Early Bird Always Catches The Mower
Be among the first to call The Slice this morning and we’ll come over and help you mow your lawn today.
(We’ll check messages and phone you back to make arrangements. Certain stipulations apply. We reserve the right to pick callers who live in Spokane County.)
* American females: Three incredibly self-absorbed teenage girls maintained a frenzied chatter the whole time they were on the bus. And when they got off, two forty-something women made eye contact and smiled. “I’m glad I’m not that age anymore,” said one, seemingly exhausted from the unavoidable eavesdropping.
The other nodded. “Me too.”
The bus rolled on and the women fell silent, perhaps traveling in time.
* Hot air: It’s easy to scoff at air-conditioning before Memorial Day.
* What they said when you announced you were moving to Spokane: “Doesn’t it rain too much there?” — John Hancock (Lived in Toledo for 15 years)
* Age of Elegance: Mark Young was driving his 12-year-old daughter, Shelby, to the Kootenai Medical Center, where she volunteers. They saw a woman and a little girl shading themselves with an umbrella. “Like it’s not raining, lady,” said Shelby.
Her dad then explained about using the umbrella as a sun-shield and about how, years ago, women employed parasols.
Shelby wasn’t buying it. “Yeah, but that was back in the ‘80s, when the Titanic was around.”
* Just wondering: What are six subjects that, in theory, you regard as interesting but about which you know next to nothing? OK, we’ll go first.
1. Jazz. 2. Trees. 3. Sign language. 4. Birds. 5. Archery. 6. Studebakers.
Your turn.
* Landmark confidence: Off and on for 12 years, we’ve been having brief conversations about The Davenport with this one downtown businessman who is rooting for its revival. He hasn’t always been optimistic about the prospects. But earlier this week, after the news of the hotel’s sale, we asked him: Is it time to get excited?
“It’s time,” he said, smiling.
* Four things people notice:
1. When someone’s idea of conversation is to talk about himself.
2. Wearing the same pants every day.
3. When a memo supposedly written to pat someone on the back is quite obviously intended to make the author of the memo look good.
4. When someone hopes zany attire or wacky decorations will be mistaken for a good personality.
* Today’s Slice question: How about speed bumps on every block of every residential street in Spokane?