The Slice: New slogans show off city’s best features

If boosters tire of “Near nature, near perfect,” how about “The bugs aren’t bad here”?

Or maybe “Where reasonable dreams can come true.”

OK, let’s move on.

“Applying the wound-description language of old TV Westerns to water-balloon strikes: 1. “It just grazed me.” 2. “I’m hit, but I’m OK.” 3. “I can ride.” 4. “Is it bad, Doc?” 5. “That’s gonna fester.” 6. “I’m gut-shot.” 7. “He’s a goner.”

“Finish this sentence: “In my home, the sounds coming from the kitchen…”: A) Fill my heart with gladness. B) Make me think someone is being tortured. C) Vary between muttering and grumbling. D) Indicate that someone’s food bowl is empty or in serious need of refreshing. E) Other.

“Dogs and Lawns Department: “I have a neighbor in Moses Lake who walked her dog to my yard while she smoked her cigarette,” wrote David Adamson. “She threw her cigarette butts into my yard while the dog relieved himself.”

Hello, Neighbor of the Year Committee?

So, anyway, Adamson had a sign made up. It featured slash-though-the-circle “banned” graphics depicting a squatting dog and a smoker. It also said, “Please keep your butts out of my yard.”

Says it all.

“It stopped the incursions,” said Adamson. “So far.”

“Which TV show most closely resembled your family’s real-life activities in terms of entertaining clients, singing and dancing in the living room, parties featuring guests putting on skits and playing charades, et cetera?

A) “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” B) “Bewitched.” C) “The Fugitive.” D) “All in the Family.” E) “Hill Street Blues.” F) “Where the Action Is.” G) Other.

“Fridge contents audit: Barbara Cunningham said she has had the same bottle of Tabasco sauce in her refrigerator since 1975.

She has moved several times, but transferred the hot sauce from home to home.

How old is that? Well, “Jaws” came out in 1975, and “Saturday Night Live” first appeared on TV that year.

Might be time for a new bottle. Or not. Apparently she doesn’t use a lot of Tabasco.

“But you should be careful about archiving foodstuffs: Not everything lasts forever.

“I didn’t think peanut butter could go bad,” said Keri Yirak.

Then she learned otherwise.

“Warm-up question for people who were kids in the 1960s: If you had known 40 years ago that skateboarding could be viewed as a lifestyle (and not just a playtime activity), how might your life be different today?

“Today’s Slice question: How do you feel about your street’s name?