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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?