Polite Dissent

10 Responses to “ Lois…or Louis? ”

1. Chris Sims
   August 11th, 2008 at 12:04 am
   

   Or maybe the boundaries between worlds have gotten so fragile that the gender-swapped Earth that Mr. Mxyzptlk created–wherein Clara Kent worked with Jenny Olsen and Louis Lane–is crossing over!

2. Chuk
   August 11th, 2008 at 12:21 am
   

   Maybe they think her name is Louise, but you can’t quite see the E.

   What’s her middle name? That name is awfully big text anyway.

   And I think I totally forgot about that gender-swap comic until just now — that one was awesome.

3. Laura
   August 11th, 2008 at 2:53 am
   

   The name isn’t the mystery. How’d her fingers get so banged up that they had to have Band-Aids wrapped on, but her manicure remained immaculate?

4. Dwight Williams
   August 11th, 2008 at 7:55 am
   

   Lois’ middle name? Joanne.

   As for the hospital? Might Lois have been transferred to Metro Memorial from another hospital in Metropolis called “St. Louis”?

   (Now that I think it over, here’s another, related question: when was the city of St. Louis founded/named as such?)

5. David Oakes
   August 11th, 2008 at 11:30 am
   

   Banged up as she is, are they going to leave her wedding ring on?

6. Omar Karindu
   August 11th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
   

   Maybe Lois uses Kryptonian nail polish. And is an MTF transsexual.

7. Your Obedient Serpent
   August 11th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
   

   It’s the Louis Grant Memorial Hospital, which caters exclusively to journalists in both the print and visual media.

   Especially ones with “spunk”.

8. Laura
   August 12th, 2008 at 1:22 am
   

   Good point about the wedding ring, David. What sort of hospital leaves the rings on a patient with hand injuries?

9. Scott
   August 12th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
   

   I’ve seen speculation that it’s a Louis Vitton bracelet, not a hospital identification one. Seems kind of weak.

10. Sean Duggan
    August 15th, 2008 at 11:43 am
    

    @Dwight - According to Wikipedia, somewhere between 1673 and 1763. The valley was originally named Louisiana for King Louis XIV in 1678. There were numerous settlements in the area, but it looks like the one in 1763 was the first one to really be considered a city. It was not a US city until 1822 when Missouri was incorporated as a state. Except that St. Louis referred to St. Louis County, which incorporated a larger area. In 1876, the city officially seceded from the county.

    ^_^ Does that somewhat answer the question?

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