The Slice Everybody Sing Along!
Peanut. Just peanut.
“A co-worker deputy sheriff was walking around singing ‘Peanut,”’ faxed Detective Steve Hurtig of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office in Libby, Mont. “I finally figured out he meant Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It.”’
Refresh our memory: Higher speed limits. Bigger, thirstier cars. What exactly did America learn from the Gas Crisis of the ‘70s?
Onions are his life: Spokane’s Russ Schade has been known to chop up an entire Walla Walla Sweet and take it to a restaurant, whereupon he adds it to his main course.
Slice answers: Joe Lyons, Mike Page, Bill Harrington, Bob Wiese and “the men who work on the rock crusher in Lincoln County (Washington)” were among the nominees after we asked who brought the best lunches to work from home.
The Onion (both locations), Les Schwab Tire Centers, Dick’s Hamburgers and several supermarkets - Safeways and Albertsons at the top of the list - got the most votes after we asked what local businesses seemed to know the most about hiring good people.
Mark Michalek said the dumbest thing he has seen someone do on a mountain bike is ride without a helmet.
And in the matter of logic and medical insurance, the runaway leader among complaints was plans not covering birth control pills.
Sisters off to a good start: A friend who had given birth and was still in Sacred Heart got a visit from her little girl, a preschooler. She eyed the newborn and asked “Can I pet her?”
Sarah Shives writes home from camp: “I love you but I don’t miss you!”
We wouldn’t know: But a reader named Victoria asserts that Spokane is the only place in the world where people making lattes routinely stick those skinny little straws in the drink.
Warm-up question: Would you prefer that the Swell Paper refer to North Idaho as Northern Idaho?
Today’s Slice question: Who gets flipped off more than anyone else in the Inland Northwest?
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