The Slice Another For ‘The Least Of Your Worries’ Category
A reader who got one of those Publishers Clearing House “Location Approval for a Live TV Announcement” mailings is worried she’ll miss out on riches because they might not find the “COEUR DALNE” address on the envelope.
Secrets in the drawers: Wendy Cowden had a Beavis and Butt-head voice box hidden in her desk at work. It played sounds of the MTV cartoon boys making off-color remarks.
One day, she decided to reveal its presence to a couple of co-workers. And they reported that they had gone through her desk long before and already knew it was there.
Running gag on a sitcom called “South Hill”: “People avidly reading The Spokesman-Review.” - Victor Harris
The point of T-ball: “Training mothers in the art of taking and cheering her precious ones for the next 12 years to become big leaguers,” wrote Dorothy Knechtel.
“Baby steps,” wrote Vicci Trueman. “Compare it to reading. What’s the point of learning the alphabet?”
“For kids to have fun and to be kids,” said another reader.
“Self-esteem” and “good sportsmanship” also got mentioned.
OK, fine. We’re not convinced it all needs to be quite so organized at that age. But we’ve been wrong before. It happened back in 1989, if memory serves. We said Robert Fulghum’s books were the leading cause of suicide in the Northwest. That turned out to be untrue.
Jim Allen’s list of the best local small-town cemeteries: Steptoe, Colton and Almira.
Jes Fagerness wonders: In “Independence Day,” what OTHER cities - in addition to New York, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. - would moviegoers have enjoyed seeing get blown away?
What’s wrong with this picture: A colleague saw a bus adorned with one of those new traffic-safety billboards blow through a red light.
Olympics-watching tip: If you feel the urge to try a Southern accent, resist it. Please. There are 147 people in the Spokane area who can do that well. And you aren’t one of them.
Warm-up question: Who holds the local record for wearing T-shirts to work the most days in a row?
Today’s Slice question: What’s the all-time best summer pop song?
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