The Slice: Here’s an idea: Leave us out of it

A writer at the daily newspaper in suburban Everett joked that Spokane is a good place for “young adults who prefer to call it a night at 9 o’clock.”

Fair enough. But you have to wonder if that aspiring humorist realizes Everett isn’t Seattle. What’s next? Apple pickers in Wenatchee making Spokane jokes?

Taking lemons and making lemonade: It’s just a matter of time before this region’s abysmal vaccination rate earns us a national reputation. So maybe someone in Hollywood will decide to remake the movie “Deliverance” and film it in the Inland Northwest.

After The Slice mentioned dishwashers: Jay Fintz wrote to say he isn’t impressed with the cleaning job done by some of the energy-efficient models. “I yearn for the days of a dishwasher that sounds like a B-52 taking off,” he said.

And in Spokane, a lot of people actually remember that roar.

Swearing lite: Colville’s Dee and Jim Hunter watched a sanitized version of HBO’s “The Sopranos” on the A&E network. The dubbed “cursing” sort of inspired Jim.

Now, when the two of them are having a disagreement, he tends to say “Oh, yeah? Well, forget you!”

“It breaks me up every time,” said Dee.

Sunday quiz: I’ll send a coveted reporter’s notebook to at least one reader who can name the star-studded 1992 movie featuring so much familiar foul language that the overdubbing necessary to make it suitable for TV rendered it ridiculous.

Name game: Yoder was Janet Yoder’s last name even before she met John Yoder. But when they got married, she decided to keep her maiden name.

“His Yoder is Iowan; mine is Oregonian, and therefore superior,” she said.

Today’s Slice question: What percent of local residents can hear church bells or chimes from home?