The Slice: No offense to ol’ GW, but …

For residents of a state named after one great president, it might be impolitic to admit.

But here on Lincoln’s Birthday Eve, it has to be said that some Washingtonians consider the 16th president to be No. 1.

Car dings: Diane Folland suspects some people no longer fret about these little dents because repairing them would simply cost too much.

Early returns: Responding readers were sharply divided about whether The Slice should continue running “Family Phrases” items.

I am taking it under advisement, as they say.

Do the numbers: “My niece informed me that this year she will be 10,” wrote Marceen Zappone of Spokane. “That wasn’t much of a news item since I knew she was already 9.

“Then she pointed out that it’s 2010. And her birthday is on the 10th and it’s in October. So she’s 10 on 10/10/2010.”

That’s a lot of tens.

“So I was thinking it would be fun to find out how many kids out there fit into this same ‘club’ – The Four Teners Club.”

Here are half a dozen warm-up questions from The Slice printed on the day those boys and girls were born: Who has the car that fits into the garage by the narrowest of margins? How many chairs in your home are off-limits when it comes to actual sitting? At what Spokane area eating/drinking establishment should they name a booth after you? What local person of seemingly average strength has the worst record when it comes to being able to unscrew jar lids? How did pregnancy change your hair? What local school has a lineup of teachers who most resemble Hollywood’s idea of a school faculty?

Today’s Slice question: Do you sometimes react to personal recommendations re: movies, books, magazine articles and Web sites by thinking “This person really doesn’t know me at all”?