Someday Fargo Will Take Title
At the airport Sunday, we heard a woman defend Spokane by trotting out the old “biggest city between Seattle and Minneapolis” line.
Perhaps noticing that she was a little steamed and possibly half drunk, the guy to whom she was speaking surrendered.
“I didn’t know that,” he said.
* Look who’s buying laxatives: It’s bad enough when a grocery sacker critiques each of your purchases. But The Slice has heard of cases where someone buying diet aids or contraceptives has discovered the next person in the checkout line is a gossipy co-worker or nosy neighbor.
* Family Phrases Department: Many years ago, Mel Addington’s nephew Andrew got up from a nap to discover that his arm had gone to sleep. He ran to his mother and said, “My arm is sprinkling.”
* Hey, kids: Are you 9 or younger? Summer doldrums got you down?
OK, then. Draw a map of your neighborhood. Include whatever you consider important. Then send it to your old pal Uncle Slice. (It’s OK to get help with that part of the project.)
* Says here: Yard sales on busy streets are a traffic hazard.
* Just wondering: Which is the more interesting construction site to monitor — Lewis and Clark High School or Q6 World Headquarters?
* Heat wave and witches: Lots of readers took delight in noting that the Saturday edition of the Swell Paper forecast a local high temperature of 655 degrees for Monday. But only Carrie Webbenhurst pointed out that, in a recent Slice item referring to “Bewitched,” we said “Sabrina” had been a character in the show when, of course, it was “Serena.”
* Land of opportunity: Jane magazine reports that a recent poll ranks Idaho as the state with the highest percentage of women who have had sex with more than 30 men.
* Multiple choice: What’s your favorite baby boomer adjective?
a.) sagging. b.) aging. c.) graying. d.) gassy. e.) balding. f.) bilious. g.) leering. h.) rambling. i.) other.
* Slice answers: Lisa Gadberry says her sister’s feline, Muno, is the Abominable Housecat. “She thinks he’s sweet, meanwhile her arms and hands are covered in Band-Aids.”
And Char Dauterman said the people she resents are the ones from here who become semifamous and then say they’re from Seattle.
* Today’s Slice question: Do you agree with Mike Storms that Spokane’s water tasted much better 30 years ago?