Really? I thought that was just a throwaway line, nothing particularly funny about it. I am always slightly amazed by what lines in my writing strike people's fancy. Writing is a weird thing! Especially comedy--everyone's got a different funny bone.

(Come to think of it, the mutant power I've always wanted in the past was the ability to jump across a busy street so I could catch the bus before it drove past me. I am easily pleased. Do you have a secret mutant power?)