We’Re Just Warming Up For The Massive Overkill
No wonder we’re tired of it.
The phrase “new millennium” has appeared in the Swell Paper 45 times this year.
* Call us a stick in the mud for preferring names that have meaning: But we think “Washington Water Power” is better than “Avista.”
Avista sounds like a subcompact car, a credit card or a group of Central American insurgents.
* Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman: Here’s an actual tip from an article in the September issue of Mademoiselle on “Fresh Ways to Get a Man’s Attention.”
(At a museum.) “Brush up against him while he’s standing still and looking at something.”
Yes, that should do it.
* Slice answer: “What do you mean, pedestrians have rights?” — Kathy Fleming
* Just wondering: We’ve all had the experience of seeing a familiar face and not being able to put it in context. (At any given moment, 10,000 people in the Spokane area are experiencing that sensation — hence all the baffled expressions.)
But have you ever seen someone you think you know and then later realized the person in question just happens to resemble a face you saw in a movie or in a sitcom?
* It seemed like a good idea at the time: One day, when Scott Campbell was in first grade at Hutton Elementary back in the ‘60s, he brought three of his grandfather’s copies of Playboy to school. He and some friends were perusing the magazines out on the playground when Campbell’s teacher confiscated the reading material. Then she sent him to the principal’s office.
Today, of course, the incident would no doubt generate a lawsuit.
* Tons of fun: Call Northwest Seed & Pet in Spokane at 534-0694 to find out about the big Fat Cat Contest this coming Saturday.
* Fashion statements we’ll laugh about: Readers mentioned goatees, low-slung pants, the shaved head with the little pony tail in the back, intentionally clunky footwear and the ballcap with a coat-and-tie look.
* Conspiracy theories from a Spokane reader we’ll just call “Deep Mommy”: 1. The highway engineers who designated the passing zones on the road from Priest River up to Priest Lake must have been high.
2. The mascots at Spokane Indians games don’t care about the unwashed rabble in the cheap seats.
* Today’s Slice question: Is it possible to admit to having pets and still find decent rental housing?