The Slice: The Slice: Dog hair on the furnishings wouldn’t have been so bad

If Kathy Hansen had a do-over, she would have welcomed the Labrador retrievers into the house years ago, no matter how much they shed.

Let’s move on.

A moving-here story: “My first day in Spokane is still remembered and spoken of in reverence by many in the Lilac City,” wrote Tim O’Doherty. “Not because Tim O’Doherty showed up, but because I was stopped in Walla Walla by a little event called Mount St. Helens.

“Yes, I moved to Spokane in May of 1980, to open Milford’s Fish House, only to be welcomed by a cataclysmic event that dropped a foot of ash on our city. The place was crazy. Literally like driving onto the film set of ‘Dante’s Peak.’ Made it easy for America’s craziest Irishman to sneak in under the radar.”

Slice answer: Here’s Sherri Hyams’ advice for birds contemplating building a nest on her property.

“Please keep the noise down and watch out for neighborhood cats.”

Baldness chronicles: “Here’s a little nugget I heard years ago regarding bald men,” wrote Tom Peacock. “If you go bald on top, you’re a great thinker. If you go bald in back, you’re a great lover. And if you go bald all over, you think you’re a great lover.”

Louis DeHan shared this. “You might say that from behind I look like a stereotypical monk. So when I get my hair cut and the stylist asks if I want to see the back, I say ‘No, if I don’t look I can be in denial.’ ”

Paul McNabb traces the onset of his hair loss back to when he was 27 and worked his first day (of 5,591) as city editor of this newspaper.

Euphemisms for adult cavorting: Dana Freeborn suggested “Hitting the slopes” and “Going the wrong way down Ruby.”

Ashley Steinhart offered “Dodging potholes.”

Slice answers: “In Eastern Washington, I always assume people are armed, strangers and friends, unless I have evidence to the contrary,” wrote Abigail Barden.

Ken Stout said his wife, Kathy, frequently warns him not to honk, swear or give the single finger salute in traffic. She says, “You never know if they have a gun.”

Ken continued. “Although I am frequently ‘packing’ myself (I have a concealed pistol permit) I guess I don’t assume that others are armed. In this day and age of sometimes senseless gun violence I guess maybe I should.”

Today’s Slice question: Are you still discovering 2016 Easter eggs?

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