The Slice It’s The Twinkle In The Eye That The Camera Misses
He seems like a nice guy, and we’ve heard he’s a dedicated professional.
But KREM-TV weatherman Tom Sherry’s smile can be a little scary.
Something you seldom hear: “It’s these people moving here from Maryland and New Mexico who are ruining things.”
Early warning: If you like to mail your Christmas cards from Canada - it really impresses relatives in Florida and Arizona, you might want to know this. Some of 1995’s Canadian Yuletide stamps feature a decorative arrangement of holly while others depict Christmas-themed sculpture backed by a starry night. The showcased pieces are by Quebec’s Emile Brunet.
But make sure you get the right amount of postage for mail crossing the border. Call (800) 565-4362.
Oops: “Careers in Journalism,” a 1995 book by Jan Goldberg, has a list of major U.S. newspapers. It includes the Spokane Chronicle.
One reader’s pick for the next news story that will thrust the Inland Northwest into the national spotlight: “The safe return of Don Hutchings.”
Slice answer: “Dentists and hygienists DON’T understand your answers,” faxed S.L. Flegel. “They are paid by Hollywood film producers to record your oddsounding mumblings (that’s why they ask a lot of questions) to be used for special sound effects in movie productions, such as noises made by monsters and aliens. Remember Chewbacca? There ya go!”
Spokane Fact of Life No. 67: Cab drivers know where all the dope dealers live.
You can’t blame vegetarians: For the fact that “Turkey Day” has become part of the language.
One way to do it: We heard about a girl in Colfax who, told to just ignore her bothersome brother, responded by getting right up in the boy’s face and yelling “Ignore! Ignore! Ignore!”
Warm-up question: Do you still say “MacNeil/Lehrer”?
Tonight on KSPS-TV: “Chicago 1968,” at 9 o’clock.
Today’s Slice question: Do all skiers think of themselves as being exceptionally good-looking?
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