Today's baby boomer trivia question 3
Who were Tod Stiles and Buz Murdock?
The Slice archive for Sept. 2014
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24, 2014
NHL players from Nelson, B.C.
http://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/city/nhl-players-career-stats.php?city_id=4500
Would most Mariners fans get it...
...if you greeted them with "So how's everything in Mudville this morning?"
Vintage Spokane beer cans/cat video
You can see for yourself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBb77nz_hXk
Of course, "Coyote" isn't his real name 1
Can you name the movie he filmed in the Spokane area? http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001075/ (I got to thinking about him while listening to his narration of the Ken Burns "Roosevelts" series.)
How to stand out in your next meeting 1
Sprinkle your comments with lines from "Shaft." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067741/quotes
Remember when this was everywhere?
www.kotapparel.com
Sit quietly for "Outer Limits" intro
It is my belief that everyone should hear this at least once a year. http://fan.tcm.com/video/the-outer-limits-intro
The Wednesday Slice question 1
If they COULD arrest you for what you're thinking, where would you be most likely to get in trouble? A) At work. B) At church. C) Watching TV. D) Driving. E) Out walking around in public. F) At family gatherings. G) Attending live sports events.…
TUESDAY, SEPT. 23, 2014
Unbuttoned world of pulp fiction nurses 4
This should come up right away on a desktop, but might want those with mobile devices to jump through hoops. Sorry. Wouldn't blame you if you opted to skip it. But I can summarize: Nurses in pulp fiction apparently were randy as all get out…
Saturday Evening Post from 9/23/67
I'm sure the article explained it all. http://marks.dk
NHL players from Cranbrook, B.C.
http://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/city/nhl-players-career-stats.php?city_id=3863
Here's what you want in a spouse 3
You want someone who will cheerfully acknowledge that you have told a certain family story many times before but smilingly encourage you to tell it again. We had been talking about seemingly small gestures that we had never forgotten. And I told my Uncle Jack…
Where were you on April 10, 1982?
http://jgeilsband.net/the-j-geils-band-tour-dates-1970-1983/
And Jerry Mathers as...
www.ayearofhitchcockmovies.com A) The Rodent. B) Cuthbert Twilley. C) Stu. D) Arnie Rogers. E) Other.
NHL players from Trail, B.C.
http://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/city/nhl-players-career-stats.php?city_id=5064
Beer label of the week
http://beerpulse.com
Take it from Ned Stark
You need to have your sound on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y6TqxLmxIo
This date in Slice history (1995)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/sep/23/the-slice-you-wont-get-much-real-use-from-aunt/
Ever see this at Grand Coulee Dam?
A wheelchair said to have been used by FDR during a visit. http://travelswithdebbieandvince.blogspot.com http://www.usbr.gov/pn/grandcoulee/visit/gcvc.html
The Slice question from 9/23/96 1
What's the difference between people who say "fall" and those who say "autumn"?
MONDAY, SEPT. 22, 2014
Coming in Tuesday's Slice column 1
Another fake interview. Each time I do one of those, I tell myself "That's the last one of these I am cranking out." But then time passes and I find myself dipping into that well once again. Yes, it is a lazy, occasionally insipid format.…
One trivia question for baby boomers 3
Who was Sweet Polly Purebred and what did she do for a living?
No votes for Slap Maxwell?
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/270687/lou-grant-murphy-brown-and-perd-hapley-readers-share-their-favorite-tv-show-journalists/
Seeing in the season in style 1
When it officially becomes fall this evening at 7:29, there is a good chance I will be asleep in my chair at home. Isn't that what the ancient pagans used to do to observe the equinox? Maybe I am thinking of the first day of…
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