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The Slice: Now close your eyes, and repeat after me …

Which of these lines would you like to say at least once?

1. “It’s highly irregular, but I’ll allow it.” 2. “This changes everything.” 3. “They aren’t going to know what hit ’em.” 4. “It’s a Christmas miracle.” 5. “Grab a hold of something. It’s going to get a little bumpy.” 6. “Dude, she likes you.”

Re: changing your hairdo (Tuesday’s Slice): “Take a chance on a style that features some personality,” wrote Christy Mills.

If, that is, you trust the person who cuts your hair.

Slice answer: Lan Hellie said that if Colville went on a job interview it would wear clothes purchased at Walmart to apply for a position at Walmart.

For some people: The closest they come to dancing is when they have their arms full of groceries or whatever and do that thing where, key in hand, they swing open the storm door and then semi-pirouette so that when it closes the door just pats them on the butt.

On drawing the line re: who gets to kiss you on the lips: Nina Rudd, who works in a dental office, said her list of qualified individuals is short and lab-tested. “Not that I’m afraid of germs or anything like that.”

Slice answer (Part 1): “Our favorite grocery cashier is, without a doubt, Judy Domini (wife of sandwich king Tom) at the 57th and Regal Albertsons,” wrote John Lodge. “You can buy groceries anywhere but you can only get ‘The Judy Treatment’ at Albertsons.”

Pam Pierson seconded the motion. “Judy Domini at Albertsons on 57th has to be the happiest person on Earth and it’s infectious. So I will wait in her line no matter how many people are in front of me and no matter how few items I have.”

Warm-up question: If you could have back all the time you spent watching “The Hollywood Squares” long ago, how many hours would we be talking about?

Today’s Slice questions: What do you say to someone who just sneezed? How about when that person sneezes a second and third time?

Write The Slice at P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210; call (509) 459-5470; email pault@spokesman.com. It’s just a rumor that friends of musician/teacher Kenyon Fields are planning an intervention to try to keep him from acquiring more drumsticks.

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