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The Slice: Questions, answers … we have both

OK, here’s your Easter basket of random nonsense and short-form bloviating from The Slice.

Just wondering: Why do light-weight pine cones hitting your roof land with such a thud?

It’s deranged that baseball has one division with six teams and one with only four: Shift Houston to the NL West and then move Colorado or Arizona to the AL West.

For those keeping score: Both Beatrix Potter and Dr. Seuss were childless. Bill Watterson, too, I think.

Security protocol: A friend who asked that I not mention his name wonders how many others still have their computer passwords written on post-its affixed to their monitors.

Furry insubordination: Cats know perfectly well what you’re saying when you tell them not to jump up on the kitchen counter. They just pretend that they don’t.

What part of “No” … : Who around here is most impervious to a hard sell and actually enjoys robustly rebuffing pressure tactics?

Know your corvids: North Idaho’s Bruce Werner wonders how many people around here can tell the difference between a crow and a raven.

I read that he hates to be called a “graphic novelist”: Who is Spokane’s biggest fan of cartoonist Daniel Clowes?

He’s pretty sure this had nothing to do with a wide stance: Don Adair was at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland when he heard one young professional-looking guy ask another, “So how are things in The ’Kan?”

All creatures: If today is the big day for stuffed rabbit plush toys, what day on the calendar — besides Christmas — is special for teddy bears?

For the record: Whitworth athletes don’t seem to get into a lot of trouble with the law.

Fun to see: SR subscribers still using Spokane Chronicle delivery tubes.

Which will happen first: 1. Nobody here driving while talking on a cellphone. 2. All Spokane bicyclists wearing helmets. 3. People no longer feeding ducks at Spokane parks.

Today’s Slice question: Is it better to simply ignore those who are perpetually angry or regard them as mentally troubled and beg them to get some therapy?

Write The Slice at P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210; call (509) 459-5470; fax (509) 459-5098; e-mail pault@spokesman.com. There’s a difference between skepticism and hostility.

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