Wasn't it still the Army Air Corps then? 3
Not the USAF. www.mycomicshop.com
The Slice archive for Sept. 9, 2014
TUESDAY, SEPT. 9, 2014
If you ever had a Vega 2
You might enjoy these vintage ads, perhaps more than you did driving that car. http://www.productioncars.com/vintage-ads.php/Chevrolet/Vega
When coachspeak steers you wrong
I found this amusing. But if you never saw that NFL Films treatment of the Kansas City Chiefs beating the Minnesota Vikings in an early Super Bowl, this won't make any sense. http://boards.sportslogos.net/topic/71222-hank-stram-made-a-fool-out-of-me/
How often do you text the wrong person?
If you exchange text messages with lots of people, you're probably on the ball enough to be aware of who the recipient will be. Right? But if 99 percent of your texts are messages to your spouse, it is easy to forget. Let's say you…
Could you write this about Spokane?
http://www.theonion.com/articles/man-excited-to-give-visiting-friends-the-real-fort,36875/
Seeing "Oktoberfest" makes you crave... 2
A) Sausage. B) Sausage with hot mustard. C) Sausage with hot mustard and sauerkraut. D) Sausage with hot mustard and sauerkraut and cold beer. E) Sausage with hot mustard and sauerkraut and cold beer and a St. Pauli girl lookalike. F) Other.
Can you picture this at the Davenport?
In this scene from "The Graduate," Benjamin Braddock escorts Elaine Robinson through the lobby of the Taft Hotel. A parade of staffers greet him by the name he uses when meeting Elaine's mother at the hotel for a little ring-a-ding-ding. Your assignment is to spot…
A tale of two Guinea pigs 2
A friend's kids have a couple of Guinea pigs. One was named "Ginger" because of its color. And before the kids could name the second one, my friend started referring to it as "Mary Ann." Of course. But the kids in question are not familiar…
Lots of local references here 1
http://evelknievel.com/timeline http://evelknievel.com/wp-content/uploads/August-26-1968.jpg
This date in pop culture history (1956)
http://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pictures/1956_september_9_ed_sullivan_show.html#sthash.GXz0vL6l.dpbs
Leapin' and hoppin'
Perhaps the overnight sky already suggested this to you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPazGVuBXmY
Seattle pro sports losses: Sept. 9, 1979
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197909090mia.htm http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=197909090SEA
No. 1 song on this date in 1966 2
www.bigjaysorensen.com Ever notice how many of Donovan's songs were used in "The Simpsons"?
This date in Slice history (1995)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/sep/09/the-slice-if-you-want-a-prince-better-start/
The online home for Paul Turner's musings and interactions with disciples of The Slice.