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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

The Slice Polite Behavior Can Complicate Snap Judgments

Pigeonholing would be simpler if people driving cars sporting moronic bumper stickers didn’t occasionally display courtesy and consideration.

If we think of Washington in terms of human anatomy: “Spokane would be the liver,” wrote Robb Rush. “Nasty job, but somebody’s gotta do it. Besides, no one cares about the liver until it’s too late.”

Five ways you don’t want to be described: socially ambitious, incapable of sincerity, startlingly unknowing, influenced by campaign signs, compost scented.

One reader’s definition of Inland Northwest Disorder: “The absolute inability to vote for anything to improve our area’s academics or image.” - Jan Jesberger

All you need to know about automobiles: “After our niece passed her driver’s exam, my family was discussing what a person needed to know about cars before he or she could get a driver’s license,” wrote Bonnie Alberts. “My 7-year-old daughter, Vanessa, had quite a list going, and finished it with ‘And you need to know how to re-boot it.’ “

Lights, camera…: Tere Davis thinks a good title for a filmed-in-Spokane movie would be “Detour on the Road to Love.”

Which was the better episode of “The Andy Griffith Show”: The one where Opie kills the mother bird and learns a lesson or the one where the rush-rush businessman has car trouble and stops in Mayberry on a sleepy Sunday?

Feedback: We heard from a reader who suggested that our making fun of bulimia (in a list of Halloween costume ideas) was insensitive. “Please don’t think eating disorders are something to joke about,” she wrote after revealing that she has struggled with bulimia herself.

Name game: Mary Hunt Claymore’s father is named Francis. He married a woman named Frances. They named their first-born Francis. “My father’s brother also married a woman named Frances,” wrote Claymore, who lives in Kellogg.

Warm-up questions: Do Inland Northwesterners seem to resent speed bumps more than drivers in other parts of the country? Do you silently say “Be careful” when you see a squirrel on a power line?

Today’s Slice question: Who holds the record for seeing the most co-workers and friends when dressed like a slob and trying to complete a quick trip to the grocery store?

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MEMO: The Slice appears Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Write The Slice at P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210; call (509) 459-5470; fax (509) 459-5098. It has been said that football is to higher education what bullfighting is to agriculture.

The Slice appears Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Write The Slice at P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210; call (509) 459-5470; fax (509) 459-5098. It has been said that football is to higher education what bullfighting is to agriculture.