Put Money On Germs
If you’ve been out in public lately, you must have noticed.
You can’t go anywhere in Spokane without hearing people cough. And it’s the kind of loud germ-shooting hacking that makes anyone within earshot wince and fantasize about garlic and Vitamin C.
But that’s not the scary part.
This is. A bunch of those coughers will be attending Super Bowl parties Sunday. And, well, there’s no delicate way to put this, many of them are going to cough on the dip.
So there’s no escaping it. A lot of people who feel fine today will be sick next week. Count on it.
Overheard in front of the Lincoln Building downtown (two men in suits apparently talking about a woman): First guy: “Well, do you have a pet name for her?”
Second guy: “Yes. But if you think I’m telling you, you’re crazy.”
Thanks: To all the readers who shared snapshots of little kids in snowsuits.
It’s a way too small world: A friend who is working on a book contacted a randomly selected literary agent in New York. The agent replied that she herself had grown up in Spokane.
It’s still too early to know if that connection will help or hurt.
Slice answer: After we asked which is cutest, polar bear cubs, cougar babies or collie pups, Colville’s Jeannie Maki suggested a fourth choice. She sent a picture of a whiter-than-white puppy named Grizzly.
“Have you ever met a baby Samoyed?” she wrote.
It’s an old photo. Grizzly lived 14 years before passing away a couple of years ago. But take it from us. He was off-the-chart adorable as a puppy.
We’d share the picture with you, but we’re afraid it would show up as three black dots (eyes and nose) in the middle of a little white blur.
The search for Spokane’s Romeo and Juliet: “I cast my vote for Smitty and Sandy Myers, two of the loveliest people to grace our community,” wrote Ami Takimoto. “To me - and, I suspect, many of their numerous friends and acquaintances would joyfully agree - there is no other couple quite like these two. It had never occurred to me that a chipper/shredder/mulcher could be considered romantic, but, to hear Sandy talk about this ‘love gift,’ I have had to change my mind.”
Takimoto continued. “Unlike the untimely fate of Romeo and Juliet, this couple of the ‘90s thrives and is still going strong. We should all be so blessed.”
Today’s Slice question: Who is the least powerful person in the Inland Northwest?
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