---BACK IN TIME~~

--LOOK, UP IN THE SKY! IT'S A GREEN BEAN HATER!

--(His superpower turned out to be telling fibs- )

---When I was in kindergarten in 1976, I hated green beans and loved Superman. And everybody knows (or so I thought) what Superman's one weakness is --kryptonite.

So one day I got the bright idea to tell my teacher that I couldn't eat my green beans because they had kryptonite in them. To my surprise, she had no idea what that was.

"Is that something you're allergic to?" - she asked.

Even at that tender age, I knew an opportunity when I spotted one. I nodded. As she walked away, my peers stared at me in awe. I felt like the king of the kindergarteners.

Then a few minutes later, the principal was in front of me: "Young man, why can't you eat your green beans?"

Knowing the stakes were now much higher, I responded sheepishly. "Because, um, they have krytonite in them."

His next question revealed his own weakness: "You have an allergy to that?" My jaw dropped, but I nodded again.

Now I REALLY felt like the king of the class. I had duped my teacher and the principal!

Of course, while I was feeling all proud of myself in the cafeteria, the principal was back in his office calling my mother: "Ma'am, your son is saying he can't eat his green beans."
"Why not? Is something wrong with them?"

"He says they contain kryptonite and he's allergic to it."
Silence...... Then, a burst of laughter. "That's the stuff that kills Superman!" she cried through her laughter.

So that day, not only did I eat every green bean on my plate, I ate every green bean left on anybody's plate.
And, yes, I still hate green beans. ~~
--Reminisce ~~