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The Slice: Complete this sentence
All you have to do is pick.
Nothing says Spokane like …
… sunburned faces on Monday morning.
… someone finding your wallet in a parking lot and making sure you get it back.
… ballcaps at weddings.
… siblings who seem like they are from different planets.
… a necktie that’s too short and pants that are too tight.
… parents who value spending time with their children more than climbing the ladder at work.
… conversations about the city’s potential.
… an Expo ’74 ash tray.
… multiple generations of dropouts.
… hiking boots in an office building.
… SUVs parked outside the natural foods store.
… people who aspire to retain counterculture cred even though they play golf.
… a suit that’s worn only for funerals.
… progressives and racists in the same family.
… great doctors.
… “Deliverance” haircuts.
… pickup trucks named “Rosie.”
… reveling in insanely hot weather.
… a know-it-all in-law in Seattle.
… home values that vary by $100,000 from one block to the next.
… someone whose secret talent is playing the fiddle.
… turkeys in the front yard.
… sex after gardening.
… events that require portable toilets.
… anti-Catholics who root for GU basketball.
… a restored Studebaker.
… grumbling at a boat.
… guys who own zero shirts with collars but who know a lot about classical music.
… camping gear that smells like marijuana smoke.
… patience with an elderly grocery shopper taking forever to pay.
… putting tartar sauce on everything.
… getting someone to give you a ride to the airport even though you’re going to be gone only one day.
… being friends with someone you knew in grade school.
… referring to garage sales as “garbage sales” and then spending all weekend at them.
… a debate about what business was at a certain location in 1967.
… a drawer full of vintage Bloomsday shirts each worn just once.
… an Idaho uncle who claims he saw bigfoot.
… the ability to come up with a creative name for a Hoopfest team.
… generalizations about Spokane.
OK, your turn.
Today’s Slice question: What Inland Northwest residents were at the 1963 “I have a dream” speech?
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