Who's on first 1
One problem with trying to use "I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it" from "Magic Bus" as a password is that it's 28 characters and that tends to be too long.
The Slice archive for April 18, 2014
FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014
A LOT of people played in this band
Check it out. http://pnwbands.com/bluecheer.html
Trying to duplicate restaurant dishes
You were dining out and had something you really enjoyed. So, after asking the waiter a few questions about its preparation, you later tried to make this dish at home. How did that turn out?
One of my all-time favorite items
I had been looking in the archives for Slice column references to Easter eggs found months and months after Easter. There were several. But the linked column below is what caught my eye. It's the first item. http://m.spokesman.com/stories/1995/may/11/the-slice-st-moms-day-sounds-great-to-this-mother/
Today's featured baseball player name
www.psacardfacts.com
The Food section back in 1941 1
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19410821&id=7dZXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T_UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7207,4434027
Answer to today's Slice question 1
"The ears," said Ro Lisk.
Easter scene from "Annie Hall"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0v2MpBbQPM
Funny, he doesn't look Middle Eastern
www.theguardian.co.uk Jeffrey Hunter in 1961's "King of Kings."
Memorable moment from "Ben-Hur"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM6lBIaRzEQ
Always look on the bright side of life 2
What was your reaction to "Monty Python's Life of Brian"? A) Never heard of it. B) Loved it. C) Didn't actually see it, but I was offended. D) Have seen it many times. E) "Oh, life's a ..." F) Other.
The time I was saved by religion 1
One day, when I was a general assignments reporter at the morning paper in Tucson, one of the assistant city editors asked me to check something out. It seems someone was targeting a home with a very specific sort of vandalism, if you could call…
How would you react?
You're in a room working on some non-computer task at a desk. Some other member of your household comes into the room for just a moment. Then, as that person leaves, he or she turns off the light. Suddenly you are in the dark. A)…
The kid didn't care for the dinner plan
Here's the Slice column from this date in 1997. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/apr/18/the-slice-oh-no-not-old-spaghetti/
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