[Ads-l] "Kryptonite" Finally in OED

[Jonathan Lighter]

> With certain exceptions, of course

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On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 1:44 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Mullins, Bill CIV (US) <
> william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:
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> > Many elements of the Superman mythology first appeared in the daily comic
> > s=
> > trip or radio show.
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> When I heard Superman's agonized groaning behind the effects of the
> kryptonite, on KWK, St. Louis's Mutual Network station in the heyday of
> radio days, I was really, really afraid that the Man of Steel was really,
> really going to die! It was heart-rending!
>
> I hadn't yet caught on that 1) Superman was not a real person and that 2)
> the hero cannot die.
>
> With certain exceptions, of course.
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> -Wilson
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> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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