The Slice: Do you carry a six-shooter?

How closely does your life here in the Inland Northwest resemble an old TV Western? To find out, take this simple quiz. Have you had an amnesia episode? A nitro episode? A jinx episode? A poker-cheat episode? OK, there’s your answer. Let’s move on.

“ Feline wake-up calls (Part 3): “Yoda, our new kitten, already has a foolproof method,” wrote Georgette Weech. “He leans over from where he’s been sleeping and chomps down on the nearest ear. Thus his new nickname — Tyson.”

Smokey, her older cat, has been known to wake her up when Weech is snoring.

“If, God forbid, I’m disturbing his precious sleep, he will simply come up to me and chomp down on my nose, biting it shut until the offending noise stops or I pry him off, whichever comes first.”

“ Love, honor and bite: Lisa Eickstadt and Matthew Pederson are getting married in Airway Heights on Halloween. The event, expected to include about 150 guests, will double as a costume party.

“We’re both big fans of Halloween,” said Eickstadt, who will be dressed up as a vampire on the big day.

“ Numbers game: Men’s Health magazine, which spews a constant stream of dubious lists, evaluated 101 U.S. cities on an assortment of factors and came up with a “Best Cities for Men” ranking. Spokane came in at 69.

“ Slice answer: “If knitting were a sport, my husband would watch it,” wrote Robin Jones. “I, on the other hand, feel as if I’ve scored if I manage to match the team/individual with the corresponding game.”

“ Memory prompted by last Saturday’s Slice: “When our children were in grade school, I turned on the kitchen disposal one afternoon and something flew out at the speed of light,” wrote Patricia Garvin. “When it finished hitting the ceiling, floor, walls and cupboards, I saw that it was a Super Ball.”

“ Slice answers: Readers said Fairchild A.F.B. and Gonzaga University are where you will see the best local assortments of out-of-state license plates.

“ Small World Department: Spokane’s Dan Robison and his wife, Frankie, were in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia last year. “We had some free time, so we signed up for a city tour,” he wrote.

Only one other couple had done likewise.

The guide asked the passengers where they were from.

“You can imagine our astonishment when they said ‘Spokane, Washington,’” said Robison.

“We became good friends from that chance encounter.”

“ Warm-up question: Ever actually see a young woman toss some guy’s clothes out the window of an apartment they shared?

“ Today’s Slice question: What’s the scummiest behavior you’ve witnessed on the part of someone trying to get a flu shot?