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The Slice: Probably safer to stick with nutmeg
He has discovered them in so many outdoor foods and beverages – ribbon fries, apple cider, you name it – that Owen Fullmer thinks yellow jackets should be declared an official Northwest spice.
Let’s move on.
Blue and Gray: I heard from quite a few folks who have visited dozens of Civil War sites. Yes, dozens.
I don’t have enough space to run lists. But if you ever wonder if we have many Civil War buffs in our midst even though we live far from the battlefields, the answer is yes.
Kellogg’s Phil Ruff has been to Gettysburg three times.
Slice readers select their own organized crime nicknames: “Since I am a singer, I would have to be called The Soprano,” said Ann Fennessy.
Thumbs-down on garden slugs: “What purpose do they serve in the scheme of life?” wondered Andrea Parenti.
“I do not believe they have any redeeming social value,” wrote Maggie Fritz.
Sunday’s reader challenge: Several readers suggested that the “Goodbye, Columbus” lyric could be localized like so: Hello life, goodbye Athol.
But Dale Anderson and Bill Mahaney had another idea.
Hello life, goodbye Kahlotus.
Slice answers: Readers told about coming out ahead at the Playfair horse track thanks to a variety of unorthodox betting strategies, some of which I believe.
In the matter of people in your personal life having issues with your employer, the U.S. Postal Service’s Sheryl Matthews said she has friends who “complain constantly” about receiving junk mail.
Monday’s attack ads for everyday life inspired one reader to go negative on herself: “Jeannie DeLuna lied. She said she was going to exercise and diet. She’s put on five pounds since that statement. We can’t trust her.”
Today’s Slice question: Is informing a bicyclist riding on a downtown Spokane sidewalk about the ordinance prohibiting same this area’s No. 1 surest way of prompting a stranger to encourage you to engage in intimate social congress with yourself?