If it wasn't so tragic, it would have been a funny ending. No, wait. It is funny! Well done!



(Nineteen words. What does that mean? Oh yes, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!)

Now it's thirty three...

So, Clark, when you stand around feeling super, allowing the adulation of the woman you love to wash over you...

Bursting your bubble!!!! :p
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(End of feedback. There are forty-two words in it. Forty-two. Hmmm. Forty-two?



Forty-two, the ultimate answer to everything about life, the universe and everything! Eh, except no one knows what the exact question is... Anyway, that's why this additional blather isn't part of my feedback, even though it's still meant to tell you that this was a groan-funny vignette!)

Ann

OMG Ann, I've found the question!



Arthur Dent's maths is as bad as mine!

What do you get if you multiply six by nine? Eh... fifty-four?

I get it now! That Arthur Dent!!!



Arthur mascerading as a cat, calculating how to mix rocket fuel.

Ann

6x9=42 if calculations are performed in base 13, not base 10, which gives the answer 54. Don't you know anything???
I'm going to stop now, cos I don't have a clue either. According to Douglas Adams, "nobody writes jokes in base 13" (This comes from wikipedia btw.)

Ann quipped:

If he did, it'll be the last time he hitches a ride.

Excellent vignette, Sammy. I think you've captured Lois's shell of cynicism around a vulnerable heart, along with Clark's way with words as an avenue to her heart. I liked it a lot. And don't stop writing them, you hear?

Say, I've an idea! Why don't you write the very same scene from Clark's POV? I'll bet you'd have some excellent insight on his thoughts, too. I know I'd read it.

I GIVE UP!!!!!! Jokes in base 13... that sure got me down for the count! Ten and out!!!! Gr8shadesofElvis is the new champ!!!! (Note the girl boxer! )



Ann

Er, thanks Ann, but I think I was KO'ed before you. Knocked my head on the spit bucket and everything. Someone pass a towel please.

...hasn't he made a joke in base 13, if the answer is 42 and not 54??? Or was that sarcasm, Mr Adams? I GIVE UP too.

Ooooo, Sammy! Niiiiiiiice!

I love first person Lois stories and this was awesome! Very first season Lois - loved the line about watching her raise go to her competition.

More!

I know that this line has already been quoted, but it's just too funny.

Nice, clever way to end it! Great job! If you do decide to write one from Clark's POV, I'll read it too.

Really liked the Lois point of view in this story!!
Oh and loved this line about her reputation! Wow is Clark gonna change that in the future

Sweet! The third one's a charm, for certain.


Elisabeth

Good stuff!

I'm a bit cluess on the joke above, but I think I'll review everything to see what I'm missing. Maybe I'll understand it.

I like that part!