Or…They’Re Plain Clueless

Fri., Feb. 25, 2000

By Paul Turner srpaulturner@gmail.com

Dick Mellor suspects local drivers avoid using turn signals so at least one thing on their cars will still be just like new come trade-in time.

* Why, back in my day… : “People kissed with their lips closed.” — Ruth Randrup

* Here’s what George Abelhanz would want on the base of a statue honoring him: “What, me worry?”

* Youth wants to know: Can you move into the mainstream and still be who you are?

No, not really. But at least you won’t have to wear ridiculous pants.

* Patience rewarded: Sometimes it takes a while for a cat to decide that it wants to sit on your lap.

Spokane’s Michelle Batten has had Nugget for 18 years. And the independent-minded feline got in her lap for the first time a month ago.

* Finish these sentences: Drivers who prefer standard transmissions tend to be… .

If that one TV show had been set in Spokane, it would have been called “Who Wants to Marry a … .”

Back when I was a teenager, being “grounded” meant… .

* Lone Ranger: “Even though dressing up as an Indian was fun, I preferred playing the role of the cowboy because I had a white and silver stick-horse that my grandfather made,” wrote Arlene Stromberger.

* True or false: A person’s attitude about horseradish says it all.

* Album preview: Maybe Steely Dan should have left well enough alone.

* Slice answer: Readers selected the Safeway at Third and Maple.

* Indoor recreation reality: How many people around here have listened to long-distance friends talk about “Topsy-Turvy” and then had to sheepishly report that the movie still hasn’t come to Spokane?

* Get out of jail: If The Slice sponsored a Monopoly marathon to support a worthwhile cause, would you consider signing up to play?

* One key difference between men’s magazines and real life in Spokane: In real life, there are fewer artificially augmented women in low-cut tops finding reasons to lean forward.

* Old business: Dorothy McClure wonders how many people grew up hearing the family’s iron skillet referred to as a spider.

* Today’s Slice question: If you could switch lives with any Inland Northwesterner for a day, who would you pick?

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