The Slice Another Satisfied Customer
Dentist or hygienist overheard from over by the next chair: “How are you feeling?”
Little boy: “I’m feeling better than ever!!!”
Dentist or hygienist: “Oooh, I don’t think that gas has worn off yet.”
Holidaze: It was dinner time last Monday night at the Biallas home in Moses Lake. And 4-year-old Spencer was pretty excited, what with it being “Presents Day” and all.
He was ready to start receiving his. But big brother Alex, 6, clued him in. It wasn’t Presents Day, he explained. “It’s Presidents Day. That’s the day all the presidents were born.”
Slice answers: If you had to know a password to gain admittance to the Inland Northwest…readers proposed “potholes,” “Coeur d’Alene” (accurately pronounced on the first try), “Pend Oreille,” “Kootenai,” “not a Califoreigner,” “nocalifornians,” “boondocks,” “four-wheel drive,” “potpourri,” “narrow-minded,” “duhhhh,” “keep out,” “I do,” “a flannel shirt is not a skirt,” “huckleberry,” “I’m heavily armed” and “apple maggot.”
We like two or three of those.
And regarding the odds of WSU, EWU, Gonzaga and Idaho getting into the NCAA basketball tournament in the same year, Deer Park’s Andy Roberts and five others had the same guess: one in a million.
If you are into horses, you probably already know this: But we’ll say it anyway. The 18th annual 4-H Tack Swap will be held March 9 at the Spokane Interstate Fairgrounds. The event takes place in the Floral Building and the doors open at 8 a.m. But you’ve got to get there way before that to get a good spot in line. And those with things to sell need to bring their stuff in the day before the sale. For details, call (509) 448-2122 or (509) 238-6464.
We’ve observed: That people who make a big production of bragging about how hot they take their Mexican or Asian food aren’t the ones who go in for the truly serious heat. As is often the case, the quiet types are the ones to watch.
When they say: “They’re renters.”
What they really mean is: “Oh, for the days when only white male property-owners could vote.”
Today’s Slice question: Why are all those people who pretend to be too cool for Spokane still here?
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