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Part of the charm of the Smallville series was Clark using his powers to do chores on the family farm. At one point, his Dad says he's able to do the work of four farmhands.

I don't think frying an egg would be hard — you can do it on a car's hood on a hot day.

But would you be able to poach it?

Except of course if he fries that egg while he is supposed to save the world, or if by frying the egg he used too much energy, to now get defeated by the real thing.

What’s „the real thing“ in this sentence? A chicken?

The villain. Superheros have arch enemies.

In the implication being that eggs are not the real thing; in other words, a superhero's mild annoyance.

The implication for me was, even superheros have limited power. So if they waste it on trivial things, they will be defeated.

Chickens can be villains.

Do they have large talons?

Relevant comic: https://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2305#comi...

Shit, that's 13 years old now. All this time and he still can't draw hands.