The Slice: There’s no denying the holes in the kid’s argument

A friend’s preschool son recently showed that he is, indeed, a Spokane kid.

While out in the family truckster with his dad, he noted that someone should “take away these potholes.”

Sunday quiz winners: Keith Vilhauer, a quality assurance supervisor at a pharmaceutical company, knew that 1988 was the year the press-truck viewing platform collapsed near the Bloomsday starting line.

“I was standing on the sidelines, right next to the truck when it happened,” he wrote.

He wasn’t a runner that year because he had broken his leg in four places and was wearing a cast.

School counselor Anne Windishar is our other winner. In addition to remembering the year of that incident, the former newspaper editor also recalls the halcyon days when she had unlimited access to coveted reporter’s notebooks.

“And pens,” she wrote. “There were so many pens.”

Not everyone considered it a sweet ride: The column about bicycle thefts reminded Dennis DeMattia of a time when he was working at Kaiser Aluminum’s headquarters in Oakland.

Someone stole the chain he used to secure his Sears one-speed.

And left the bike.

Another one for the list: I’m told that back in the dark, Dodie-infested days near the end of the TV series “My Three Sons,” Fred MacMurray’s character made a passing reference to Spokane.

Slice reader Joe Kramarz said he remembers it well because it happened not long after a job offer brought him to Spokane from Michigan.

Here’s a sampling of readers’ ideas for wording to replace the usual “on vacation” notes: “Paul Turner is away at the National Marmot convention.” – Wayne Sanders

“Paul Turner has gone off to find himself.” – Wally Goodsen

“Paul Turner is having some work done.” – Karen Reinhart

“Paul Turner is rewiring his attic.” – Kathy Berrigan

“Paul Turner has left the building.” – Dave Frank

“Mr. Turner has gone for a walk.” – John Hancock

Today’s Slice question: Whose eyebrows feel most like wire/most like bunny fur?