The Slice We’re Waiting For The Olympic Trials For Carrying In Groceries
Admit it. You think that if getting the gas pump to stop at an even dollar amount were an Olympic event, you’d could win a medal.
Travels with Harry: Pat Killien sent us a photo of his dog, who enjoys cruising. “Harry not only likes to ride in the car, he can’t wait to go,” wrote Killien. “Here he is sitting on the console of my Ford Explorer. As you can see, the car isn’t loaded yet and the garage door is still down. He started sitting on the console when he was a pup. He’s grown a bit but still manages to sit on the console.”
Another pooch, a German shepherd named Wolff, goes crazy when you put your coat on or say the word “ride” or “drive,” according to a letter from the Aman family.
Once Wolff climbed into a Cox Cable truck, hoping to go for a ride.
Picture a boy covered with mud: Ryan Walters, 11, of Newman Lake, is one of 10 finalists in Tide’s “Dirtiest Kid in America” photo contest.
Slice answer: After we asked about what happened when parents turned their backs for a second, we received a fax from Diane Merton. “My child, Shannon, was just a bit beyond the toddler stage when I found her sitting, straddling the peak of the garage roof, singing to her cat. When I asked how she managed to get up there, she said ‘I just made a bridge and we crawled over.’ Sure enough, when I walked to the other side of the garage, there was a 1x6 perched precariously between an upper branch of a tree and the roof. I had to get a ladder to get her down.”
The further adventures of the Shumakers (Jackson is 3, his brother Quinn is 2):
Mom: “Look at that big bump on my leg! Something must have bitten me.”
Jackson: “Yeah, it must have been Quinny.”
The case for cellular phones: Sure sometimes it’s tempting to suspect that they’re being used for show. But when Dan Roberts and several others got stuck in an elevator at the Mars Hotel recently, they were able to use one to call the Fire Department.
Today’s Slice question: What Spokane area father deserves to be presented with a ridiculously deluxe gift package of shaving supplies this Father’s Day, and why?
Your brief answer, in writing, could win you both the package and the thrill of seeing your name in the Swell Paper. We’ll need to have your answers in hand by 5 p.m. Monday.
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