The Slice: ‘Near Perfect’ depends on view

Sylvia Passé was visiting family in Australia recently when she saw a billboard that reminded her of Spokane.

It was an advertisement for a housing development outside Perth, and it said “Near the city, near perfect.”

“I had to do a double-take,” said Passé.

So it seems this “near perfect” jazz is all a matter of perspective.

“Slice answer reload: “Shortly after moving to Colville, my husband remarked that this town is probably better armed than some small countries in Europe,” wrote Kim Frlan.

“Match the fictional newspaper editor with his publication: A) A. W. Merrick. B) Perry White. C) J. Jonah Jameson. D) Dutton Peabody. E) Lou Grant. F) Tom Bradford.

1) Shinbone Star. 2) Daily Bugle. 3) Daily Planet. 4) Deadwood Pioneer. 5) Los Angeles Tribune. 6) Sacramento Register.

Find the answers just above today’s Slice question.

“Just wondering: What food that you hated as a kid do you now love? If you agree that destiny cannot be controlled, does it bug you when a sportscaster says a team “controls its destiny”?

“Great moments in kids blabbing about life on the home front: Lakeside High School teacher Mary McAdam shared a story.

A first-grade girl in the Nine Mile Falls School District reported that her mom apparently got tired of her dad coming home and sitting in front of the TV, watching sports for hours. So the mom in question partially undressed. Then she smeared peanut butter on her bare chest. After that, she added a few chocolate chips.

Then the cookie-flavored mom said something about seeing if her husband might pay attention to her for a change.

The little girl didn’t have many details after that. But, according to McAdam, at least the story went on to get a lot of attention.

“Accept no substitutes: The theme of combat veterans trying to readjust to civilian life has once again started showing up in movies. That makes sense. But the bar was set way up high on that one, back in 1946.

“The Best Years of Our Lives” is on TCM tonight at 9.

“From Sunday: Vintage car buff Vince Eberly estimated that there are easily more than 100 drivable Studebakers in the Spokane area. (He is president of the local Studebaker club.)

And Marty Jones and others noted that, in Washington, there already is a “litter cleanup tax” — RCW 70.93. One can debate its effectiveness, but I should have acknowledged it.

“Match game answers: A and 4, B and 3, C and 2, D and 1, E and 5, F and 6.

“Today’s Slice question: Do little kids shooting baskets or playing other sports by themselves still make those “crowd goes wild” sounds?