Darth Michael: Wow, more FDK! That must mean you're on vacation. Does that mean we'll get more parts of the Man who would be King? (I saw it only had 2 in the TOC and you mentioned unposted parts).
Oooooh! I know this one! Is it the one where Dr. Lite blinded Lois instead of Superman?
Um... Perhaps I should have mentioned that this was also pre-S1.
Also…where do you take to time from
From Wrong Clark time.
I feel like I'm taking three steps back for every step forward on that one.
Hey, it could have been worse. She could be wearing a Superman pin.
It could have been worse. She could have been wearing an anti-Superman pin. Also Pre-Superman.
He looks good enough to score on the first date?
LOIS: Yes.
CLARK: Thank you, but that's not what I was thinking.
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And he set his good buddy up with one of the nice reporter ladies who are after his alter ego?
BATMAN:
I’m the alter ego. She was after *Bruce*!
So, in this dimension Bruce Wayne isn't a multi-millionaire CEO Philanthropist but a human rights lawyer.
BRUCE: Nobody would suspect a lawyer to be a hero.
DAREDEVIL:
(Hey, that explains what happened next...)
Held for destruction of property?
Immigration reasons.
REFUGEE: No slave labor. We get food we don’t have to catch ourselves. No whippings so the guards can place bets on which one of us dies first.
Exactly. They trade that for 3 squares a day, a roof over their head, and a mat on the floor.
REFUGEE: Paradise!
No.
LOIS:
Hmm…Mayson?
LOIS:
Well that was a switch from hot to cold quickly, Lois.
LOIS: I don’t date. It’s an archaic concept invented to make women feel they need a man to have succeeded.
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: Do you need help with that bomb, Ms. Lane?
LOIS: No, I can handle it. Just jump in if it decides to go off, will ya?
DIANA PRINCE:
But she doesn't like his human side.
CLARK: Not perfect.
LOIS:
CLARK: Yes, she'll do.
LOIS: Do?
Do what?! You? Never!
CLARK:
Did he wait too long? Did Lois decide she doesn’t want a quick tumble in the hay after all?
LOIS: We're in Metropolis. In the city, us civilized people use sheets. And that's not why I came.
No. Way. It really *is* Lois!
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.
.
I could have done that bait and switch and had it been someone else.
Well, an annoyed Lois is like Cat-nip to a Clark.
CLARK: Me-OW!
LOIS: What?
CLARK: /holds up hands in self-defense/ Perfect people are boring.
BATMAN: /points at Clark/ He said it, not me.
Huh? Wait. *Two* dates with red carnations?
Who said that there were two dates? Did I say that? No, I don't think that was written anywhere.
By following him and planting bugs in his apartment, like any normal person would do?
LOIS: That's the second date.
LEX: The ER thinks I’m normal
CLARK: I'd rather be normal than what he is, any day.
Hmm… so, it really was Lois who was set up with Clark?
They both can't be set up?
And yet, Lucy hadn’t managed Mel Gibson.
That only works if she had started with Kevin Bacon.
Good thing they didn’t mention the job-speficics.
"Good" isn't specific enough? /ducking/
Huh. She thinks it had been Clark’s idea? Different setup after all? Or just a miscommunication?
ER: /do you mean her signature pickle-slicer move/?
To start with.
LOIS: Sometimes, I finish with it just to keep things fresh.
Huh. Her original date already left?
So, you doubt that Lois and Clark could actually be set up together?
But why come clean in the end?
Lois's POV. The Source most likely said that he had discovered that he had been wrong.
LOIS: Potahto. Tomahto.
Plus, he’d look good naked?
HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER: No, Clark, I didn't say JUST come in with a red carnation.
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ELLEN: That’s what I always say!
Ooops.
Hmm…I think he’d punctually enough and Lois managed to stand up her original date.
LEX: I’ll never take matchmaking again from my attorney. He’s so fried (sic).
Why would Lex have a human rights lawyer?
What if they got mugged?
CLARK: How likely would it be that we get mugged…?
LOIS:
Then this would have been a different story.
Maybe some string tied to his foot?
So, he shouldn't have worn the loafers?
They say it’s the best paper in town.
LOIS: /razz/ Good bye, jerk!
CLARK: /confused/
CLARK: They also said you were nice!
One month later…
LOIS: Perry, I have had to up to here with my boyfriend getting there first. You either hire Clark or I move to Gotham!
Bruce Wayne buys Daily Planet and hires Clark Kent to keep Lois out of Gotham City.
Maybe if he put out first?
CLARK: Say, what?
MARTHA: So, honey, did you get the job?
CLARK: I'm working at the Daily Planet, and I don't want to talk about it.
Did he just offer to recompense her for her time during an amorous outing?
He said that he owed her a favor, not vice versa.
So, she’s fine with the offer or compensation but averse to reporters?
LOIS: Reporters live on favors.
And Lois Lane always does (sic) a challenge.
LUCY:
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LOIS: Hey!
LOIS: *check*. *check*. *check*.
He likes to live precariously, doesn’t he?
CLARK: She brought it up first.
HOODLUM: Yo! Your purses. And the watches. Hmm…And I’ll take the dame for a spin, too.
She meant newer, but okay.
BATMAN: That’s a nasty rumor the Joker spread about me.
JOKER: /points at Batman/ If that's not what happened to him, then the jokes on me.
LOIS: So…he lost his boyhood to a highschool sweetheart, probably the local dairy queen or somesort and been a player ever since.
CLARK: I can't win, can I?
CAT: You can take me for a spin, big man.
No, he ordered Chinese to make sure they held on the mystery meat.
Could be.
Still doesn’t help him understanding the fairer sex, though.
Clark hasn't mastered that language barrier.
ER: /reading between the lines/ She…she…likes to have a little Clark handy for when she has needs?
LOIS: What? I carry lots of handy things about in my briefcase.
Because she second-screened him during their first date?
She did it under the table so it wasn't overt.
ER: /no comprehendo/ A *politician*? Next he’ll believe an armed robber that he’s just doing a charity collection at the bank foyer.
CLARK: That's what the Invisible Man told me, Officer.
POLITICAN: I didn’t know taking money and doing what the money-giver asked for was illegal! Honestly.
LOIS: Sure, D.A. Clemmons. I'm not buying that.
CLARK: But, Lois...
LOIS: Give me a break, Clark.
Traditional ones with locusts inside?
Say what?!
WAITER: No comment.
ER: /confused/ Naïve but hiding something?
CLARK: Hey, I'm a complicated fellow.
Did he just call her two degrees of hot?
No, two degrees hotter than a third degree burn.
“It’s my impression that wherever you go, you make men sweat,” he said.
Brazen.
True, but brazen. Yes.
CLARK: Change in temperatures never really bother me.
LOIS:
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That’s our Lois. Always ready to bite off more than she can chew.
CLAKR: I’m pretty tough, so…
No biting?
LOIS: So…a quick tumble in the hay?
Yes, that's what Lois would think.
The first one buys the rest?
LEX: I've always found that to be true.
Maybe if she stopped dating Ralph or politicians?
LEX: /wave/
LOIS: I wouldn't date Ralph. Actually, I don't date usually.
LUCY: Yeah. She interviews.
LEX: /Still
but nobody's paying attention/
Is he asking her if she’s promiscuous? If her number would fill a supermarket?
No psychic or telepathic.
Thanks. See, un-beta'd.
Well…California is said to be the porn-capital of the world, so…
Apparently American women (in general) aren't as promiscuous as they are portrayed in movies and television.
I’m not sure about that chain of evidence holding up.
Yes, but the optimist in him says calling her opened minded is more likely to get that result that calling her the opposite.
In essentials, I am as any human male,”
Not a lie.
Did he say he was human? No, just male.
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Because if he told her, she wouldn’t eat it?
Most likely.
Yes, but would Fugu kill Superman?
CLARK: Well, no, but if I kill her off on the first date there won't be a second date.
LEX: Yes, I often serve Fugu at the end of a date.
CLARK’s cookie: Put diamond with flaw on ring.
Hey, he can do that!
So, SHE should have gone out with Mayson.
What if Clark had been set up with Dan and Lois with Mayson.
Just one. In a church. Followed by a group dinner and dance event.
LOIS: I don't usually attend church, but I think if I can go in a war zone I could handle one day at church.
CLARK: Um...
I think she’d be mad if he told her on their first anniverasy.
First dating anniversary.
CLAUDE: Liar liar panties on fire!
LOIS: My mother told me that if I don't have sex for 3 years, I'll become a virgin again.
SAM: Ellen! That's not factually correct.
CLARK:
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Uh-huh.
ER: /shocked and laughing that he'd been right about them being set up with other people./
I always find it funny that you're predictions are accurate and you don't notice it.
You know, had they turned in for a nightcap, this could have been awkward, with Clark whispering ‘Mayson, oh Mayson!’ the whole time.
LOIS: I would have stopped him after the first one, so it wouldn't have been so awkward.
CLARK: Not until she told Dan to leave her apartment at once.
CLARK: No, that would be me.
See? Also, once he has a job in Metropolis, does that by default also make him the best investigative journalist in Metropolis?
LOIS: No.
Well…it’s safe to assume Mayson came early and Dan found her sitting there.
Could have happened.
Nah, they’d have met. Press conferences. Superman interviews. His dating Mayson might be a tad awkward, though. At least, till the bomb.
JIMMY: Hey, Lois, look at this. /holds up DAILY PLANET CLASSIFIEDS/ "Single male hero looking for a woman to mend his heart. Lawyers, please don't apply." Oh, never mind. He wants someone who isn't likely to explode.
She just realized that they might not have met.
Down boy. Not on your first date.
Nah. That was merely the kiss.
CLARK: If she thinks THAT'S floating, she hasn't seen nothing yet.
LOIS: This won't work. Your grammar is atrocious. Hey, I just realized. You're perfect for the Met Star. Have a nice life.
Wouldn’t that be awkward if she slept with him and then published his secret?
CLARK: Awkward isn't the right word.
LOIS: Pulitzer worthy?
PERRY: Not if you sleep with the subject to get the story, Lois.
LOIS: Drat!
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