The Slice: What’s your favorite scene in the movie “Stripes”?

Here’s what kind of place Spokane is.

If you stood in the middle of Hoopfest today and yelled “Little help!” about 500 people would turn their heads and look to retrieve a runaway basketball.

If the SR wrote a story about your Hoopfest team: Here’s a headline Steve Chandler imagined.

“Orange County transplant returns home for 15th Hoopfest”

Most venerable Pendleton shirts: Ken MacDonald of Bonners Ferry received one as a Christmas gift in 1963. “I still wear it on special occasions. It’s a little tight now, but still looks as good as new. Made in Pendleton, Ore.”

Edie Clark of Ione said a Pendleton shirt her husband Bob received as a Christmas present in 1962 might qualify. She said it became his “special events when plaid was appropriate” apparel of choice.

Nancy Kiehn shared this.

“When my husband, Marc, and I were first married in 1981, we had very little money to spend as all our money was going toward building our first house.”

Nancy’s parents gave her some plaid fabric from the Pendleton Woolen Mills outside of Portland. She decided to make Marc a surprise shirt for Christmas.

“I removed a label from a worn out Pendleton shirt, bought a shirt pattern with all the details and extras that you would find in a high-end shirt, and put the Pendleton tag in the homemade shirt.

“I was really surprised when he opened the gift and was actually a bit angry that I had spent that much money on a wool shirt for him. He was relieved when I told him I sewed it myself. He still has it.”

Re: Coming up with a name for those able to detect skunk odor before others in the household: Walt Jakubowski had a thought.

“How about Nostrildamus since they will be foretelling a coming event?”

Miracle Whip vs. mayonnaise: Dotty Johnson and her future husband were at a speed dating event. They found themselves answering a bunch of rapid-fire questions aimed at determining compatibility. One was about preferring mayonnaise or Miracle Whip. They both chose Miracle Whip.

“We got married six months later. That was 11 years ago.”

Warm-up question: What happens when you try to reason with a yellow jacket?

Today’s Slice question: What one word best describes how you look in a swimsuit?

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