The Slice: Sun Shimmer might be better off where the streets have no name

Spokane’s Keri Yirak was visiting a friend in southern Idaho when she encountered what she regards as possibly the dumbest street name ever – Sun Shimmer.

Yes, that’s cringe-worthy. But at least it hasn’t found its way into popular culture.

There has been, after all, no movie called “A Nightmare on Sun Shimmer Street.”

There is no Christmas classic, “Miracle on Sun Shimmer.”

Bob Seger sang about “Main Street,” not you know what.

Bob Dylan did not record “Sun Shimmer Revisited” or “Positively Sun Shimmer.”

The songwriters who came up with the Elvis hit “Heartbreak Hotel” did not suggest that it could be found “Down at the end of Sun Shimmer.”

It’s probably safe to assume that Bruce Springsteen never considered calling one of his early songs “Sun Shimmer Freeze Out.”

Or can you imagine if that iconic episode of “The Twilight Zone” – “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” – had been titled “The Monsters are Due on Sun Shimmer”?

And the Tennessee Williams play just wouldn’t be the same if called “A Streetcar Named Sun Shimmer.”

Let’s move on.

Naming the season: Russ Galdes said that, in view of doomsday interpretations of a certain Mayan calendar, the summer of 2012 could be called “The Final Summer.”

Jo Pickens suggested “The Summer of Our Discontent.”

And Karen Gemmell hopes for “The Summer of Justice.”

Which are real biker movies and which are made-up titles incorporating the names of closed restaurants: A) “Teenage Devil Dolls.” B) “Old Country Buffet Angels.” C) “The Glory Stompers.” D) “Rumble at Cyrus O’Leary’s.” E) “She-Devils on Wheels.” F) “Hard Highway to Marie Callendar’s.” G) “Niko’s Big Score.”

I assume you got them all right.

Today’s Slice questions: If Spokane were a job applicant sitting down for an interview, how would it be dressed? How would Coeur d’Alene dress? Pullman? Colville? Spokane Valley? Athol?

How would they answer, “Where do see yourself in five years?”