The Slice: Visitors should find new point of view

Pam Pierson addressed the Slice question about dealing with out-of-town visitors who are unimpressed with Spokane after being here for half an hour.

“I ask them if they can wait until nightfall and then re-evaluate,” she said.

Here’s her strategy.

“Once it’s twilight or even dark, I take them down Hatch Road (off the South Hill) to Highway 195 and out to the airport.”

Then she turns around and heads back to the city on Interstate 90. “And as you come over the crest and are about to enter Spokane, there she is in all her glittery splendor.”

Ta-dah!

“When I arrived in 1988, it was winter and dark and I was driven into Spokane from the airport,” she said. “And I remember that sight as if it was yesterday.”

It still gets to her.

“Every time I return from a trip, that view still awes me and tells me I’m home. And it works on those skeptics.”

“Another misheard lyric: You might have seen those Fruit of the Loom commercials featuring the song, “You Can’t Over-Love Your Underwear.”

Well, apparently not everyone hears that the same way.

“I was in Eagle, Idaho, recently, helping my daughter after surgery,” wrote Marge Huntington of Veradale. “My 7-year-old grandson was taking a bath one night and began to sing ‘You can’t overload your underwear.’ “

That cracked Huntington up. “I’ll probably never be able to look at another package of Fruit of the Loom underwear without laughing.”

“Which shorthand for the college towns do you prefer: Pullcow or Mosman?

“Family gatherings and nickname issues: One of Robin Jones’ relatives is nicknamed “Peanuts.”

Another family member has a tendency to unintentionally drop the “t” when saying that.

“Bird is the word: LuAnn Bray’s family tends to experience accidents that would be right at home on sitcoms.

Just before Thanksgiving, her husband had to have a tendon repaired in what Bray called his “avian” finger. “So he’s now bandaged in a rather offensive position.”

The plan, as they were about to head off to Montana for the holiday, was to have him keep his hand down to avoid provoking road rage incidents.

“Bras and sleeping, continued: “Have a friend who wears a daytime bra and then one for sleeping,” wrote Adrian Holm in Inchelium, who said she personally has a different approach.

“When I get home I ‘let the girls out,’ put on a big T-shirt and sweat pants and life then becomes perfect.”

Hmmm. You could set that to music.

Who let the girls out (woof, woof…woof, woof ).

“Today’s Slice question: What seasonal song makes you momentarily contemplate harming yourself or others?