The Slice: Oh, it’s that separation of rabbits and state thing

Editor’s note: Paul Turner has suited up and joined the S-R team covering the Final Four in Arizona. In his absence, the Today section is recycling a few Slice classics. Today, the column that ran on April 2, 1999:

A reader questioned someone at a local federal office about the appropriateness of Easter posters being displayed there.

And the federal employee did not immediately grasp the concept that Easter is a religious occasion.

Show your work: Which group had the highest grade-point average?

a. Bloomies.

b. HoopFesters.

c. Pig Out In The Parkers.

d. Guys wearing Speedos on North Idaho beaches.

Spokane looked fine: We finally saw “Benny & Joon.” And we found that if you switched channels during many of Johnny Depp’s scenes and muted much of the rest of the movie, it was pretty watchable.

“Wake Up and Regret It”: That’s a slogan a Swell Paper colleague came up with after attending a recent bachelor party.

Silver medals: Deborah Wittwer is another whose 25th wedding anniversary coincides with the 25th anniversary of the start of Expo ‘74 - May 4. She thinks there ought to be a party for all the couples who tied the knot in Spokane that day.

In the matter of what nurses are actually thinking when drawing blood: They’re probably thinking “Where the hell is the lab tech?” said Larry Digby, lab manager at the Benewah Medical Center in Plummer, Idaho. “We’re the ones usually drawing blood.”

We have Chester from Deer Park on Line 2: If you hosted your own radio call-in show, what would you want your theme music to be?

(Our pick: “Love Shack.”)

Just wondering: How many guys who annually watch “Field of Dreams” wish their relationships with their fathers could be healed with a magical game of catch?

Spokane’s most popular guilt trip: “Trying to eat more than your money’s worth at an all-you-can-eat restaurant.” - Mary R. McDonnell

Hmmm. We always thought that had more to do with competitive frugality than with guilt.

Today’s Slice question: What two local people have been doing business over the phone for the longest time without ever meeting?

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