The Slice Heft A Pint In The Name Of Romance
Margaret Cummings saw her all-time favorite Valentine’s Day advertisement last year outside a tavern on East Sprague.
The sign read: “Forget the flowers. Drag her in for a cold brewski.”
Reality check: “The emotional engine behind Valentine’s Day isn’t love. It’s fear. It’s fear on the part of some people (mostly women?) of not being properly honored. It’s fear on the part of others (mostly men?) of failing to deliver.” - Mary Schmich, Chicago Tribune
Best in breed: It’s the closing night of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, at 8 on the USA channel.
Kid stuff (submitted by a Swell Paper colleague who happens to be Connor’s dad): Neighbor says: “Hey Connor, did you learn anything in kindergarten today?” Connor says: “Yeah, lots of stuff.”
Neighbor says: “That’s funny, you don’t look any smarter.”
Connor says, in all seriousness: “That’s because I aren’t.”
Except for the alternative: “It is one of the great tragedies of life in California to reach age 40.” - a plastic surgeon quoted in American Demographics magazine and noted by the Knight-Ridder news service
Cheney’s Vicki Hamp asks: “Why are there no flies in department stores and grocery stores?”
Fewer Huskies: A Washington State University ad campaign asks what the world would be like if everyone was a WSU graduate.
A round of valentines for the house: When he was 3, Lois Gabby’s son, Andrew, was listing the many people he loved when he suddenly sighed, outstretched his arms and declared “I love allbodies!” world would be life if everyone was a WSU graduate.
Warm-up questions: Why do Spokane residents take inordinate pride in seeing their city ranked in national Top 10 lists, no matter how inconsequential the category? Are those videotapes that promise to improve your sex life - you know, the ones advertised in respectable places - any good? How often do you leave home with fabric-softener sheets in the clothes you’re wearing?
Today’s Slice question: Who are the Spokane area’s sex symbols?
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