The Poisonous Toxins Aren’t As Refreshing In Stale Environs
Connie Stephens shared this one.
“As I was leaving the Arena the other night, the lady next to me took a deep breath, exhaled, turned to her companion and said, ‘Ahh, fresh air.’ She immediately lit a cigarette.”
Kid stuff: Colville’s Betty Clark was telling her son-in-law that he had better not overeat or he’d wind up fat like her.
Clark’s granddaughter, Tara, overheard that. And the little girl couldn’t let it pass without comment. “You’re not fat, Grandma,” she said. “You’re just old.”
Slice answer: Moscow’s Kate Grinde would like to see a remote control that could direct co-workers to quit complaining about others and focus instead on their own jobs.
Admit it: You kind of like the way your hair feels when you go outside soon after a shower and it freezes.
In a word: Slice reader Dick Martin suspects certain broadcasters would be rendered all but speechless if deprived of the use of “basically.”
Manners matter: The sight of guys wearing ballcaps while dining drives some Spokane area residents crazy.
We know because hardly a week goes by that someone doesn’t call to weigh in on this.
A newcomer from Florida learns about winter in the Inland Northwest: Charlie Morris left a couple of cans of Pepsi out in his car overnight a few days back, when it was really cold.
You guessed it. Kablooie.
Cleaning up the mess made him late for work.
Upside the head: Danna Baum remembers her best shot.
“I was a teenager at the time and my brother and I were having a snowball fight with our stepdad,” she wrote. “I managed to throw one that hit my stepdad in the face just right. It packed snow on the (begin ital) backside (end ital) of his glasses.”
Yes, we still feel guilty: About not running every last name of someone around here having a January birthday. Thanks for asking.
Warm-up questions: Ever get the urge to just go ahead and transport homegrown fruit? Does traveling ever get called by basketball referees anymore?
Today’s Slice question: The other night while watching TV, we found ourselves flipping back and forth between figure skating and the movie “Patton.” And so our question is this. In recent memory, what was your most unusual two-channel combo?
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