The Slice An Odd Old Wives’ Tale Faces Scientific Scrutiny
Ever heard about mixing a pregnant woman’s urine with Drano to reveal the gender of the baby?
(You’re supposed to be able to tell from the color changes.)
Well, Spokane nurse Paddy Carlson is conducting the world’s first clinical trial to determine the validity of that gender-predicting technique. Seriously. It’s for a Gonzaga University graduate thesis. And she’s still collecting urine samples from pregnant women.
Want to take part? Call 328-1800.
Video mix-up: When Randee Kistle’s family lived in Colombia a few years ago, they belonged to a video club, through which they purchased a two-tape copy of “Schindler’s List.”
Kistle’s daughter once took the tapes to a Colombian classmate’s house to watch the powerful movie. But apparently something got switched when she brought the videos home. Because Kistle’s husband recently sat down to watch “Schindler’s List” and discovered that the tape of the second half was actually “Dirty Dancing,” starring Patrick Swayze, dubbed in Spanish.
He got the green light: Libby Avnet was in a line of cars waiting for the traffic light when she saw a guy hop out of his Chevrolet pickup and run up to the Toyota ahead of him. The woman in the Toyota rolled down her window. “Mr. Chevy kissed Miss Toyota and, smiling broadly, hopped back into his pickup just as the light turned green,” wrote Avnet. “Can spring be far behind?”
“This was no boating accident”: As our salute to the watercraft show, we’ve been working on our Richard Dreyfuss “Jaws” impression.
Slice answers: Pullman’s Marcie Lund would like to have a skywalk connecting her residence with the Starbucks a mile away.
And Shirley Mayo of Bonners Ferry guessed KHQ’s news anchors would emerge victorious from a brawl with their counterparts at the other stations. “I understand Randy Shaw sings cowboy music in saloons,” she wrote. “He must have thrown a few punches. Debra Wilde is no cream puff - she’s a tough cookie.”
He’s 69 and lives in Utah: We talked with Dave Page, star of “The Captain Cy Show” back in the ‘60s. Asked for a favorite recollection, he recalled asking a 5-year-old boy where he got his red hair. “It came with the head,” the kid answered.
Today’s Slice question: What are some phrases in “Idabonics”?
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