The Slice: Talk about brownie points

Tired of the conversation?

Try changing the subject to one of these topics.

1. Marijuana brownies. 2. Selling plasma. 3. Cats that hate you. 4. “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh.” 5. Your plan to make KXLY No. 1. 6. Biggest news stories when you were in third grade. 7. Jess Walter’s latest.

Just wondering: Are there corporations you would not have allowed to sponsor your Hoopfest team because you do not approve of the way they do business?

Describe your flossing style: A) Quick and dirty sawing. B) A careful, deft caressing of each side of every tooth. C) Flossing? D) I skip that and go straight to getting fillings. E) Other.

Slice answer: “When I would pack for my family road-trip vacations with my mom and three aunts, I would carefully choose just the right mix of my favorite comics,” wrote Kathryn Cooney. “ ‘Archie’ was always on the top of the stack and ‘Batman’ cleverly sandwiched in the middle. The adults guiding my reading choices would never have given ‘Batman’ their stamp of approval because of the violence.”

Up a creek: A friend emailed me a picture of him standing by a sign in South Dakota for “Spokane Creek Cabins & Campground.”

That place name has been noted in The Slice before. There’s also a Spokane Creek in Alaska.

But this time I found myself wondering how the teen angst TV series “Dawson’s Creek” might have been different if it had been called “Spokane’s Creek.”

Or how the classic Ambrose Bierce story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” would be different if rewritten and called “An Occurrence at Spokane Creek Bridge.”

Or what if The Band’s memorable song “Up on Cripple Creek” had been conceived as “Up on Spokane Creek.”

Your speculation might win you a coveted reporter’s notebook.

This date in Slice history (1997): A reader overheard someone say this at Costco and found herself thinking that it’s really summer: “Do we have enough life jackets?”

Warm-up question: What is the Inland Northwest’s most-regretted tattoo theme or location on the body?

Today’s Slice question: What intended-for-humans food did your dog eat without bothering to first obtain written permission?