The Slice: It all depends on your perspective

Editor’s note: Paul Turner is taking some time off. In his absence, we’re diving into the archives here at Slice Central. Today, we revisit Aug. 4, 2001.

Brace yourself.

The Spokane Valley’s Sandy Rice reports that her daughter in Whitefish, Montana, refers to the Lilac City as “Spokangeles.”

Slice answer: “Years ago a pastor friend came by for a visit and when he left I saw that our fridge letters had been rearranged to say, ‘Try our corned bleen,’ ” wrote Terry Rayburn Mitchell.

“I don’t know why, but it still makes me laugh.”

Probably not like that: Cindy Finke had to wonder when she saw a car adorned with a “How Would Jesus Drive?” sticker abruptly pull into traffic as its occupants tossed cigarette butts out the windows.

Dumb Dad story: Bob Ward turned on the backyard sprinklers near the house even though a big basement window had been temporarily removed to promote ventilation in a freshly painted room.

Jody in Sandpoint writes: “Re: earthquakes. News shows keep asking if Spokane is prepared. One partial solution comes to mind. Assign one of Spokane’s underpasses and/or bridges to each trucking company. As soon as the quake hits, send a truck to wedge itself under the bridge. That will ensure that the bridge/underpass will stay in place. After all, the truckers have had a lot of practice.”

Just wondering: How many people, addled by years of “Andy Griffith” reruns, see the “Gober” sign on East Trent and think it says “Goober’s.”

This and that: Spokane’s Rob Clevenger said Spokane could be thought of as “The Planet of Road Rage Infected, Burned Out Headlight, Red Light Runners.”

Coeur d’Alene’s Jim C. West wrote, “People around here are most likely to be pretentious about the ‘far superior’ education they received in California.”

In Chewelah, Wendy Rowe’s 5-year-old daughter refers to breast-feeding as “milking the baby.”

And Colville’s Larrie Waterman said the movie title that best sums up her love life is “Lost in Space.”

Today’s Slice question (fill in the blank): “In our household, this season will be remembered as The Summer of (_____).”

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