The Slice Maybe She Wants To Dress ‘By Chance’
Angela Peterson was at U-City when she heard a young woman in jeans and a sweatshirt complain that she never got to dress casually.
Today’s skunk story: “We have so many skunks in our neighborhood that our cat thinks they are playmates,” wrote Colville’s Val Pember. “They romp and play in the back yard. They also help themselves to the pet food we leave on the deck. When we try to shoo them away they don’t even bother to spray us. They just look at us, as if to say, ‘What’s your problem - you know we live here.’ Then they resume eating.”
Why we didn’t use your “Overheard at ArtFest” item: It might have been because you didn’t leave your phone number so we could check the spelling of your name. Or perhaps it just deeply offended us.
Boomer alert: “Baseball,” the 16,000-hour PBS documentary being rebroadcast on KSPS-Channel 7, looks at the ‘60s tonight, starting at 9.
Drivers aren’t the only problem: Cabbie Nick Backman says local pedestrians who don’t understand “WALK” signs contribute to the tension on our streets.
Charlene Zoesch remembers toy sling-shots: “I got shot in the butt with one and it didn’t feel too good.”
Customer service: A thoughtful note from Louise Long challenged another reader’s suggestion that retail clerks should be applauded for ignoring the phone in favor of dealing with customers who are in the store. So how would you vote?
A guy is a jerk if he: “Likes a woman who’s independent until she acts that way.” - from “The J-Factor Male Jerk Counter”
You never hear about them: But a lot of Spokane area moviegoers are routinely considerate of others.
The one word Karen Bettis thinks is the most overused: arguably.
Warm-up question: Are fliers hung on doorknobs helpful to burglars?
Today’s Slice question: How many Inland Northwest brides have had to actively defend their decision to take/ not take their husband’s last name?
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