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Keep those wedding invitations coming.
Here’s an intriguing passage from the one University of Idaho grads Dan and Pam Skites sent out before their 1990 nuptials in Spokane.
“A young man and a young woman became friends while pursuing their academic careers and other socially related activities that occur on a college campus.”
Term of endearment: “When my two grandsons were little, I took care of them,” wrote Spokane’s Penny Mathison. “They heard my husband call me ‘Hon’ all the time and so that’s what they called me. Now they are 14 and 15 and 6 feet tall, and they still call me ‘Hon’ - even in public places. I love it. They are great boys.”
This would be a first: Kathy Altieri saw a sign outside a Spokane high school listing an event scheduled to take place on June 31.
Give it to her straight: Judy Layton told us about a 6-year-old girl who was informed that an older woman the child knew had gone to heaven. The little girl thought about it for a moment. Then she said, “You didn’t need to say she went to heaven. All you had to say was she passed out.”
If he was trying to impress her, he failed: Tina Foster was talking on-line with a guy who said he used to live in Tacoma. He asked if she had heard of it. Of course, she answered.
Then she asked him if he had ever heard of Spokane. “Nope,” he said.
Right. Sure. Logging off now.
Three movies that just wouldn’t have been the same if they had been set in Metaline Falls: “Chinatown,” “On the Waterfront,” “Annie Hall.”
TV shows that could have been set in Spokane: “Death Valley Days,” “Dr. Kildare,” “Still the Beaver.”
Together again: The person who lost those tickets to the Dave Matthews Band concert at The Gorge - a nice guy named Tom Veljic - has been identified.
Warm-up questions: If you get along with your parents but your siblings do not, do your brothers and sisters resent your relationship with your folks? Which old TV show’s musical theme is harder to get out of your head - “My Three Sons” or “Family Affair”? If you had to be saddled with a nickname inspired by an old comic strip, would you rather be called “Sluggo” or “Dondi”?
Today’s Slice question: Aren’t things already tough enough on Indian reservations without inviting boxing fans to visit?
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