Kryponite and garlic--(Why the hair-salon name "Krytonnite"?)

[Mark Mandel]

For much, much more about kryptonite than you probably want to know, see
Wikipedia's article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite)

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On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Green kryptonite (the original) would weaken and soon kill Superman.
>
> Red kryptonite (ca 1959) would have unpredictable weird effects, often
> mental or emotional.
>
> Blue kryptonite (ca1960) only affected Bizarro.
>
> Gold kryptonite (ca1962) would rob him permanently of his powers.
>
> Plaid kryptonite is so awful it was never imagined.
>
> I heard a few years ago that all kryptonite has been removed from
> Superman's
> universe, but for all I know it could be back.
>
> JL
>

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