The Slice Someone Figured It Out Before He Got Carded

Three-year-old Marty Faber walked into his Sunday school classroom at Faith Bible Church and asked for a Bud Light.

At least that’s what everyone thought he’d said. Turns out he was inquiring about a Buzz Lightyear toy.

Lay off the Leia references: Here’s a tip for people who might meet Carrie Fisher when she’s here this spring. Go easy on the “Star Wars” humor. She’s heard it all before.

Second opinion: “The Monkees should not be mentioned in the same sentence as the Beatles.” - Robert Halstead OK. But um, well, never mind.

Just wondering: What’s the deal with local TV news types breathlessly announcing that their broadcast “Starts now.”

Perhaps it’s to distinguish the news from promos. Maybe we should try it. Here goes: “The Slice starts now!”

Oops, too late.

Today’s rodent report: Remember the dead squirrel on a North Side power line that turned out to be a piece of wood? Well, LuRae Schlect looked out in her back yard and, well, she can tell it. “I saw our dog lying next to what I considered to be a piece of wood,” she wrote. ‘Upon further analysis, and a closer look, it turned out to be a petrified squirrel.”

Funny how these things have a way of evening out.

“Clear!”: North Central High School teacher Debbie Burkhart would call a TV drama set in a Spokane hospital “Emergency Room - Yeah, Right.”

The show would feature a steady stream of local patients showing up at the E.R. with complaints that, in larger cities, would be regarded as routine doctor’s office visits.

Time warp: A reader named Joe passed along a greeting that popped up on his computer at work. “Eternity is…listening to a 6-year-old relate the plot of this neat movie.”

Pushing the technology: A Colville reader was shopping in Spokane when she saw a toddler seated at a computer station. The little girl was holding the mouse up to her ear and carrying on a conversation while looking at the screen.

Overheard at Lake Spokane Elementary (a little girl addressing a woman with red lipstick): “You have nice lips on today.” - submitted by Claire Snodgrass, Nine Mile Falls

Today’s Slice question: What’s the Coeur d’Alene definition of “obnoxious tourist”?

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