She’Ll Have A Single, Tall Laddie, Please

Mon., Sept. 23, 1996

By Paul Turner srpaulturner@gmail.com

We’ll have the same thing that guy ahead of us ordered.

A reader named Peggy got a kick out of seeing a young woman inside a downtown espresso stand lean out the drive-through window and plant a big kiss on a young man she appeared to know.

Make it a double.

Mixed marriages: We heard from an Idaho woman who went to Lewis and Clark High School. “I would have to say that ingenuity, academic excellence and self-assurance tempered with great humor have been able to keep in balance a Rogers graduate of pure brute strength.”

If you need help determining the gender of your chinchilla: Contact Gail Somers in Coeur d’Alene. She recently learned how to tell the difference and discovered that her pet, Andrew, is female. But she’s not giving her a new sex-appropriate moniker. “It would only add flies to the soup,” said Somers.

Read my lips: Call 838-6581 to find out about taking part in the Spokane Literacy Coalition’s Walk for Literacy this Saturday.

New business buzzwords you’ll love to hate: “Imaginization.” “Activity value analysis.” - KnightRidder news service

Quote of the day: A Bellevue woman has been crowned “Mrs. United States.” She’s Kim Ashley LaPlante. “It will be a privilege and an honor to promote the goodwill of marriage,” she said.

We recommend: Planning to attend the annual Mennonite Country Auction & Relief Sale on Oct. 5. It’s held next to a church out in the middle of farm country between Ritzville and Moses Lake. If you like kraut and crafts, it’s fun. Call (509) 659-0926 or (509) 765-8683.

One collection that didn’t get away: “Although I was lucky, many friends’ parents threw out their Garbage Pail Kids.” - T.R. Steeber

Slice answer: Readers say that, compared to Texas or Hawaii - among other places - the Spokane area doesn’t have a roach problem.

Warm-up questions: Why do men tend to be better tippers?

Today’s Slice question: What’s the difference between people who say “fall” and those who say “autumn”?

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