The Slice: Want to be a real ZAG? Get a license

It turns out the true heart of ZAG country is just a bit west of Spokane.

If you want a Washington automobile license plate that ends in those three letters, Davenport is the place to go.

According to a Department of Licensing spokeswoman in Olympia, Lincoln County’s is the only licensing/auditor’s office in the state that has regular tags ending in ZAG.

Remember, these are not vanity plates. They just happen to include three numbers and then the unmistakable GU allusion.

You need not be a Lincoln County resident to get one. For information, call (509) 725-8227. Ask for Justina Costigan.

How to be a nonconformist: Wear a modest swimsuit.

Things Parents Said Department: “For a few summers in a row my siblings and I were promised a trip to Disneyland at the end of the summer,” wrote Jaclyn Brown of Spokane. “But money was tight and my dad was especially cheap about running the AC. If a door to the outside of the house or a window was open for a second longer than absolutely necessary, he would yell ‘Disneyland is going out the window!’

“It actually got to the point that he would pretend he was seeing Disneyland disappear in front of us, which was both confusing and weird for us younger kids.”

The family finally made it to the so-called happiest place on Earth.

But Brown’s outspoken little brother told a guy working at Space Mountain that it had been a close call.

“Disneyland went out the window a couple of times,” said the boy. “But I’m really glad it came back.”

News from North Idaho: “You know you’re a second-grade teacher when the kid reading to you is blowing a snot bubble out of his nose,” wrote Carol Nelson at Atlas Elementary.

Today’s Slice question: The other day, I misdialed and called a wrong number. But the nice guy who answered recognized my name. It turned out that I had once used something from him as a column item.

So what was one of your own wrong-number happy endings?