The Slice Take Your Guests To The Imax

Linda Willard and others made “Visit the IMAX Theatre” the No. 1 answer after we asked what people in the Spokane area do only when they have company from out of town.

Learning curve: Jesse Cossette suspects that the one word people consistently spell correctly is the one they missed in a grade-school spelling bee. He tripped on A-S-C-E-N-D.

Hey, nobody forced you to marry the bum: “Fifteen percent of women say the most annoying thing their partner does on Super Bowl Sunday is ignore them.” - from a press release summarizing a dumb survey

Reviewing the lesson of 1972: Lighten up while you still can Don’t even try to understand - song-lyric lifestyle advice

Viewer’s choice: Cable’s TBS will broadcast 16 episodes of “The Andy Griffith Show” Sunday.

Slice answer: Marlene McConnell seeks out the wheelchair-accessible stall because, as she put it, “You can actually turn around or hang up your coat without hitting the walls.”

Fifty years ago: “I was a waitress at the Diamond Cafe on Garland Avenue, being courted by a wonderful guy who worked at Stones, on the corner of Post and Garland.” - Jean Buck

They celebrate their 50th anniversary in March.

“I was with PBM Squadron VP-17 aboard the aircraft tender U.S.S Hamlin in the outer harbor of Saipan.” - Thomas E. Russell

Missing Seattle: “I keep looking for neighborhood espresso/bakeries such as Green Lake’s Honey Bear.” - Mike Kraft

Surfer’s log: There is altogether too much figure skating on TV.

Slice answers: What do strangers imagine after hearing your phone voice? Nancy Burke, 41, knows. “They say ‘Is your mom home?”’

People of all races think Jeff Thomas is black. He’s not.

Today’s Slice question: Would it be a good thing or a nightmare if every American adult who watches the Super Bowl voted in elections?

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