How About Big Whale?
At the Big Trout Lodge apartment complex in Liberty Lake, the floor plans have names such as “Lake Trout,” “Rainbow Trout,” “Bull Trout” and “Steelhead.”
Hmmm. So what would you call the floor plan in your home?
a.) minnow. b.) piranha. c.) crappie. d.) bait. e.) walleye. f.) great white. g.) chub. h.) U-boat. i.) beaver lodge. j.) Satan’s maze. k.) Skinnerian box. l.) senseless sprawl. m.) other.
* The Cumulus Co.: Seven-year-old Brad Hawkins had previously commented on steam or smoke coming from the Hanson industrial complex near Mead. So it wasn’t a complete surprise the other day when he noted that sight again and said, “Boy, that cloud factory is really making a lot of clouds this morning.”
* Bag o’mail: Don Hertz offered an opinion about The Slice’s assertion that some people at gas stations are shooting dirty looks at SUV owners. “You’re so full of it that it must be coming out of your ears,” he wrote. “I’ve been driving SUVs since 1967 and nobody has ever looked sideways at me at a gas pump.”
In another matter, Colville’s Harriett Thorp said the difference between snowmobilers and jet-skiers is snowmobilers head off to areas where they won’t bother anyone.
Arguing that the expressions are now a part of American speech, Lou Carver wondered when definitions for “Seinfeld”-isms such as “re-gifting” and “shrinkage” will make it into dictionaries.
Jeff Spray wrote, “I was wondering if anyone else thinks that NorthTown’s newest addition takes the `Behold the power of cheese’ campaign too far?”
Barry Morris volunteered that he disdains both the “Eat your eggs” guy and the “Phony Russian accent” guy in that one “Wake Up and Read It” commercial.
A nurse in Coeur d’Alene who wishes to remain anonymous said the depiction of her profession in X-rated movies and books tends to feature a highly unrealistic approach to assessing patient needs.
And Jill Bunn Hanson responded to a recent Slice question. “I was staying at my mom’s house during Christmas and I was sleeping in my sister’s room one night when I woke up startled,” she wrote.
She had heard a loud noise about 3 a.m. It practically shook the big house. She was afraid someone was trying to break in. So she woke up her sister.
“Oh, that’s just Mom,” said her sister. “She’s snoring.”
* Today’s Slice question: Should high school kids pretending to be the Village People at basketball halftimes leave the Indian chief out of the lineup for fear of offending someone?