The Slice: In the office, they might call you a ding dong

The Slice asked how readers get off the phone with someone who will not stop talking.

Eric Rieckers had an answer.

“I quietly open the front door, ring the doorbell, and say ‘Oh, it looks like I have (fill in the blank) at the door. Talk to you later.’ Experience has taught me you can’t pull this trick on the same person too many times, though.”

And pulling that off at the office could be a challenge.

On the street where you live: “On our trek through suburbia Spokane, our family always referred to each address by the street name followed by ‘house,’ ” wrote Rich Kapelke. “The Baldwin House was probably the least inspiring. Currently, the Madison House sounds more presidential. The one in between, however, was the most fun – we lived in the Glass House.”

So I guess we know what they learned not to do.

The most important sports event in modern American history: “Jackie Robinson breaking the major league color barrier,” wrote Jacques Lemieux. “End of discussion. Let the argument begin on No. 2.”

A local sports nickname that would salute Spokane’s status as a regional medical center: You might know that West Virginia University’s teams are called the Mountaineers. Well, Barry Smith thinks Mount Spokane High School could adopt a variation on that.

His idea? The teams could be known as Mountaineer, Nose and Throat.

Slice answer (Ever been kissed in a grain field?): “Absolutely!” wrote Cheri Deters of Coeur d’Alene. “My husband was a wheat farmer in Kansas. Couldn’t get married until after harvest. That was 37 years ago.”

Warm-up questions: What might your pattern of favoriting Twitter tweets reveal about your fantasies? Did you think about how your phone’s ringtone might sound to others in a public restroom? Do people who go by fake names all day ever momentarily forget their real names?

Today’s Slice question: Where would you rank the desire to be left alone on your hierarchy of needs?