‘Snow event’ calls for team coverage
We all know there’s a popular tendency to inflate the drama and importance of ordinary occurrences.
But one expression we could live without is “snow event.”
OK, let’s move on to the rest of today’s column event.
•Following up on Saturday’s Slice: Frank Payne said body odor issues are not new.
“Many years ago my mother-in-law, who was a school teacher, sent a very rank student home to tell his mother he could return after he had had a bath.
“The irate mother came roaring to school and said that her son smelled like his Pa and his Pa smelled like a man. She implied that my mother-in-law, who was single at the time, needed a man.
“Well, she got one who smelled pretty good and still smells good at age 98.”
That column also prompted a note from Larry Parker. “About six years ago my wife and I went to a concert at the Veterans’ Arena. The person sitting next to me smelled so bad that I went to stand in the aisle for a break from the odor. The third time I never went back to my seat. It was so bad that today when I read in the paper about an event at the Arena, I can still smell that. … Thanks for the reminder.”
Adrian Holm said the worst scenario is when a bathing-averse person tries to mask that fact with a quart of perfume or cologne.
And a reader named Marveline wrote: “Finally, someone agrees with me that people are smelly. How would you like being a little old lady barely 5 feet tall, at arm-pit level with almost everyone?”
•One way in which Spokane might be different: According to former flight attendant Janet Culbertson, we seem to have way more than our share of people who still say “stewardess.”
“That is sooooo obsolete, people.”
•When puppydom is a distant memory: Pet lover Ellen Sherriffs could relate to the Slice contributor who listed her lineup of elderly animal companions. “I do feel like I’m running a canine assisted-living facility.”
•Speaking of canines: “You asked whether any GU fans refuse to say ‘Zags’ and always use ‘Bulldogs,’ ” wrote Wayne Pomerleau, a 30-year GU employee.
He does the opposite. His reasoning? There are lots of teams named Bulldogs, but only one called the Zags.
“I sometimes imagine replacing the old canine logo with a bold, bright bolt of lightning flashing against a dark background in a zigzag pattern, evoking a sense of awe in all beholders.”
Hmmm, OK. I had suspected that the trendier “Zags” might be favored by fair-weather fans while “Bulldogs” is the nickname of choice for those who stick with the team through thick and thin. But Wayne might have turned me around on this.
•Today’s Slice question: For what disaster are you extremely well-prepared?