The Slice: Make sure you eat all the evidence

Easter is more than a month away.

So you’re not fooling anybody about the fate of those chocolate bunnies and caramel-center eggs you just bought.

And wipe your mouth.

“Garbage-barrel war of nerves: The Slice heard from a reader who noted that she leaves her trash barrel out all the time for the specific purpose of bugging an easily annoyed neighbor known to monitor the situation.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you “Life in Spokane.”

“Oh, OK: EWU sophomore Jenni Ross was steamed Friday morning when she waited and waited downtown for her STA bus to Cheney and it failed to arrive.

Later, she heard the explanation.

“Needless to say, I think a hijacking was a good excuse.”

“A friend wonders: “What are the proper boundaries of the South Hill?” he asked. “As an open-ended question, it might be answered geographically, socially, economically, philosophically, etc.”

“Four lies Camp Fire candy saleskids see right through: 1. “I just bought three boxes at another store.”

2. “I’m morally opposed to nougat.”

3. “My wife has the money. She’ll be here in a minute.”

4. “I am sorry; I do not speak English.”

“Readers name the worst movies they’ve ever seen: Nominations included “Picnic at Hanging Rock,” “Fury of the Sabers,” “Death Wish,” “Gone Fishin’,” “Battlefield Earth,” “Reflections in a Golden Eye,” “Let’s Make Up,” “Raising Arizona,” “Arthur 2,” “any Elvis movie” and “The Conqueror” starring John Wayne as Genghis Khan.

“One tough mother: Talk about creatures of habit.

Dawn Slaughter had a Doberman named Sasha that was in the middle of delivering a litter of puppies when it came time for her daily walk with Slaughter and another dog. So Sasha went along on the constitutional. Then she returned home and resumed delivering pups.

“Slice answers: I heard from only a handful of readers after asking if people pat themselves down more (to confirm the location of keys, wallet, etc.) when out of town. But one respondent’s reply summed up the answers: “Of course.”

“Now it can be told: That kid who discovered those old newspapers and wondered if my column appeared in the early ‘50s (Tuesday’s Slice) prompted a friend to say, “Yeah, that was back when you had a thing for Dorothy Dean.”

“Today’s Slice questions: Is it the policy in your home that everyone must take off their shoes immediately after coming inside? Why?

(I know we’ve discussed removing winter footwear. But this is about year-round shoe bans.)