Take Your Guests To The Imax

Sat., Jan. 28, 1995

By Paul Turner srpaulturner@gmail.com

Linda Willard and others made “Visit the IMAX Theatre” the No. 1 answer after we asked what people in the Spokane area do only when they have company from out of town.

Learning curve: Jesse Cossette suspects that the one word people consistently spell correctly is the one they missed in a grade-school spelling bee. He tripped on A-S-C-E-N-D.

Hey, nobody forced you to marry the bum: “Fifteen percent of women say the most annoying thing their partner does on Super Bowl Sunday is ignore them.” - from a press release summarizing a dumb survey

Reviewing the lesson of 1972: Lighten up while you still can Don’t even try to understand - song-lyric lifestyle advice

Viewer’s choice: Cable’s TBS will broadcast 16 episodes of “The Andy Griffith Show” Sunday.

Slice answer: Marlene McConnell seeks out the wheelchair-accessible stall because, as she put it, “You can actually turn around or hang up your coat without hitting the walls.”

Fifty years ago: “I was a waitress at the Diamond Cafe on Garland Avenue, being courted by a wonderful guy who worked at Stones, on the corner of Post and Garland.” - Jean Buck

They celebrate their 50th anniversary in March.

“I was with PBM Squadron VP-17 aboard the aircraft tender U.S.S Hamlin in the outer harbor of Saipan.” - Thomas E. Russell

Missing Seattle: “I keep looking for neighborhood espresso/bakeries such as Green Lake’s Honey Bear.” - Mike Kraft

Surfer’s log: There is altogether too much figure skating on TV.

Slice answers: What do strangers imagine after hearing your phone voice? Nancy Burke, 41, knows. “They say `Is your mom home?”’

People of all races think Jeff Thomas is black. He’s not.

Today’s Slice question: Would it be a good thing or a nightmare if every American adult who watches the Super Bowl voted in elections?

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