On the train home this evening I sat down next to a woman (fairly attractive, probably in her 30s) who was carrying a large carry case like the one on the left, but it was red.

For the next few train stops I wondered what was in the box. At the end of every other sentence in the book I was reading my gaze would discreetly flick over to the box and make another guess at its contents. I could see a white label on the far side of the box, which might have revealed all, but I couldn’t read it from my position, and besides, I liked the guessing game.

A couple of stops before mine, she got up to go. I moved to let her pass, and saw something stamped on the case that ended my speculation.

So now it’s your turn to play. What was in the case? Was she a handywoman? Mobile hairdresser? Spy gadget saleswoman? Professional assassin? Or something more quotidian?

Ladies, those randy builders who call out lascivious comments to you as you stroll past their building site are fantasizing about doing this to you. Scary, no?

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If you could choose any superpower, no matter how devastating or nefarious, what would you choose?

Would you want to emulate a character from your favourite comic or film? How about a video game hero? Perhaps one of the Heroes? Or have you thought of your own unique, never-previously-conceived superpower?

Moi? Well I’d love the ability to produce “fireballs” from my hands from chi or actual fire. I don’t really know why I’d like that particular power, apart from the fact that it would be an awesome weapon. I used to love producing the hadouken effect in Streetfighter II with Ryu or Ken.

The next best thing to producing my own fireballs would be to be able to don a suit like Iron Man and blow up the bad guys. I really should review that film, I’ve seen it twice already.

I’m looking forward to the Hancock movie. Haven’t heard good things about the Indiana Jones movie so far, but I still intend to see it. Speed Racer is on at the IMAX, but I’m not sure that I’m bothered enough to check it out. Each sunrise brings me closer to The Dark Knight, and yet there’s still 6 months left until the new Bond.

This is completely daft, but I love it.