Who was or wasn't in "Benny & Joon"
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The Slice archive for May 30, 2013
THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013
Comics page challenge
In today's comics, see if you can find guys in two different strips wearing virtually identical shirts. Then, once you have identified them, come up with a theory explaining it. Coincidence? I think not. The person or computer program at the syndicate who inks the…
If this was a Spokane tourism ad
What would the text say? www.bigdamngeeks.com
Does anyone read this in 2013?
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Talking the talk
There are plenty of older workers who are talkative at the office. Some of them never seem to shut up. And some young people hardly say a word. But it has struck me over the years that the general trend is for younger employees to…
Doin' it all for Jan Brady
The Slice has been inviting readers to play this game for many years. How do you do it? It's simple. Just think of songs that include the phrase "my baby" and replace those words with "Jan Brady." You know, "Jan Brady does the hanky panky."…
What would you pay to not have to see...
...a Bon Jovi concert? I'll open the bidding at $100. And, if pressed, I might be willing to pay more.
If Beatrix Potter had lived in Spokane
Would there have been whispers behind her back about her being childless? www.gutenberg.org
Nether regions
An early-rising reader noted the Slice column item today in which a local woman said she always took pride in the reference to "northern girls" in this song. My correspondent, who grew up in the South and is quite familiar with this Beach Boys classic,…
Would anyone get the reference?
If you said, "She's a drag...a well known drag," would those in your circle recognize the origin of that line?
You know what she'll do if she wants to
Ladies and gentlemen, the No. 1 song 50 years ago on this date. www.45cat.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PXIui8sa2U
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