They want a superfriend who is able to cure a blue day or a confrontation with someone faster than a speeding bullet.

Being a dentist isn't so glamorous, but it pays the bills.

The gander, the gose, and the hudge oliphaunt, / Went with the pecok ageyne the fesaunt;

A jumblesome profusion of cuttings and grafts offers a more promising metaphor than does bonsai.