BOOKED! July 16 — Mobile, Alabama


When I was in elementary school, there was a comic book series called The Marvel Universe. It was basically an encyclopedia of all the super heroes published by Marvel Comics. Each entry listed the secret identity, powers and base of operations of each hero and bad guy. Early in the series I noticed that most of the heroes lived in New York City and most of bad guys lived in Mobile. (I recognized the city because my uncle lived there back then.)

"Now why..." I thought. "Why do all these bad guys live in Mobile?"

"Why Mobile?" It bothered my for years. WHY!?!?!?

I figured it out much later in life than I should have. Those bad guys didn't have a base of operations. They just moved around a lot.

Anyway, I'll see you all in Mobile — the city — soon.

P.S. In my defense, the word mobile was capitalized in those comics.


 
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  • July 16, 2009 Tim wrote:
    I think maybe you were right the first time. Why would all the bad guys live in Mobile? Well, geographically and culturally it's pretty far from Gotham and New York City. Not only that, but nobody would think to look for them here.

    I enjoyed your presentation. I will now get back to processing memes.
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  • July 17, 2009 Jeff Pedigo wrote:
    Not a bad rationale actually...

    Thanks Tim!

    JP
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