Presidents look alike to this kid

The Slice heard about a first-grader named Makayla who identified the man on the Washington state flag as George Bush.

Let’s move on.

•You can’t live in the Spokane area for long without picking up a lot of arguably useless knowledge about…: “GU basketball.” — Gary Polser

•A heads-up: Heidi Downey said I left out an important duck-feeding rule (Friday’s Slice). “Throw the bread out, not up,” she wrote.

This reduces the likelihood of gulls relieving themselves on you.

•Multiple choice: KHQ’s “6 Questions” jumped the shark when…

A) They interviewed your neighbor. B) They had me on a couple of years ago. C) Actually, it has not jumped the shark. D) What does “Jump the shark” mean? E) Other.

•Misspeaking: A friend’s young daughter told him about a movie scene that included some scary cannibals.

It was a little confusing at first though, because what she actually said was “Canadians.”

•Annual Mardi Gras rant: If Lent means nothing to you, making a special point of getting wasted on Fat Tuesday simply trumpets your shallowness.

•Lifetime “to do” lists: Slice reader Steve Haynes has “attend the Daytona 500” on his.

•Two for Tuesday: 1. Do all teachers have a favorite “show and tell” story?

2. When someone is buying cigarettes, how often does the next person in the checkout line say, “You really ought to quit”?

Two more: 1. Wouldn’t you have more closet space if you got rid of stuff you never wear?

2. Why do people in your family wait until you’ve started brushing your teeth (with a battery-powered toothbrush) to talk to you?

•To the tune of “Winchester Cathedral”: Dwight Hume noted that “California Girls” is not the only song in which “Chewelah” works in substitute lyrics.

Chewelah Casino

You’re bringing me down

You watched me go broke and

Get run out of town.

•Yard sale marketing critique: “You would think that all the soggy, misshapen cardboard boxes that are illegible from more than five feet would lead people to work a little harder on their signs,” wrote Tony Kliment.

Maybe they’re counting on word of mouth.

•Warm-up question: How many people in the Inland Northwest are so outrageously attractive that their presence in public destabilizes social patterns for a radius of 200 feet?

•Today’s Slice question: Would comparing songs programmed on your digital music players offer clues about potential romantic compatibility?