The Slice Do Us A Favor, Keep That Shirt On

There are several reasons some guys like to mow the lawn barechested.

None of them are convincing.

Do your neighborhood a favor. Put a shirt on.

Complete this sentence: When my friends from different parts of my life finally meet, they usually….

Band name of the month: Kitchens of Distinction.

Slice answers: Anne Conrad said she wouldn’t want to be in the Magic Lantern if an earthquake rocked the area. “I’d think it was just another train rumbling by and I’d continue to sit and enjoy the film,” she wrote.

Kate Coan of Silverton, Idaho, Lisa Peck and others suggested that some drivers with stick shifts don’t change gears until after the light has changed because the delay allows red light-runners to get through the intersection.

She can, she said: A loyal Slice reader wondered how many baby boomers recall having romantic interludes while listening to the 17-minute album cut of Iron Butterfly’s “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.”

Assumption of guilt: Lois Watts wonders how often showing up at work with a black eye prompts questions about domestic violence.

One way to spot Dylan dilettantes: They can’t name all his albums in chronological order. - Bill Strzelec

The real thing: Want to see what all the fuss was about Elizabeth Taylor? Check out 1951’s “A Place in the Sun,” on AMC, at 5:45 p.m.

Hang up and redial: Pullman’s Chris Brock repeatedly tried to call his long-distance phone company about a special savings offer. He couldn’t get through. So he switched to another company. Now his old company calls him twice a week, trying to get him back.

A South Hill Slice reader with a name so good it deserves to be printed: B. Montana Hartsell.

Today’s Slice question: How many local teenagers have gotten pregnant while their parents were away at the lake?

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