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lol, Jenni I always enjoyed that scene in Undercover Blues (as soon as I saw you mention it, I quoted "It was a fair fight -- two of them, two of us"  ) and you did a great job adapting it -- I can totally see Lois dealing with muggers like that. And I can also see Clark tearing his hair out, afterwards  And I liked how you wrote it, showing the aftermath first, so that the reader gets to share Clark's confusion <g> It works better that way. And there's a (very tenuous) L&C connection in that movie... when whatshisname is trying to interview someone, he introduces himself as Hildy Johnson, which was the name of the Rosalind Russell character in "His Girl Friday" which some have claimed was a huge influence on creating the character of Lois Lane in the first place  PJ
"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
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Hi A fair fight  Karla
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LOL, Jenni. I thought you captured Lois's attitude perfectly, especially when she was dealing with the officers, which made me ROTFL. I could just see and hear her there. Brava! LabRat
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LOL, this was cute. And funny. Nice job! (And you say you're not an author! Ha!) I haven't seen the movie in question, so I'm not sure what was borrowed, but aside from the line Pam quoted, I liked this: “Are we finished, can I go?” she asked snappily.
The two muggers looked up in surprise.
“Look, we had a deal. You commit a felony, I go.” LOL, that's great. Hope to see more from you, Jenni! Kathy
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Undercover Blues is a fabulous story! I would recommend it to anyone. You did a beautiful job of adapting the scene! Brava!  James
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Very cute adaption. Good job! Laura
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Jenni LOL!  I enjoyed it immensely and look forward to reading your next story. Tricia 
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To continue the 'connections' theme, 'His Girl Friday' (which itself was a remake of the Broadway stage play and movie 'The Front Page') was remade a couple of decades ago as (I think) 'Headline News' starring Burt Reynolds and Kathleen Turner. The connection is that Turner played Dennis Quaid's wife in 'Undercover Blues' and was an expert in various forms of martial arts and other methods of unarmed mayhem. The interplay between those two sometimes recalls the fast banter between Lois and Clark (when the writers were 'on their game').
And, yes, the story was hilarious! I loved envisioning Clark as the police were interviewing Lois! He couldn't have pulled his hair out, of course, but he might have been tempted to pull hers out!
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That was cute. 
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Thanks for the feedback guys! You're the greatest! I'm glad you liked it
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Hi, Great story.  MAF
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Fantastic! That was absolutely hilarious. I knew Clark wouldn't buy the innocent act. JD
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Well I read it when it first showed up on here. Now I have an evening to leave comments! I told my husband about this story. I was giggling. He said I better never do that. I get Lois-y like that once in a while I stuck my tounge out at his comment and I got tickled almost to death. “Hey, it was a fair fight, two of them, two of us.”
“LOIS!” That was a great story you!!!
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