What team's jacket is Bing wearing?
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The Slice archive for Oct. 10, 2012
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10, 2012
Coming in Thursday's Slice column
One of my all-time favorite kidspeak malaprops that became a family phrase.
Beer: The secret to getting out of raking
At least that's what this 1948 ad seems to suggest. All you need is some neighbors coming home with groceries. "Greetings, fellow hat wearer. I've never tasted mass produced lager before. May I come in your house and drink beer while your attractive young wife…
Let's have a bet
I'll wager that once it finally does rain, there will be people in our midst who will complain.
Re: Those Brooke Cloninger magnets
You know, the ads stuck on the phone books. Much has been said. But here's my question. What do other Spokane dentists think of this approach?
The sound of recycling
For city of Spokane residents accustomed to putting their trash and recycling out early on the morning of garbage day, the new blue barrels represent change. Where the old bins could be carried to the curb in silence at 5 a.m., the new rolling barrels…
The Wednesday Slice question
Politics, religion, income and leisure preferences can make one family seem unlike another. But the thing that really makes life look different in various households is shoes policy. In some homes, the rule is everyone takes their shoes off the moment they step inside. Stocking…
No. 1 song on this date in 1976
You might say the relevance of the Top 40 was in question by this time. www.45cat.com
This date in Slice history (1997)
Warm-up question: How do you feel about your spouse or significant other reaching across and honking at bad drivers while you are at the wheel?
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