The Slice ‘Pick All You Want’ Relly Means ‘Pick Just Enough’

Here’s a tip.

When friends invite you over to pick fruit in their yard, it’s bad form to totally clean them out.

The problem with people: DeDe McKay saw a man watering plants in a Spokane drug store. “Isn’t it too bad that humans can’t be as beautiful as those flowers,” she said.

He burst out laughing. “Yeah,” he answered. “But you can’t prune ‘em.”

Tube pick: “The Grapes of Wrath” is on AMC twice tonight. The Joad family can hook you again, even it you’ve seen this movie 10 times.

Slice answers: Believe it or not, ticking people off isn’t our goal. Well, not our main goal anyway. So we aren’t going to name names when it comes to nominees for “loudest co-worker” honors. But we can’t resist at least describing a few.

We heard about a guy at Medical Service Corporation said to sound like a louder version of Yogi Bear.

Sacred Heart’s psychiatric unit reportedly employs a person whose voice is permanently set on stun.

There’s a woman at Sta-Fit South whose normal speech is reputed to carry all the way from the front of the club to the most distant locker areas.

We heard about a woman at Telect who has “wall-piercing” laughter.

A guy at Spokane Falls Community College told of a colleague whose voice can be heard even if you are outside a building and he’s inside.

And for those keeping score, a woman at The Guardian insurance company was nominated the most.

Pet sounds: Cheney’s Polly Collins has a parakeet, Jezebel, that squawks every time a car pulls up. “She’s my watch bird,” said Collins.

A reader named Richard in Veradale told about a cat that always knows when junk food is being opened. And there’s a dog out there named Charlemagne that reportedly tries to bite its owner on the face when the man says “Puh.”

WWII hero: Spokane’s Sam Grashio, a highly decorated retired colonel, is featured on the valor page of the July issue of Air Force Association Magazine.

Today’s Slice question: What neighborhood do you avoid because the homes there make you feel poor?

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