The Slice Hate Pickups? Feel Free To Call Yourself ‘Rebel’
One nice thing about living here is that it’s easy to be a noncomformist.
Express a lack of interest in golf, lawn care, water sports, pickup trucks and camping and you’ve practically assured yourself “rebel” status.
Social studies: The Slice devotes a fair amount of attention to the Spokane area’s numerous jerks. But there are friendly strangers out there, too. We regularly encounter them in grocery stores when we have a few too many items for the express lane and have to use one of the regular checkout aisles. Almost half the time, when we then find ourselves behind someone who has a full cart, that person offers to let us play through.
Failure to communicate: Preschool teacher Fran Menzel had told the kids to wear sturdy shoes on the day they would be taking a field trip to the Finch Arboretum. But one little girl must have thought Menzel had said “dirty” shoes. She was overheard saying “Oh, I have the perfect ones. They have dog poop all over them.”
Two questions from Edward “Not all of your readers have gone sane” Schaefer: If you were purchased in a store, what kind of store would it be? What kind of person would be the perfect match for your spouse?
They’re going to have it wired in any day now: Tom and Lou Sachse’s temporary plug-in arrangement for the garage-door opener has now been in place for 18 years.
Question for dental professionals: Is the story of the little boy in the exam chair who wouldn’t open his mouth because he didn’t want to surrender a Cheeto an urban legend or do those things really happen?
The spectrum of experience: On one end, there’s hearing a couple argue outside an obstetrician’s office. And the opposite extreme is getting a surprise whiff of just-mowed grass and being transported back in time.
Slice answers: “A ‘date’ is what your parents call it and ‘hanging out’ is what you and your friends would call it,” said Rachel Harding.
” ‘Hanging out’ is a bunch of people with their own money,” said Sydne Kemp. “A ‘date’ is usually two people, one of which is broke.”
Warm-up question: Is it possible to be good at office politics without being a phony?
Today’s Slice question: Are you less likely/more likely to tire of living in Spokane if you essentially ignore the local media?
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