The Slice: The Slice: Welcome to dog days of winter

Let’s hope it’s true what they say about canine mouths.

“I’m a dog lover and a coffee lover, however, some people take it too far,” wrote Karin Wright, a South Hill resident.

While at a stoplight Sunday, she saw a woman in another car withdraw a straw from her drinking cup and hold it out for a dog sitting up front with her. The dog licked the straw. And then the woman put it back in her cup.

“She then proceeded to take a sip of her coffee,” wrote Wright.

“Finish this sentence: It was so cold when I went to bed I decided to wear …

“The vision thing: “My floaters look like bacteria,” wrote Karen Gemmell, collections clerk for the city of Cheney. “I was a biology major at EWU and had a heck of a time in microbiology class because every time I looked in the microscope to identify the specimens I had to be really careful to first identify the floater so I could separate it from what was really on the slide.”

Cynthia Pitman said hers look like “grasshopper legs.”

And May Ann West likened her floaters to “worms and snakes.”

“Slice answer: “My most laughable get-rich-quick scheme was Amway back in the late ‘70s,” wrote Laura Tolin.

“Secrets to marital happiness in Idaho, Part 2: “Marry someone you like (not just love),” wrote Jan Jesberger.

“Work on your marriage daily,” wrote Don and Bernadette Haddleton.

And North Idaho’s Bruce Werner took exception to the Spokane reader’s suggestion in Sunday’s Slice that low IQs are the key. “I guess that guy has never been anywhere in N.E. Washington,” he wrote. “More than a few of these folks make the ones in ‘Deliverance’ look like Ph.D.s from Princeton.”

“Slice answer (lost but not forgotten): “My sister and I were like twins only one year apart in age,” wrote Jan Daniels of Spokane. “We spent every waking hour together until one day she presented me with a turquoise ring and told me that she was getting married.

“Right after her marriage I lost that ring. It has been 30 years now and I still keep looking for that ring in the bedroom where I saw it last.”

“Second opinions: Kate Raven saw Thursday’s column in which The Slice suggested a few pagan rituals to note the upcoming winter solstice. Actual pagan rituals are considerably more interesting, she said.

And Joye Dillman said Saturday’s column missed one obvious way Spokane would be different if Dutch influence had grown in our fair city. There would be lots and lots of specialty bakeries featuring stunningly excellent treats.

“Today’s Slice question: What Inland Northwest library has the best atmosphere?