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The Slice: Baggage claim and intimate apparel
Barbara Greer was waiting for her luggage at the airport when she saw something unexpected on the conveyor belt.
“All of a sudden there is a pair of black lace panties for all to see. Someone forgot to zip their bag.”
Maybe that’s not all she forgot. But then, we don’t really know the rest of the story.
“All of the men waiting had big smiles on their faces.”
Happy New Year, thought Barbara.
Slice answer: “Regarding Monday’s Slice question about how one eats a hamburger, I am hoping that aside from ‘gender differences’ another category called the ‘Miss Priss’ might be considered,” wrote Nadine Joubert. “You see, I take the top bun off, cast it to the side of the plate and eat the rest of the hamburger with a knife and fork.”
Maybe that has fast-food marketing potential.
“May I take your order?”
“Yes, we would like one Double GutBomb burger and one Miss Priss.”
Close but not close enough: “Yesterday my daughter called from California to ask me to send a photo of her when she was young,” wrote Loris Michael on Thursday. “Apparently they were having a function and she was asked to bring a picture. I was in a hurry to get to a meeting, pulled a box of photos, snapped a shot with my phone and sent it off.”
Simple enough, right? Not really.
“I got a quick response telling me that was her sister. Whoops! I am not going to be named Mother of the Year.”
Don’t worry about it, Loris. It was your job to raise ’em, not memorize their faces.
Measuring the decades: The Slice’s mention of how basement tidying/organizing can be stalled out by reminiscing prompted a note from Kenny Hall.
“There are always two items that take you back while cleaning, yardsticks and hangers. I still have some from long defunct cleaners and hardware stores.”
Don’t we all? You know, I don’t believe I would trust anyone above the age of 40 who didn’t have at least one yardstick from a store that closed long ago.
Today’s Slice question: Ever gotten some good news and thought “Oh, I’ve got to call my mother” only to instantly remember that she is gone?
Write The Slice at P. O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210; call (509) 459-5470; call (509) 459-5470; email pault@spokesman.com. Lots of readers knew that those reader-challenge names listed in Thursday’s Slice were all characters Elvis Presley played in movies.