The Slice Smr: We Have Your Glove

A little kid with the initials SMR left a baseball mitt at the ballpark after the Spokane Indians game Friday night.

But it’s in safe hands, waiting to be returned.

The child’s first name is written on the glove, so it will be easy to identify the owner. So, SMR, give us a call.

Newcomers from bigger cities report: Their tolerance for waiting in lines starts disappearing after living here six months.

Helpful hint: Give a little thought to what you have to eat before going to see “Babe.”

Trends that won’t catch on here: Men and women exercising “polyfidelity,” and singles clubs flooding dance floors with soap suds.

No comment (we wouldn’t know where to start): “Limit private contact with male co-workers to one hour because some men have to exert considerable effort to contain their fantasies, a process that becomes more difficult, stressful and tiring as time goes on.” - advice to working women in psychologist Harry Levinson’s management newsletter

Maybe it means they’re working: If you see those Huppin’s TV commercials in your sleep.

The more things change: “Grownups are always willing to be shocked by the behavior of the young.” - The New Yorker’s Terrence Rafferty, in a review of the movie “Kids”

It gives viewers a ton of confidence in the sportscaster: When he refers to the Seahawks’ head coach as “Steve.”

Warm-up questions: Can you hear the music from “The Barber of Seville” without thinking of Bugs Bunny? Do people who disagree about whether peaches should be eaten with or without the skin have any hope of establishing a meaningful dialogue?

Today’s Slice question: In Spokane social settings, what’s the all-time No. 1 conversation killer?

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