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The Slice archive for May 24, 2013

FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2013



"Hi, Bob"

Reader challenge: Invent a drinking game to be played while reading The Spokesman-Review or perusing www.spokesman.com. The beverages in question need not be alcoholic. I'll get us started. Every time The Slice uses "Let's move on," take a sip. Every time The Slice poses a…

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This date in Slice history (1997)

Let's try to think of this in terms of baseball. Think of Memorial Day as first base. Now think of summer as second base. The question becomes this: How much of a lead-off can you take without getting picked off by back-to-work/school reality?

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Why no one says "up South"

1. Because of the orientation of traditional maps, we're used to thinking of "up" as north. 2. How would this sound? (To the tune of "North to Alaska.") "South, to the South Hill "Goin' South, the rush is on "Waaaay up South..."

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