Lex Luthor Took Forty Cakes

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2009-09-13T21:38:13Z

The Super Dictionary

2005

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active Superman, Lex Luthor, Lex Luther, And that's just terrible, 40 cakes

Lex Luthor Took Forty Cakes <h2>Background</h2> <p>“The Super Dictionary” was a children’s dictionary published in 1978.</p> <p align="center"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sNfMtmbyk0k/RoCeZyUHosI/AAAAAAAAAEs/746NA94C6Nw/s320/scan0002.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>It was chock full of wonderful illustrations of DC comics’ heroes and villains explaining words.</p> <p>Example:</p> <p align="center"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/2944688611_e730ef514f.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>One entry struck a chord with the internet. It was the entry for “forty”.</p> <p align=center><a href='http://www.macrochan.org/view.php?u=RHFIYPTV43ICN3ONZYVT6CUIG7QFOOPX'><img src='http://www.macrochan.org/images/R/H/RHFIYPTV43ICN3ONZYVT6CUIG7QFOOPX.jpg'></a></p> <p>In case you cannot read it it says:</p> <blockquote> When no one was looking, Lex Luthor<br /> took <b>forty</b> cakes. He took 40 cakes.<br /> That’s as many as four tens.<br /> And that’s terrible.</blockquote> <h2>Spread</h2> <p>The first web instance may be <a href="http://luthor.ytmnd.com/">this</a> <span class="caps">YTMND</span>. It was created on September 8th, 2005.</p> <p>The image has made it’s way to other sites such as <a href="http://digg.com/celebrity/Oh_No_Lex_Luthor_stole_40_cakes">digg</a>, <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1738269">Collegehumor</a>, <a href="http://nextround.net/2009/05/27/lex-luthor-stole-forty-cakes/">Nextround.net</a>, <a href="http://4chanarchive.org/brchive/dspl_thread.php5?thread_id=1248840&x=bible+of+co">4chan</a> (Post 1249916) and <a href="http://ytmnd.com/search?q=lex+luthor+cake"><span class="caps">YTMND</span></a>.</p> <p>It has been a topic in forms such as <a href="http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?p=15514597">SuperheroHeroHype</a>, <a href="http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=12891012045&sid=1">World of Warcraft forums</a>, <a href="http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/showthread.php?t=272819">Ebaum’s World</a> and <a href="http://forums.comicbookresources.com/archive/index.php/t-188221.html">Comic Book Resource</a>.</p> <h2>Google Insights</h2> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=lex+luthor+cakes%7C%22that%27s+terrible%22%7C%2240+cakes%22%7C%22forty+cakes%22%7C&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=empty&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=650&h=300&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script><h2>Further Reading</h2> <p>If you would like to purchase the dictionary, you can do so <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Super-Dictionary-Warner-Educational-Services/dp/0030437563">here</a>.</p>

2009-11-13T00:47:54Z

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