The Wednesday Slice question
What actor or actress would you want to portray you in the sprawling saga/blockbuster movie about your family? (Feel free to pick one for your younger self and another for your current age.)
The Slice archive for April 2013
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2013
No. 1 song on this date in 1967 1
www.musicstack.com How is the weather? At one point, "Happy Together" refers to making a call on a pay phone. How much did that call cost?
TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2013
This date in Slice history (1999)
Today's Slice question: What two local people have been doing business over the phone for the longest time without ever meeting?
If this was a Spokane tourism promo
What would the text say? www.grouchoreviews.com A) "Squeal like a pig for me." B) "Near nature, near losing your pants." C) "Canoe you." D) "Land o' Hats." E) "Before there were zombies, there were hillbillies." F) "Come for the paddles, stay for the archery." G)…
She once played a Spokane editor's wife
But you knew that. www.thebiographychannel.co.uk As you know, it was in a 1991 made-for-TV movie called "Sins of the Mother."
Bird humor
"Had this happen more than once during my golfing days," wrote John Yancey. "After I hit another terrible drive, a crow would comment with the usual 'Caw, caw, caw.' Only it would sound to me like: 'Haw, haw, haw.' Then I would look up and…
Life at the Daily Bugle 3
www.marvel1980s.blogspot.com
Excited? Moved on? Never cared? 2
www.popgoescultureblog.wordpress.com
If this was an SR marketing campaign 1
What would the text say? www.lancemannion.blogspot.com
Confession: I've never been to Disneyland
Surely I am not alone. I have extended family in Southern California and have been down for visits. But I've never expressed an interest in going to Disneyland. Does that make me unAmerican? Well, how about the fact that I have never been to Las…
Remember this Spring Break documentary?
www.aurorasginjoint.com
What would you think if... 1
...you looked over at the notebook in front of the person next to you in a meeting and saw this? www.naderlibrary.com
True or false
This guy once held an elected office in the Inland Northwest. www.harperleetkm.blogspot.com
MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2013
Ever been a good Spring Break movie?
I can't think of one. www.the60sat50.blogspot.com When was the last time you characterized a vacation as rip-roaring?
Life here isn't all shootings, stabbings
Did you notice all the bike riders out this afternoon?
No. 1 song on this date in 1972
www.45cat.com As has been noted many times, there were issues with the lyrics. But I will not pretend that I didn't like this song.
Bird is the word
Coming in Tuesday's Slice column.
May contain images too graphic for some
Here's a Slice item from this date in 1995. As I recall, some readers found these stories to be less than delightful. More adventures in vomiting: Mary Ryerse was on her back and holding her little niece up in the air with her feet when…
Ever hide an album cover from parents? 2
Or maybe, thinking of that one Herb Alpert album, they hid them from you.
Beer advertising and baseball
www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com www.lifetimetopps.wordpress.com www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com www.ebay.com www.flickr.com www.flickriver.com www.ebay.com www.goose.ycp.edu www.phillysportshistory.com www.radiostickeroftheday.com www.landofskybeerwaters.com
Don't care about basketball or TV shows?
Well, you can always talk about Easter sunburns this morning.
Greatest sports hero of all time? 1
Sure, there were better players. But, as had been said, some accomplishments don't show up in the box score. www.tuftsjournal.tufts.edu
Are you capable of tossing blue jeans? 1
Some of us, it must be said, cannot. www.care2.com Yes, I realize there are options such as recycling the material or selling them in the former Soviet bloc. But c'mon.
A lot of people claim to have had one
Some are telling the truth. www.schwinncruisers.com
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