to know is what "Madame Blavatsky"/Perry told Superman as his fortune. Also, just where did *Clark* learn that trick?
Joy,
Lynn
