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Maria Caprile suspected that the mother who allowed two little girls to wear tap shoes to a recent performance of “Riverdance” might have been experiencing second thoughts about that decision in a women’s room at the Opera House.
The two girls were in a stall together, putting on a show of their own.
“They were in there tapping and flushing and flushing and tapping while she pounded on the door and the line kept getting longer and longer,” wrote Caprile.
* Which is the more powerful urge: The desire to make fun of Neil Diamond fans or the impulse to refer to recent arrests of football players at certain co-workers’ alma maters?
* Relaxed fit — the early years: Diana Young told about the time a well-intentioned gentleman was showing her husband how to diaper a baby for bedtime.
“He did fine until he picked up our son Brian and the diaper fell off,” wrote Young.
* Just wondering: Is being able to imitate Tom Brokaw’s voice really that hilarious?
* Slice answer: “We are getting ready to attend our 50th high school reunion and at an average age of 68, I certainly hope there is no sexual tension,” wrote Rose Hall.
* Seen on the South Hill: Tuesday, at about 4 p.m., we saw a driver not talking on a cell phone.
* For the record: Kay Rose doesn’t see anything wrong with driving through her old neighborhood. She’s not checking up on things, just feeling nostalgic.
* For the record No. 2: We heard several accounts of homeowners being angry about dog-walkers encouraging their animals to regard certain lawns as, uh, rest areas.
But The Slice is not going to pursue it because we’re pretty sure tensions in one or two of these situations will escalate and wind up on the news pages before long.
* Doctors and dentists with the best waiting rooms: Readers nominated Duane Grummons, Rod Tataryn, Douglas Brossoit and Mary Krempasky Smith.
Actually, lots of other doctors were nominated, too. But tragically, those came in anonymously. And as far as The Slice is concerned, if you don’t leave your name and number, you don’t exist.
Think of it as tough love.
* Today’s Slice question: What’s something you forgot how to do after moving here?