The Slice: Some limitations are worse than others

Rose Kelly Rhoades was walking out of the Albertsons at 57th and Regal.

The parking lot was jammed.

“I decided I could carry three heavy bags and a six-pack of soda pop to the car without bringing my cart,” she said. “I hadn’t made it 20 feet from the front door when the plastic band around my pop broke and root beer cans were rolling everywhere.”

She tried retrieving them while still holding the three bags. This produced a cascading failure. She started dropping everything.

“At least eight people walked past me and no one offered help,” she said.

Finally, she heard an offer of assistance. It came from a guy on crutches.

“He managed to grab one of my bags while I scooped everything up,” said Rhoades.

Which just goes to show once again that physical limitations are the least important kind.

“Long live the Chron: A different daily paper gets inserted in it now. But Peggy Wold, who lives out in the country southeast of Spokane, is another S-R subscriber who still uses her orange Chronicle box.

“Reader challenge: Propose corporate sponsorship for the Intermodal Center that would result in a truly swell name for the train/bus depot.

“Slice answers: Pamela Stark would like to have dinner with artist Harold Balazs and ask what inspires him.

Mitch Kemple would look forward to laughing so hard he would blow mashed potatoes out his nose if he dined with Patrick McManus.

Doug Burr would like to ask KHQ’s Jennifer Kim about the adventures of a young TV reporter.

Lloyd Apitz would enjoy, after the fact, being able to say that he had dinner with KREM’s Dawn Picken.

Dayna Barton said she has gotten hooked on Mark Fuhrman’s radio show and would get a kick out of breaking bread with him.

Joe Lyons picked columnist Doug Clark. “He seems like a very interesting person.”

Patty Duke would be Christina’s Pollock’s choice. “I think she and I would have a lot in common.”

And Rich Young said he wouldn’t be picky. “Anybody that’s willing to buy.”

“The beauty of bad taste: Lincoln County’s Pat Rice said displaying fake flowers outdoors is not just a Spokane thing. “Here in Almira country, silk or plastic flowers are a must for outdoors if I want any color at all. The deer won’t eat them like they do everything else.”

“Warm-up question: Does anyone around here have an impressive security clearance?

“Today’s Slice question: What was the weirdest thing you discovered stuffed beneath a cushion or simply out of place after hosting a kids’ party?