The Slice Sunday We Can ‘Fall Back’ Into Bed For Another Hour

Being momentarily confused about the twice-a-year time change’s implications for sunlight levels doesn’t mean you are a moron.

At least that’s what we keep telling ourselves.

Slice answers: Our question about what sort of event would attract the largest crowd of locals willing to trade their handguns for admission tickets prompted a predictable round of assertions that we here at The Slice must be anti-American pinkos.

Then there were the equally unsurprising answers along the lines of “monster truck shows.”

And “the Second Coming” also got multiple mentions.

But Husky loyalist Terry Griner offered this: “The most popular offer would be to trade for a free ticket to watch the WSU Cougars play in the Rose Bowl. Unfortunately, the last time this offer could have been made, all you would have been able to collect would have been flintlocks and swords. By the next time you would be able to make this offer, the gang bangers probably will be packing ray guns.”

And speaking of Cougar football, Jessie Gerdo wrote: “I would gladly trade for a 1 o’clock start for a WSU game at Martin Stadium.”

The falling leaves: Our suggestion that people in New England mistakenly believe that they “own” autumn prompted lively calls from several transplanted New Englanders. It’s no mistake, they said. “You need to take a trip,” said one reader.

Um, been there. Done that. But thanks for the advice.

All new at the arboretum - Mexican food: Jan Evanko’s young son Nicholas wondered aloud if a planned field trip to check out the trees and shrubs would include lunch at the “Finch Arburrito.”

Rough ride: Truckers surveyed by Overdrive magazine say Pennsylvania has the worst roads. (Neither Washington nor Idaho appear in the Top 10 worst/best lists.)

Three ways to fire up the conversation in a group setting: 1.) Make some insane claim about the importance of birth order. 2.) Ask if anyone has stories about ear infections and air travel. 3.) Wonder if there should have been a parental warning label on Jackie Wilson’s great “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher.”

Today’s Slice question: If Spokane were a stop on the Monopoly game board, which one would it be?

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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. One reader wonders if Spokane’s TV stations outpace those in all other northern cities when it comes to making a big deal about tiny snowfalls.