So much for alarming advisories
Neil Lindsey thinks he knows what State Department warnings about travel to Spokane would say.
“Be careful. You might have fun and want to move here.”
“Overheard at the airport: A little boy Tomas Lynch observed must be a young sci-fi fan.
“Mom,” said the kid. “What time does our plane blast off?”
“What it would have taken: “I would go within a one-mile radius of Ironman for no less than $5,000,” wrote Coeur d’Alene’s Rebecca McNeill before the weekend event. “And I’m a welfare mom.”
“Fill-in- the-blank answers: “My life would be easier if you could fly nonstop to (Manchester, England) from Spokane.” — Beverley Novin
Judy Grollmus inserted “San Francisco.”
“It’s frustrating because United had a nonstop flight until a few years ago, and the flights were at least 75 percent full all of the time,” she wrote. “My daughter and her family live about 15 minutes from the San Francisco airport, but the only nonstop flights go into Oakland, which requires a trip on BART.”
“Reeling in the years: Despite what certain advertising campaigns suggest, not everyone yearns for a more youthful appearance.
Four-year-old Tucker Knudsen had just finished brushing. And his grandmother, Lori Martinelli, exclaimed about how bright and white the little boy’s teeth were.
This troubled him. “Oh no,” he said. “Do they make me look younger?”
“Warning — this item might not be breakfast-compatible: But it’s so Spokaney, I have to share.
A reader who operates an espresso business told about a drive-through customer who handed in his own drink container and asked that they pour his latte into it — a practice the health department reportedly frowns on.
“We took the lid off and noticed a wad of goo in the bottom of the cup,” wrote my correspondent.
The customer was then confronted with this unsightly mess.
“Oh, yeah, sorry,” he said. “That’s my chew. Would you mind rinsing it out?”
Yes, he was told, they would.
“Slice answers: I heard from several readers who said they do not trust their tap water. The common theme seemed to be a lack of confidence that government would admit it if there was a problem.
“Warm-up question: How interesting can it be for young people to waste time at work by Googling people from their past when their past is so limited?
“Today’s Slice question (prompted by an e-mail from Laura and Rob Visco): How many local couples have the same first names as famous TV/movie couples?