Yeah, put the tree in sideways 5
Maybe that guy has been hitting the Old Taylor. www.etsy.com
The Slice archive for Dec. 2013
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 11, 2013
Been thinking about these folks lately 1
And wondering if they have rinks this year. http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=011804&ID=s1473660
Just wondering 1
Has watching sports on TV (and flipping channels every few minutes) made actually sitting through a game in person feel like a jail sentence now?
The Wednesday Slice question 2
Is every parent able to recall a record-breaking public tantrum thrown by each child?
Can you find Journey's Spokane date?
http://steveperryfanclub.homestead.com/infinitytour.html
What advice do you have for Lucinda? 4
www.lastkisscomics.com
This date in Slice history (1995)
Today's Slice question: How would the Inland Northwest be different if you had never been born?
TUESDAY, DEC. 10, 2013
How has this aged since 1958? 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5IXlfJSEi4
A 1967 ad from Seventeen magazine 1
Would have been interesting to see them set this up. http:sweetjanepopboutique.blogspot.com Or perhaps they are not real legs.
If you wore something like this to work... 3
...what would people say? www.partywiththis.com
Jesus would not have looked Aryan 2
And that freaks out some people who prefer a 1950s movie image featuring someone with decidedly northern European ethnicity.
Survey says
The first time I did it, maybe 20 years ago, I used phone books from big cities that were available at the downtown public library. The project? Ask people from around the country whose last name is "Spokane" how they pronounce it. So you would…
The necktie says "not from this century" 1
www.hoslotcarracing.com
Preview of your office Christmas party? 2
www.swide.com Probably not.
Birds, bees and boxcars
A friend was in her car the other day with her young son. I can't remember if he is 8 or if he is 9. They saw a train on a rail line my friend had come to regard as all but dormant. "I wonder…
Have you heard it yet this year?
http:wopbopaloobopalopbamboom.blogspot.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSH9ryRzHQ4
Multiple choice 1
Which are you most likely to say before the end of the day? A) "Let's do this." B) "You guys playin' cards?" C) "Good grief." D) "Ring a ding ding." E) "Is it safe?" F) "Serenity now." G) "Forget about it, Jake." H) Other.
This date in Slice history (1996)
Kids, take a tip from a sadder-but-wiser baby boomer who knows. Do not even think about playing with the toys you receive for Christmas. Don't even open the product packages. Store them in the "Future Collectibles" corner of your closet. Then wait a few decades.…
MONDAY, DEC. 9, 2013
Sports Illustrated cover -- 12/9/68 1
www.pophistorydig.com
Annual reminder
It's mean to scare little kids by telling them the longer and longer nights are a result of the Earth wobbling out of orbit and heading farther and farther away from the sun.
Some good stuff here 1
Check out the first entry in the second batch, down under sheriff's office reports. And don't miss the one fourth from the bottom in the first batch, about the passed out guy who thought he was in Spokane. Thanks to reader Janet Yoder for sharing…
Speaking of minor bowl games
Which have you attended? Here are three I can recall seeing in person. I had to look up the scores. 1978 Sun Bowl: Texas 42, Maryland 0 1983 Liberty Bowl: Notre Dame 19, Boston College 18 1986 Liberty Bowl: Tennessee 21, Minnesota 14 I worked…
If he falls and breaks his neck...
...I'm guessing she won't have any trouble finding a new man. www.vickimarquette.com
If today is your 21st birthday 3
This was the No. 1 song on the day you were born. But really, that's not your fault. www.wiipy.com I have a theory that if this was played at a wedding reception, the chance of divorce automatically doubled.
Recalling a childhood discovery
Do you remember what happened to first time you played an album at 45 speed? www.rewards4mom.com
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