The Slice Drive Bad, She’ll Finger You

Here’s the rule of the road, according to Jane Grandel.

“When I am feeling gracious, I let a driver in. If I don’t get a nod…they get the finger.”

Any questions?

Take your pick: A while back, a reader told us about two signs right next to one another at a Spokane County park. One sign said “No alcohol, no pets…” The other declared “Pets must be on a leash.”

Jumping to conclusions: A friend at Newman Lake told us about overhearing her son’s early critique of the kindergarten experience. “One had a flat nose and one a big nose,” she heard him tell his dad.

She was disappointed to hear her little boy talking like that, until her husband explained that the child had been describing different buses.

Happy face: An impressive 49 percent of those responding to a national survey said they were “very satisfied” with their jobs. Well, it’s impressive if you believe that those people were telling the truth.

Just a reminder: It’s a bad idea to kiss someone who has advanced gum disease, according to a dentist quoted in Family Circle magazine.

Thanks to Kathleen and Jim Emory: For the postcard from Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. (We hadn’t heard of it. But it looks great.)

Babe watch: According to readers, the Browne’s Addition Rosauers and the Safeway at Maple and Third are among the local businesses with foot-traffic generated by the presence of gorgeous employees.

Warm-up questions: How is your occupation usually portrayed in movies and on TV? Is it safe to leave personal valuables unattended at your workplace? How can you always tell when grandpa has been hitting the fermented cider? Is there anything more annoying than people saying “Spokaloo”?

Today’s Slice question: Are nevermarried men and women older than 25 sometimes made to feel as if they are a threat to the Spokane area’s social order?

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