Worst Thanksgiving background album?
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MONDAY, NOV. 21, 2011
What's your Thanksgiving TV policy?
www.forrestinavintage.com A) No TV on Thursday. B) No TV except for seven hours of football. C) It can be on until there is a fight over control of the remote. D) The TV is never off at our home. E) Other.
This date in Slice history (1995) 2
As low as you can go: A Coeur d'Alene 6-year-old named Colin explained that the worst grade you can get in school is an "F minor."
SATURDAY, NOV. 19, 2011
Zags Tickets Contest 18
The prize? Two tickets to next Saturday afternoon's GU men's basketball game vs. Western Michigan at the Spokane Arena. How to enter? Just follow these simple steps. 1) Come up with an altogether new definition of "giblets." Your definition should have nothing to do with…
FRIDAY, NOV. 18, 2011
The countdown has begun
Yes, it's just a week until we start responsibly enjoying vintage Christmas beer ads here at the Slice Blog. Here's a quick preview. www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com www.thejumpingfrog.com www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com www.retroadsandgraphics.blogspot.com www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com
If you had all those hours back...
...how much time would you recoup? www.badhaven.com
Don't you love it when...
...a grandfather points to some animal tracks in the snow and tells a little kid that it looks like a woolly mammoth had passed this way? www.mybadpad.com
A lesser online mystery 2
Different websites seem to disagree. So perhaps an actual human has the answer. Was there a Jethro Tull concert in Spokane in 1972? Of course, assuming it happened, there is a chance that many of those who attended would not/could not remember. www.allposters.com
List of those born in Spokane includes...
John McIntire, star of "Wagon Train." www.ebay.com And here he is in "Psycho." www.aveleyman.com
Jolly old economic indicator
If your department or work group at the office has a long-standing tradition of having a picture taken with a stand-in for Santa, it could be that a look at all these photos over the years tells you everything you need to know about the…
Just wondering
Did it bug anyone else that on numerous TV programs ranging from Bob Newhart's set-in-Chicago show to "Frasier," the titles "psychiatrist" and "psychologist" were often used interchangeably? www.symonsez.wordpress.com
A Very Munster Thanksgiving
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It did not occur to me ask if it was OK
But my father never seemed to mind that I spent a fair amount of time building models of planes that had been flown by people trying to shoot him down once upon a time. www.internetmodeler.com www.internetmodeler.com
This date in "Big Valley" history
An episode of "The Big Valley" called "Hell Hath No Fury" first aired on Nov. 18, 1968. A female outlaw -- Carol Lynley as pepperpot Dilly Shanks -- falls for Heath but he doesn't want to marry her.
THURSDAY, NOV. 17, 2011
White people sure are creative
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State of redundancy
Here's what I want to know. Why do people gathering signatures in front of grocery stores say "Are you a registered voter in Washington state?" Do these folks with the clipboards fear that a lot of people heading into Rosauers or Super 1 might actually…
Were these popular with WSU grads?
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This date in Slice history (1994)
Warm-up question: Why do so many people feel qualified to discuss books they have not read?
No. 1 song on this date in 1971
www.captainbeyonds.blogspot.com Can ya dig it?
Hillyard East
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Do you recall the Thanksgiving scenes?
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Try to resist the urge to den up
Chances are, there are still a few things on your before-winter to-do list. www.canada-photos.com
Drink up
A guy got on the bus this morning carrying a thermos or self-sealing mug with a label saying "Xtreme Gulp." I have no idea how much liquid it could hold. But I would guess it's a lot. This fellow, who also had a separate container…
Who is speaking here? 1
Ms. Blue Suit? The train? The Neighborhood Guy? www.mycomicshop.com
Just wondering
Around what Spokane grade school is the picking up of kids by parents the cause of the most widespread 3 o'clock traffic insanity?
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