The Slice: Never miss a story, or a chance to be condescending

Today I’m providing my readers with 360 Team Coverage.

OK, not really. It’s only me. I just wanted to say that.

But have you ever noticed how certain Spokane TV news anchors always seem to be addressing a class of exceedingly slow students?

Let’s move on.

•Just wondering: What is your favorite Ridpath memory? OK, what’s your favorite printable Ridpath memory?

•Let’s look to the future: Several readers got mad after I jokingly suggested that bearded motorcycle riders seen around town recently were early arrivals for the big 2012 square dance convention.

People, people, people. Can’t you see how this is going to go?

C’mon, work with me.

I’ll keep poking fun at square dancing. Certain readers will continue to misread my grand humor stylings and be offended. Then, just before the convention, I’ll accept someone’s invitation to take a square-dancing lesson. And then I will subsequently declare the activity to be fun and invigorating.

I mean, is there any other course this could possibly take?

•Speaking of big Spokane shebangs: A reader who doesn’t want me to print her name critiqued the graphics for the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships (they appeared in Tuesday’s S-R, on page B3).

“Note that one says MENS, not MEN,” she wrote. “Since men is already plural, presumably the intent is MEN’S. But that would require LADIES to be LADIES’. And I don’t even want to know why it’s LADIES rather than WOMEN. GENTLEMEN must have been too long to fit (or maybe these ‘MENS’ are not very nice?).”

She said she tried to reach someone involved with the event, but had no success.

“I was just hoping you might be able to contact these people (peoples?) and suggest a little revision before they print a million of these.”

•Inflation inflation: Don Hanlon’s wife, Kathy, filled her car with gas. It came to $71.00.

The pump spat out a receipt, then another — a duplicate.

Kathy mentioned this to the store attendant. He said it was nothing to worry about.

As she works in a bank and is well aware of what can happen with debit card malfunctions, Kathy knew better.

So when her statement arrived, she immediately checked to see what she had been charged for that one fill-up.

It was $4,200. Apparently the pump dinged her about 60 times.

She quickly set about getting that corrected.

But you know, there’s some good news in all this. At least gas isn’t really that expensive. Yet.

•Today’s Slice question: How many people who typically keep up with the news have spent zero time following the Duncan court proceedings?