The Slice: The Slice: Another sleepy, dusty Lilac day

Yes, I know it’s the 3rd of June.

But, with the help of some spirited readers, The Slice has pretty much beaten Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe” to death over the years. Even though that 1967 song isn’t actually a top-of-the-mind topic in the 21st century.

Nonetheless, I didn’t want you to think I had simply forgotten. So if you want to call The Slice phone line and record a few verses, I will not stand in your way.

Slice answer: Asked if women are powerless to resist a man behind the wheel of a convertible, Nick Suksdorf had a response.

“Being old, bald and ugly kind of negates this issue.”

Summer haircuts (re: Tuesday’s Slice): Jim Bohn’s dad used to shear the boys with a trimmer set to buzz the lads practically right down to the scalp. Jim came to refer to this close-cropped style as an “Action cut.”

It was guaranteed to stay in place no matter what the wind conditions or activity.

And speaking of summer haircuts, when Sue Teague was in the fourth grade in the late 1960s, she had a crush on a classmate.

“He had big blue eyes and wavy, blond hair. I secretly admired him the entire year.”

Then during the last week of school in early June, that boy showed up sporting a ready-for-summer Mohawk haircut.

“Needless to say, that was the end of my crush.”

Glen Jones shared this. “In our family, the haircut you describe is known as the ‘Jack Dorr,’ in honor of my father-in-law who sported that style from his WWII Navy days until he was cremated a few years ago.

“His two sons, however, have worn the ‘Anti-Jack’ from the time they could get away with it to the present. Their cut or non-cut is called the ‘Old Hippie.’ As for myself, my stylist refers to my haircut as a reverse Mohawk.”

Warm-up questions: How many people around here get divorced in June? Would a teen at a Spokane graduation party get it if you pulled him/her aside and said “plastics”?

What would be the role of a court monitor at ArtFest?

Today’s Slice questions (for mothers): Near the end of your pregnancy, did you require help to get up out of a chair? What did you do when you wanted to get up but found yourself momentarily alone?

Write The Slice at P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210; call (509) 459-5470; email pault@spokesman.com. True or false: Arguments over choosing a baby name can be harbingers of parenting power struggles to come.