The Slice: Riverdance might be in their future

While telling about his first day at school last week, Cindy Hval’s 5-year-old son said, “Boy that kindergarten walk sure helped — I already have a girlfriend.”

Huh?

It seems young Sam had been tutored by his 10-year-old brother, Zack, on how to be a hit with the ladies in kindergarten.

Sam summarized the advice: “Walk straight, don’t move any body parts except your legs and don’t smile.”

Zack had assured him that if he strolled by the girls in this fashion, one of them was certain to say “Hi! What’s your name?”

And that’s just what happened.

Watch out, Oprah and Dr. Phil. This kid Zack might be the next big thing.

“Slice answer: “We came to Spokane in the spring of 1959,” wrote Marianna Fair. “It was supposed to be temporary.”

Her family had been in Wichita, Kan., where her husband worked on B-52s for Boeing. The move to Spokane was prompted by his assignment to a Boeing team stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base, an early home of the long-range bombers.

Then, in 1964, Fair’s husband got word that he was to move back to Wichita. It was not a popular idea at home.

“By that time, the three girls were in school, had made friends there and at church and didn’t want to move,” wrote Fair. “We all took a stand.”

They said they refused to leave Spokane.

“We’ve been here ever since,” she wrote.

Fair’s husband did move back to Kansas for a short time. But he soon returned and landed a job at Washington Water Power.

“Discrimination against Calvinists: The Slice heard about a little girl who saw a sign in downtown Spokane that said “No Pedestrians Beyond This Point” and wanted to know why Presbyterians were prohibited from walking there.

For years after that, her Presbyterian family occasionally referred to themselves as Pedestrians.

“Bird is the word: Spokane Valley’s Mike Jay is a passionate Seattle Seahawks fan. And he has taught his 3-year-old daughter, Calista, to root for the NFL team. But someone listening to the little girl might wonder if her dad also cheers for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks.

Because when Calista refers to the Seattle football team, she says “Seacocks.”

Yes, her parents have been trying to correct her.

“Slice answer: Dog trainer Annie Zeck submitted two Top 10 lists of her all-time favorite TV shows — childhood and adult. Here are her picks in the latter category.

“I Love Lucy,” “Dick Van Dyke Show,” “Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Murphy Brown,” “Frasier,” “Sports Night,” “The Larry Sanders Show,” “Law & Order,” “CSI” (Las Vegas only), “Monk.”

“Today’s Slice question: How many romances that started last September are still going strong?