The Slice: The SR does not have a dress code for readers

For those who get home delivery of the print newspaper, this is an interesting time of year.

That’s because, as we roll on toward the longest day, there’s every chance that stepping out to collect the paper will be done in broad daylight. For some accustomed to doing that under cover of darkness, it can be an adjustment.

Oh, sure. Maybe your 5:30 a.m. ensemble is perfectly suitable for a public pirouette. But maybe it’s not.

Which can make things interesting for neighbors who happen to be looking out at that exact moment.

How to be entertained: Ask someone who was a counselor at a summer camp long ago to recall the all-time worst campers.

You know it’s going to be a good story when it begins “Oh man, we had this one kid who ….”

Slice answer: “The number of cheeseburgers I will consume before Labor Day is a function of how many days my lovely wife will not be home for dinner,” wrote Wade Griffith. “I will let you know.”

Summer haircuts: “In my neighborhood where I grew up in Philadelphia, those haircuts were commonly called crew cuts or butch cuts,” wrote John McTear of Coeur d’Alene. “In our house they were called whiffles. Can’t say why but after school was out, we were told to go around the corner to Victor the barber and get a whiffle.”

Funny how that happens: “One of my customers had a T-shirt that said ‘I Thought Growing Old Would Take Longer,’” wrote Sandy Tarbox.

Something I would read: A scathing review of neighborhood lemonade stands, appearing in a kids’ online newspaper focusing on life on your block.

No, I’m not eager to see any kids get their feelings hurt. I just think the comments posted on the review could be entertaining.

Warm-up question: Can you remember when children made to attend summer school were regarded in much the same way one might view those sentenced to terms of incarceration at a corrections facility?

Today’s Slice question: How do you respond when you realize the person you are talking to at a social gathering or business schmoozefest is looking past you, scanning the room for someone better, someone with more status with whom to score some face time?

Write The Slice at P. O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210; call (509) 459-5470; email pault@spokesman.com. So there are places around here that have poutine on the menu, but there is sharp disagreement about whether any of these offerings are remotely authentic or if that’s even desirable. So never mind.