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The Slice archive for Nov. 11, 2013

MONDAY, NOV. 11, 2013

Too early for Christmas music?

At least one Spokane radio station has already switched over to a seasonal holiday-music format. Thoughts? A) Good God. B) Nobody is forced to listen. C) Do we really want to be weary of it before Thanksgiving? D) All I want for Christmas is to…

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"You're gonna go blind in there"

If the same person cuts your hair every time and you have a decent rapport with that individual, ask him or her the following question. What theories have you heard from parents to explain their teenage son already showing signs of losing his hair?

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Roll out the barrel

So I'm at home looking out the window, watching a young dad and his preschool son in their yard. The dad is raking and the little boy is running around. At some point I see the dad put his hands under the boy's arms and…

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Try to find the 1.5 mistakes I made here

I'll give you a hint. One has to do with the spelling of a governor's name. The other (the .5) involves the name of a school not being the exact name it went by when the celebrated Washingtonian in question attended. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/nov/11/state-your-case/

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Two key questions

1. Are you concerned that hardly anyone says "I'd wrap 'em in cellophant" these days? 2. You know how, on cooking shows and in dramas featuring high-end restaurants, kitchen workers say "Yes, chef" and "Right away, chef"? Sure. Well, would an equivalent verbal construction make…

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