The Slice: It would be at least a 250-yard punt

I wonder.

If we all worked together, is there any yard-to-yard route by which a football could be chain-punted from Spokane to Idaho?

OK, let’s move on.

“Big Al’s vocal stylings: When Judy McKeehan’s daughter was young, the little girl thought a certain unaccompanied singer was named Al Cappella.

“What it says about Idaho that some of the most-often stolen vehicle models are old pickups: “That the Spokane thieves know where to shop.” — Ivy Randel

“Foliage competition: The Slice had asked readers who have been to New England at this time of year to offer reviews of that region’s famous fall colors.

Reactions mostly fell into two categories.

There were those who were impressed.

“I was awe-struck.” — Patsy Wood

“Glorious.” — Lynn Schmidt

And so on.

But then there was a reaction summed up best by reader Orene Harder. “When we got home, we decided that the Spokane area is just as beautiful in the fall, if not more beautiful.”

Hmmm. Everyone is entitled to an opinion about colors. And I have no problem with rooting for the home team.

But if you want to see what a difference a billboards ban can make, try to check out the top half of Vermont sometime.

“Feedback: “If owning an ex-shelter dog makes you cool, I must be two cool as I have two of them,” wrote Tom Boden. “Does this mean that people who work at the shelter are way cool?”

Yes, it does.

“The place with the most clocks showing different times: Nancy Young said that would be her house. “Aside from the clocks that are installed on almost every hi-tech gadget, we have 23 hand-wind oldies.”

Despite her husband’s careful ministrations, the clocks have a mind of their own about choosing when to chime.

“We especially love noon and midnight when the chorus can go on, with a few seconds of breaks, for sometimes more than five minutes.”

“Slice answers: In the matter of naming cars, Irv Bailey called an old Plymouth “Spud” because he bought it in Idaho.

Marge Walker referred to her Subaru as “Canardly,” because it could hardly go up a hill.

And transplanted New Yorker John Petrofski suggested that we note the 30th anniversary of “Saturday Night Fever” by referring to any and all groups of two or more people as “youz.”

“Today’s Slice question: What movie that nobody’s ever heard of do you recommend as a rental?