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The Slice: Jump through a few hoops and GU tickets are yours
Why do you deserve two tickets to the final GU men’s basketball home game on Feb. 27?
Those who can make their case in 25 words or less have a shot at winning.
The entry deadline is noon on Monday. Be sure to include a daytime phone number.
Inland Northwest euphemisms: 1) “Watch out for that woman on the bike, she’s about to share the road.” 2) “That guy’s a total member of the Idaho Legislature.”
Just wondering: What should Lincoln County residents do today to note Abraham Lincoln’s birthday?
Proposed game piece for a localized version of Monopoly (to replace the thimble or the iron, et cetera): “The snow berm,” said Barbara Graham.
Slice answers: “I have so much food in the pocket of one of my shirts, I have to keep it in the refrigerator,” wrote Lawrence Killingsworth.
J. Lee Frank noted that most women’s tops don’t have pockets. “Does décolleté count?” she wrote. “I can’t be the only one who, as a proper lady, endures this problem.”
She’s not. Lois Farnsworth-Whysong put it this way. “My problem isn’t crumbs in pockets, it’s cleavage.”
Elevate the level of grousing at local workplaces: Steal the following lines, uttered in a scene from the great 1999 movie about Gilbert and Sullivan, “Topsy-Turvy.”
“One should be rewarded on one’s merits, not on one’s ability to ingratiate oneself with the management. Particularly when the management have difficulty in locating the relative whereabouts of the ass and the elbow.”
Warm-up question: How many baseball players can you name who did a stint with the Spokane Indians before or after appearing in the majors? (Readers of The Slice Blog should have a head start, as I posted many baseball cards featuring such individuals last year.)
Today’s Slice question: Are there no affluent cat hoarders or do we simply not hear about them? You know, because they fly under the radar due to the fact that they have enough room and resources to house a passel of felines in slightly less horrific circumstances than we typically hear about.