The Slice: Can you have too much of a good thing?

Here’s something to ponder on this spring Monday.

Is it possible to overdo it with the amount of onion you include when preparing a meatloaf?

To me, the answer is quite obvious. No.

But I realize not everyone agrees with me about this.

Read before you send: “I had arranged to meet my wife at the school where she was working to take her to lunch one day,” wrote Jerry Hilton. “Before lunch she sent me a text in an attempt to cancel our lunch date because of a bomb threat at the school. She hastily texted me that ‘the school was being vacuumed due to a mom threat.’

“It reminded me of another time when my son came home from school one day and found his mother on her knees in the kitchen cleaning the oven. He asked his mom, ‘Is grandma coming?’”

Other cities that have a “Riverfront Park” include: Daytona Beach, Fla.; Glastonbury, Conn.; Pittsburgh; Pottstown, Pa.; Fitchburg, Mass.; Albany, Ga; Niles, Mich.; Mankato, Minn.; Nashville; and, well, the list goes on and on.

Slice answers: In the matter of movies you have seen so often you could act them out, Jennifer Miller mentioned “The Green Mile.”

Also on her list would be “Pulp Fiction” and “The Princess Bride.”

Inconceivable.

“Never get tired of these three,” she wrote. “Never!”

Rick Straub’s answer is “Easy Rider.”

And, just for the record, acting out that one would involve more than simply affixing “man” to every other sentence.

Speaking of saying “man”: Do you know anyone who gently makes fun of your generation by dropping that word into conversations about arguably absurd counterculture tendencies?

Number of times The Slice has referred to the Beach Boys album “Pet Sounds” over the years: 4.

The Slice had asked who is most wedded to his or her routine: Francie Radecki put forward a nominee.

“My husband, Bernie, has had a Friday evening routine since 2001. And, yes, to dare to suggest a deviation would be seriously unconscionable.”

It involves a variation on a shrimp dish they first enjoyed in Spain that year, a CD purchased in Madrid and chardonnay. “To even suggest a variation of this routine causes glances of consternation and frustration from my beloved.”

Francie invited me to join them some Friday evening. I’d be tempted, but I’m pretty sure my presence would constitute messing with the routine.

Today’s Slice question: What was the worst job you ever had?

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