The Slice: Today at 4: Our dysfunctional trailer park

It’s not really true that everyone in Spokane has been on “Judge Judy.”

I think the actual figure is closer to 50 percent.

In lieu of handshakes: We could do that thing Curly of the Three Stooges did when he placed a rigid hand up next to his head and made that rapid flapping motion. Sound effects would be optional.

Saying the right thing: An extended family group was at a South Hill veterinary clinic. A beloved short-haired retriever was going to be put down, and everyone felt the way you would expect in that moment.

“I wonder if dogs go to heaven,” said Jean Hamacher, softly thinking out loud.

The vet had an answer. She said, “It wouldn’t be heaven if they weren’t there.”

Slice answers: “Here in Spokane Valley, the home of Mirabeau Point, Mirabeau Park, Mirabeau Falls and the Mirabeau Park Hotel, I think we’ve heard just about every way to pronounce Mirabeau,” wrote Carolbelle Branch, public information officer for the city of Spokane Valley.

Her phonetic advice is MEER Ah Boh.

And several readers suggested that Visigoths would be a fine name for some area school’s sports teams.

Just so you’ll know: I’m really the wrong guy to complain to if you don’t want that free midweek shopper tossed in your yard. I’ve heard it all before.

As a kid, I did a short stint delivering just such a publication door-to-door. And homeowners used to yell at me.

“Don’t leave that here!”

Remember when adults yelled at random kids?

Anyway, that was the ’60s. So my parents didn’t realize they were supposed to call the police or file lawsuits to protect my fragile self-esteem.

Today’s Slice question: How many times a day are you asked, “Is anything wrong?”