The Slice Hey, Washingtonians, Idaho Is Tired Of The Tease
Our friend Rebecca Lind in Post Falls has observed two realities that appear to be in conflict.
1. Countless Washington residents seem to enjoy making fun of North Idaho.
2. And yet just about anywhere you go, from Moscow to Sandpoint and beyond, you see lots of Washington license plates.
So Lind suggested that perhaps Washingtonians should either consider staying home or learn to be more polite when discussing their potatohead neighbors to the east.
Our guess? Never happen.
We feel your pain: Here’s the perfect way to get ready for ski season AND celebrate the horrors of Halloween. Enter our “How I Got Banged Up on the Slopes” contest.
Just briefly describe your most memorable skiing accident - written entries only, please - and get it to us before 5 p.m. Thursday. Judges will look for entries that prompt one to ask, “Is skiing really a good idea?”
There will be prizes.
Apostrophe apoplexy: “I recently made a reservation at the Deer Lodge in Banff Park,” wrote Coeur d’Alene’s Jan Jesberger. “After carefully spelling Coeur d’Alene twice, I received my confirmation in the mail addressed to ‘Quater Lane ID 8314.’ She not only misspelled Coeur d’Alene but she misspelled her misspelling.”
Not to mention abbreviating the zip code without permission.
Street value: We saw a well-dressed fiftysomething guy at the McDonalds on Riverside who appeared to be lost in his thoughts. He dumped his wrappers and empty cup into one of the garbage bins and then walked outside still carrying the brown plastic tray. He got about six steps before realizing this. And so we didn’t have to make a citizen’s arrest.
Spokane churches seen as castles, Part 2: “When my son Morgan, was 4 (11 years ago), we wanted to take him into the Episcopal cathedral and he became hysterical,” wrote Deborah Lawrence Hale. “He thought it was Skeletor’s castle.”
Skeletor was a villain in “He Man” cartoons. He was not Episcopalian.
Warm-up question: What happened when an unauthorized person rerecorded your personalized pager greeting? (A friend’s was changed without his knowledge. And the new one was an obscene rant.)
Today’s Slice question: What’s with everyone around here painting their houses shades of gray?
, DataTimes ILLUSTRATION: Drawing
MEMO: The Slice appears Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. Write The Slice at P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210; call (509) 459-5470; fax (509) 459-5098. Get this. Plymouth Barracudas from 1964-66 are now hot items in car-collecting circles.