The Slice: Now that your feet are wet, dive right in

Let’s go right to today’s question.

(For your convenience, I have provided a multiple-choice alphabet of possible answers.)

•Today’s Slice question: In your household, how do you manage snowy footwear?

A) You have to take them off on the back porch and leave them out there.

B) Nothing special. We just have people clomping around the house dripping pints of melted snow from deep-tread boots.

C) We put our snowy overshoes on this one sodden, gamy rug just inside the front door.

D) We spread out newspapers by the back door. The broadsheet S-R offers good floor-coverage, but the denser Inlander can be more absorbent.

E) Our plan used to be to spend a long time out on the porch kicking snow off our boots. But then Uncle Kyle broke his big toe doing that.

F) We have what we call a “slush room” just inside the door.

G) Denial.

H) We go straight down to the basement where we all do a head-to-toe snow-attire undressing.

I) In our house, you just get as far in as you can before someone sees you and screams.

J) We have the thermostat set so low that I’m not sure the snow on our footwear ever really melts.

K) We take turns being President Bush and everyone else throws their shoes at that person.

L) You put your shoes or boots into a plastic tub.

M) We park our snow shoes in the laundry room near the cat’s litter box.

N) We mostly just talk about needing a better system.

O) We try to avoid going outside until March.

P) We try to shake the snow off by doing a few quick rumba steps before coming back in.

Q) We have flattened cardboard boxes attractively arrayed inside each door.

R) We have what we call our “Montana” room.

S) We have a selection of slippers for family and guests alike.

T) We just figure the place is going to be a mess until spring.

U) The lady in charge of our household discourages people from coming back in.

V) Our policy is to be surprised that it snows here.

W) We put snowy shoes and boots by the fireplace.

X) There’s this one area of the living room carpet know as Chernobyl.

Y) One person yells “It’s just water,” and another one says, “Well, you’re getting it everywhere.”

Z) Other.