The Slice Readers Suggest Hugs For Farmers And ‘Spokane’ Bikes

OK, we’re going to move pretty fast. Try to keep up.

Janet C. Lehrman of Post Falls started screening calls after a belligerent telemarketer accused HER of being rude for trying to cut off a sales pitch.

Moscow’s Maureen Olsen reported this is National Agriculture Week, adding “Hug a farmer!”

Republic’s Randi Welsh said a “Spokane” would be an expensive bicycle. Wenatchee’s Brad Wollborg said it would be a walking stick.

Liberty Lake’s Heidi Muat pointed out that, in the context, our recent use of “median” was meaningless.

Beverly Gibb wants to know how many Linfield College graduates there are around here.

Sally Murray wants readers to help her name her female hedgehog.

Timothy McKenna recalled how, in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, a kidloving old gentleman named George Libby turned his South Hill back lot into a skating rink. And snapshots taken this January in the Porter family’s backyard - not far from where Mr. Libby lived - prove that the tradition hasn’t died.

Chattaroy’s Nancy and Chris Phillips pointed out that babies routinely put dirtier things than dropped pacifiers in their mouths. (Their 10-month-old recently noshed on a dead beetle, for instance.)

Barbara Clark told about trying to do a painting outdoors while a magpie perched on the back of her chair and critiqued her work.

Spokane’s Sherri Hyams and Coeur d’Alene’s Dorothy Reed said dishwasher magnets don’t work.

Geraldine Todd of Troy, Mont., wanted her family added to the list of those eating dinner at the same time (5:15) each night with the TV off.

Not afraid of being labeled a “Girlie-Man,” Tadashi Osborne wrote: “I was wondering how many Inland Northwest males would fess up to crying at the movies.” (He submitted an eclectic list of films that never fail to make him blubber.) Judy Layton’s 4-year-old grandson, Ryan, stepped on the scale and announced that he was going to see how many inches tall he was.

Jeff House’s favorite sign reads “Be Prepaired to Stop,” near Keller, Wash. And Newman Lake’s Craig Casey hopes that, next St. Patrick’s Day, fewer Spokane area residents will try to do an Irish accent.

Today’s Slice question: Who remembers when the young men building Grand Coulee Dam came to Spokane for a good time?

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