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The Slice archive for May 11, 2012

FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012

How to lose customers the easy way 

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Spokane Business Owner, Want to get rid of customers fast and forever? It's simple, really. Just have a van or truck prominently adorned with the name of your establishment and hire a driver who is an utter ass out on the…

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What's your favorite Van Halen song?

I've always liked "Just Like Paradise," but I think, technically, that's a Davd Lee Roth song. In any event, I don't like it $175 worth. Before turning in last night, I read a lovely and generous New York Times piece on a Beach Boys concert…

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Getting hammered by Grammar Police 

Well, maybe two phone messages and two emails doesn't quite qualify as "hammered." Seventy five percent of this particular readership subset this morning have been perfectly friendly. (Should that be "has"?) In any event, I have noticed a shift in my attitude about the Grammar…

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Fifty years ago on "The Twilight Zone"

An episode called "Young Man's Fancy" first aired on May 11, 1962. Intending to stay for just a minute, a just-married couple stop by the groom's vacant childhood home after the wedding. He discovers that he cannot leave. Some regarded this as one of the…

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It turns out not all women are mothers

Saying "Happy Mother's Day" to a woman you don't know indicates that you... A) Assume all women are mothers. B) Assume all women should be mothers. C) Are just trying to be friendly. D) Are incapable of comprehending that the values, circumstances and choices guiding…

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