The Slice Go Ahead: Soak My Day
If you walk in residential neighborhoods, sooner or later you will find yourself face to face with a little kid wielding a loaded squirt gun.
It’s the perfect occasion for reciting favorite lines from movies. “Shane,” “Dirty Harry,” you name it.
Tell us what line you’d borrow in that situation and you might win our Please Don’t Soak Me Contest. The entry deadline is noon next Friday.
The swimsuit design based on the preferences of Inland Northwest women would be called: “Dipthong.” - Vicki Garvin, Coeur d’Alene < Lies Spokane tells itself: Include, according to readers, “All those potholes will be filled,” “This is really just a small town,” “All our problems are caused by Californians,” “This is a great place to raise children,” “The new arena is big enough,” “We don’t really need a north-south freeway,” and “Our air pollution is somebody else’s problem.”
Mattias Herzog borrowed from “Saturday Night Live” for his answer. “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough and doggone it, people like me.”
Something you overhear at every Spokane area block party: The word “episiotomy.” That’s according to a reader who doesn’t want us to print his name because he hopes to keep getting invited to these parties.
The best place to see “Kill Your Television” bumper stickers: Outside the Anaconda Grille, reported John Hagney.
A running gag in a sitcom called “South Hill”: Cathy Ralston said it could be people missing important life events while stuck in latte lines.
They’re a lot like pickpockets: Spokane’s Jack Lally, 8, overheard an adult family friend talking about an overseas job opportunity. “Watch out for pocket sneakers,” advised Jack. - submitted by Joyce Fromhold, Jack’s aunt in Kettle Falls
All the lonely people: We sat down on a park bench and noticed that someone had left a newspaper section opened to the romance-seeking personal ads. Several were circled in red ink. We started reading them. But it was too depressing. The person with the red pen must have had the same reaction.
Today’s Slice question: What’s the surest sign that someone is losing consciousness and doesn’t want to hear any more about your vacation?
, DataTimes MEMO: The Slice appears Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. Write The Slice at P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210; call (509) 459-5470; fax (509) 459-5098. According to a reader named Barb, there’s a panhandler working the South Hill whose gas can is strictly a prop.