The Slice: In Montana, that’s fall

Maybe it was just a technical glitch. And maybe it was a preview of coming attractions. A friend saw a new time/temperature sign over near Gonzaga University the other day. It said the temperature was -194 degrees.

That would be pretty chilly.

But I can almost hear my friends from Montana now. “Aw, that’s nothing. There was this one year when….”

•Speaking of winter: Bob Harmon’s 7-year-old son, Bryce, asked if a somersault performed in winter would be called a “wintersault.”

To save time, his dad said it would.

•You can’t really say you have done fall in the Northwest until you have…: “Taken the boat out of the lake.” — Jennie Groenig

“Smelled burning leaves.” — Joyce Atkinson

“Raked and filled 40 bags with leaves from your yard.” — Marilyn Othmer

“Seen a really red tree.” — Brian Kermode

•Indian name: “When my daughter, Jenny, was 6 or 7 (more years ago than she would like to remember), she started signing her school papers ‘Black Bull,’ ” wrote Peggy Thomas. “We had apparently talked quite a bit about her Indian heritage.”

No one was ever sure where she came up with that name, though.

“My cousin still refers to her as Black Bull,” said Thomas.

•Slice answer: “I’m sure it’s no record, but I counted 52 sweatshirts this morning,” wrote KDRK’s Jay Daniels. “That doesn’t include the ones my wife has taken and now claims as hers.”

•Finish this sentence: I’ve got to admit that I take a certain amount of pride in being able to say that I have never once watched…

“Any of the reality shows.” — Debra Barrett and others

“Friends.” — Russ Stippel and others

“Irresponsible Casual Recreational Nonmarital Sex Without Consequences in the City.” — L.C. Johnson

•Sending the wrong signal: Inside the Saturday IN Life section, there’s a block of church advertisements beneath a heading which reads “Come Worship With Us.”

But Phil and Alison Mixter noted that, because of the typography, the words that really stand out at first glance are “Worship Us.”

Hmmm.

The Mixters suggested that this probably isn’t the message the churches wish to convey.

•Note to the reader who called and said he knows I’m the one who threw rotten produce at a recent political rally and hit his daughter: Get some help, sir. There are therapists and medications that could guide you back to the light.

•Warm-up question: The movie “Office Space” reminds you of what local workplace?

•Today’s Slice question: If you could ban any sport because of injuries, which would you pick?