The Slice Walk On Our Wild Side, Babe

The zoo is long gone, of course.

But “Walk in the Wild” was such a good name, it ought to be recycled.

So maybe that’s what we should call Riverfront Park after midnight.

We’re open to other suggestions.

Slice answers: Not surprisingly, there was disagreement about whether Spokane is a “man’s town” or a “woman’s town.”

One reader said women rule the South Hill while stereotypical male interests and pursuits dominate the agenda everywhere else in this area.

Another said you could tell it was a man’s town by noting the high number of women seeing counselors.

Our view? It was a dumb question.

Mia Rose said her garage might be the area’s messiest. It’s crammed with stuff such as seen-better-days couches and beds, and a scary refrigerator. Virtually all of it was left by former roommates. “You should see this garage,” she said.

Too much fur in his diet: A grandmother in Odessa told us she wonders if her grandson is spending too much time around cats. Not long ago, the little boy threw up in a small way and subsequently declared that he had given up a hairball.

Two key questions:

1. Which is easier to play reasonably well - golf or tennis?

2. What Spokane area restaurant has the most pretentious menu?

Something tells us this kid won’t become the first woman president: We heard about a Spokane grocery sacker, a teenage girl, who is essentially incapable of doing her job because she is so busy protecting her hilariously long fingernails.

Quilts and kraut: We recommend checking out the 20th annual Mennonite Country Auction and Relief Sale outside Ritzville next Saturday, Oct. 4. Call (509) 659-0926 or (509) 765-8683.

Plan to get there early.

No comment: A reader who had been thumbing through the Yellow Pages wondered why Spokane needs three dozen escort services.

Warm-up question (for Northwest lifers who recall 1962): Did being tucked away in this corner of the contiguous United States make the Cuban missile crisis any less scary?

Today’s Slice question: In the history of skirmishes between free-spending employees and accounting departments at local businesses, what’s the all-time most ridiculously out-of-bounds outlay for which someone submitting an expense report tried to get reimbursed?

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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. We have a ticket to the annual Greek Festival & Dinner for the first reader to call and correctly name another state that has a town called Spokane.