Cup of coffee, toast just doesn’t cut it
Slice reader Bob Neubauer, who fondly recalls his time in Denmark, thinks the American version of a “continental” breakfast is a sad joke.
He’d like to see places offering “the breakfast equivalents of Twinkies” banned from using the term.
•Slice feedback: “I deal with the mispronunciation issue all the time working with travel writers from outside the region,” wrote Pam Scott, communications manager for the Spokane Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau. “I just worked on a fact-check with a big lifestyle magazine out of Seattle and their intern did not know how to pronounce Spokane. I expect it from back East, but Seattle?
“It became progressively worse as we came to Man-EAT-oh Park. I never want to offend writers. They think they already know everything. Instead, I try to use the correct pronunciation when I refer back to the place. For instance, ‘Yes, Man-ah-TOE is located on the South Hill.’ “
•Speaking of spreading the word about Spokane: Linda Harris, who sells stuff on e-Bay, sends things all over the world. She wraps many of these items in newspaper pages.
When Harris receives similarly packaged items from afar, she enjoys perusing the newspapers from distant places. She assumes at least some on the receiving end of her mailings do likewise.
“I am wondering what people far away think when they read your column and some of the other things in our paper,” she wrote.
Well, Linda, they might think, “Hey, here’s a columnist who figured out how to get other people to fill his space for him.”
•Just wondering: How many former members of the Spokane City Council who now live in other states can you name?
•I’ve been asked: So here’s my answer.
No, The Slice is not going to have another snowman contest before summer.
•This could send the wrong signal: A woman I know intended to hand a guy her business card. But the one she first pulled out of her purse was her Victoria’s Secret Bra and Panty Club card.
•Warm-up question (for those who run small businesses): What was the last straw that made you decide to no longer accept checks?
•Today’s Slice question: You might know that Eastern Washington University is in the midst of a public relations campaign featuring various uplifting conclusions to the statement “One day, I’ll …”
Sentence completions on the university’s Web site include hopeful expressions such as “… make the discovery” and “… run the place.”
One Slice reader suggested, “One day, I’ll pay off my student loans.”
But how would you finish that sentence?