"Nuts!"
If you sent an email or text that might be construed as a demand and the recipient replied that way, would you assume that person is a World War II buff?
The Slice archive for June 27, 2013
THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2013
Planning to Spam-load before Hoopfest?
A breakfast serving suggestion. www.mascola.com
When an actor you can't stand is good 4
It happens. And that is the basis of the question in Friday's Slice column. www.amazon.com
What would it be like? 1
If Hoopfest and Pig Out took place simultaneously?
You might love hot weather if...
A) You are under the impression that the Spokane area has hard winters. B) You actually do jump in a lake. C) You have air-conditioning. D) You enjoy opportunities to walk around with not much on. E) You are solar powered. F) Lizards on rocks…
Hoopfest spectators fashion preview 3
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The myth of the family bigot
We've all heard the one about every extended family including someone who occasionally spouts bigoted or socially insensitive remarks, embarrassing everyone within earshot. Sure. That may or may not be the case. But the notion that every family includes people who find such remarks embarrassing…
Hoopfest spectators fashion preview 2
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Among my souvenirs
Somewhere in a box of miscellaneous memorabilia I have a baseball pitched by this guy in a game at Crosley Field when I was a kid. He was with the Reds then. The pitch was fouled right over the third-base dugout by Art Shamsky of…
Hoopfest spectator fashions preview
www.theblurb.com.au Expecting the weather forecast to give people making the scene an excuse to arrive downtown virtually undressed? Pshaw! This year, stretched-to-the-limit tank tops are out and tuxes are in. It seems that some of us are shy about our tattoos after all. The dressed-to-impress…
A Fleetwood Mac earworm invitation
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Trying to imagine its route
I realize there is absolutely nothing unusual about seeing deer in residential areas. But when I saw one this morning shortly after 5 o'clock, I was surprised. It was standing in the intersection of 31st and Garfield on Spokane's South Hill. That's just behind the…
One search sequence 6/26/13 1
Your wife receives an email from her high school reunion committee. She shows you some of the photos of her classmates. Realizing your own class has a milestone anniversary this year, you go online and see if there is a reunion committee hard at work.…
The editors at Life have spoken
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One more misheard lyric 3
The first time I heard this, I thought Mr. Jagger was saying "Get off of my plow." I realize that makes no sense. And, no, I was not imagining that it was racy slang. www.45cat.com
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