Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Long Live the Legion! real-life instances where the power to eat matter in all forms would be VERY handy!

Of course, there's the food-eating contests and reality-show eating-for-cash "dares"... but I'm counting on YOU to come up with something more original!

When you're buried alive under tons of junk, survival becomes a buffet rather than a struggle.

always handy when its necessary to take a bite out of huge egos...

Hmm.. that aside... you can eat your way out of the "Shackels of Agony" (as demostrated in LSH Vol.4 #14 by Tenzil) ... or any shackels for that matter... so really I think it comes down to eating restraints be they "tons of junk," shackels or otherwise.

No other really practical application comes to mind right away...

Car stuck in snow & ice. Eat snow & ice, right down to tasty clear pavement.

If an aggressive driver in a Hummer cuts you off on an interstate offramp in rush hour traffic, you can turn him into a pedestrian.

If Senor Widebottom wears a large sombrero to the screening of Brokeback Mountain and sits right in front of you, you can nibble away some of his hat along with your popcorn.

High school cafeteria. Enough said.

Well as an international spy, the power would come in handy when you need to eat the coded message to keep it from falling into the enemy hands.

In more real life situations, if a door or gate were chained shut and you really needed to get in there, you can eat the chain (or just enough of it).

When trapped inside a contained space with a ticking bomb, you can eat the bomb!

Well, if some one suggests that you "eat sh!t" during a heated argument, you can! That would put him in his place!

When you lose that "...or I'll eat my hat!" bet.

After your daughter has made her first Easy Bake Oven cake/puck.

Along the same lines, imagine what would happen if you tell a Carggite to "go f*** yourself!"

This power can easily turn to the Dark Side.

If you aspire to be a shoplifter, you can eat those ink cartridges before they stain your acquisitions. (Winona Rider, take notes)

You can eat the locks, the sensors and security devices, break into the police evidence room, and eat any evidence they have to use against you.

1) What to do with those pesky packing peanuts that static cling to everything?

Snack time.

2) The end of that cruel, holiday tradition - passing along the family nutcake with those weird fruit things in 'em to an unsuspecting relative.

Be a hero. Eat the cake and send a gift card instead. The world would be a better place.

Nuclear waste disposal. (Provided you can get it into your mouth before you're irradiated, anyway....)

Quis wrote:
>>>2) The end of that cruel, holiday tradition - passing along the family nutcake with those weird fruit things in 'em to an unsuspecting relative.<<<

Hey, I depicted that in the December Museum thread in Bits! Heh!

Getting rid of toxic waste, one mouthful at a time. Why spend billions on a Superfund site, when you can pay me a cool million and give me a spoon?

Forgot house keys, eat door.

No need to buy the more expensive "edible" underwear.

What bag,..chew..chew..swallow..gulp..officer?

Clearly what's needed is a Bismollian member of the LSV.

I needed this last night.

But wouldn't even Matter Eater Lad get a heck of a brain freeze?

What would be a good name for him/her? Devourer? The Maw? Buffet Betty?

I really like Devourer... or Galactus!

I always wanted to see a DC/Marvel cross-over Galactus vs Matter-Eater Lad.