(This appeared in The Slice on Feb. 25, 1999.) We're cutting short the reader comment period in the matter of defining "Back East." We've heard enough. Here's a sampling. "For those of us from the Great Lakes Midwest, 'Back East' refers to Boston, New York…
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"Our cat was not allowed on the bed," wrote Lois Bender. "So in the daytime he would crawl under the bedspread where he thought we couldn't see him." Of course, there was a problem with his plan. The large lump o' feline under the bedspread…
You know, some guys wear hats because it is winter.
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1. Did quicksand incidents in TV Westerns freak you out when you were a kid? 2. How many people describing a scene as being like a "war zone" have ever actually been anywhere near war? (This is a friend's pet peeve, first mentioned to me…
The grocery cashier was asked if he had any names in mind for the baby he and his wife are expecting. "I'm thinking 'Megatron'," he deadpanned. The shopper said the child would probably raise objections in four or five years. "Dad, EVERYONE in my class…
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