Try not to step in it downtown 4
During carriage-rides season, it's possible to find yourself having to avoid horse droppings in the street. That's not a problem, of course. If only the metaphorical equivalent was that easy to dodge.
The Slice archive for Dec. 19, 2012
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19, 2012
Coming in Thursday's Slice column 1
Your invitation to predict the future. www.smartfellowspress.com
If you are in a bar in Chattaroy... 2
...wouldn't you have a reasonable expectation that you might get stabbed? That was the view of one newsroom colleague looking at an online news story and weighing the risk/reward factors of certain leisure decisions.
Wrong way to go about changing a tire 1
www.mardecortesbaja.com Putting one leg up in the air like that makes it harder to use the lug wrench.
A Christmas-card family letter strategy 1
A smart, funny couple I know include a highly readable "Things We Didn't Do" section.
True or false 1
As we approach the Winter Solstice, some people will no longer be constrained by gravity and you have to reach up and grab them. www.mirror.uk.com
They didn't teach this in Driver's Ed 4
Do you remember where your hands are supposed to go? www.moderntimes.com No, not "On her sweater." The correct answer is "at 10 and 2."
Write your own caption 1
www.checkthecoolwax.blogspot.com
How could you go wrong?
If it's advertised in a 1960s comic book, it has to be good -- right? And if you are going to spend a whole dollar, why, you're practically assured of top quality. www.goodcomics.comicbookresources.com "Are you wearing a Go Go Tail or is there a woodland…
Wednesday Slice question 1
If there are motion-detector lights on your property, how often do they go on between sunset and dawn?
Spokane's Golden Age
I wonder how many of these are at the bottom of area lakes. www.thebeercanguide.com I totally understand if you do not share my fascination with old beer cans.
Today's Christmas record 2
I had a boss ages ago who loved the singing of Jim Reeves. Do you share his opinion? www.xmasecard.com
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One good thing about Spokane: All the good-looking grandmothers.
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