The Slice: Bloomsday finisher shirts get their own ZIP code

Between “I’m ready to throw it out” and “It is so prized I never actually wear it,” how many strata are there to your T-shirt collection?

Let’s move on.

Today’s dog story: About 10 years ago, Peggy Ackerman’s son came for a visit and brought his Rottweiler. Despite being named Pup, the canine was no youth. “She was a big dog,” said Ackerman.

Ackerman had baked a wedding cake and was about to decorate it. She turned away for a moment.

Pup took this opportunity to open wide and chomp down on the multi-layered cake, excavating a big chunk.

Though Ackerman contemplated on-the-spot freelance euthanasia at that moment, she got over it and enjoyed a warm relationship with Pup until the end of the dog’s days.

Slice answers: If, like the Hawaiian shirt, Washington and Idaho had namesake shirt styles, what would they look like?

“Twenty years out of style,” said Carl Eklund.

Karen Meye suggested light yellow button-down cotton shirts embossed with wheat stalks made from the same color thread.

Pam Stark had a different idea. She said the shirt should be “Covered in wolf fur.”

Re: Tuesday’s Slice and over-the-top cautionary tales designed to warn children: One problem, said Cindy Matthews. “Nowadays you’d have to Google your stories beforehand or the warnees would call you on it.”

You aren’t a newcomer if …: You remember paying a toll to cross the Maple Street Bridge.

OK, your turn.

Learning to speak fluent feline: Cats aren’t saying “meow,” said Beverley Novin.

It’s actually “Me now!”

Slice answers: John Petrofski conducted an audit of his flashlights and discovered that eight out of nine work.

Ina Redd said the only one of hers you could use right now is the one powered by a small hand-crank.

Ken Stout said all of his work, including his circa 1961 Boy Scout flashlight.

Shireen Brigman would have a bunch if her 5-year-old hadn’t dismantled several.

Today’s Slice question: Is it possible to employ enzymatic drain cleaners and not imagine sci-fi scenarios involving the plumbing bacteria?