The Slice: The Slice: Grown-ups should be neither seen nor heard

Let’s talk about explaining cries of passion to curious children.

“Please don’t print my name,” wrote a woman who has contributed to The Slice in the past.

“We were on vacation with our three young kids and happened to have a hotel room with a separate master suite.”

After they thought the children were asleep, she and her husband did what mommies and daddies sometimes do.

Unfortunately, it didn’t go unnoticed.

“In the morning while having breakfast at a busy restaurant, our son asked if daddy was OK last night.”

Talk about awkward.

“I think we said he stubbed his toe.”

Which the kid took as his cue to do a loud impression of what his father had sounded like the night before.

Check, please.

“Just wondering: Does any locally popular pronunciation of “temperature” bug you?

“Overheard at Connie King’s home-based day care: One kid noted that those unfortunate souls without a roof to call their own are known as “harmless people.”

And a little girl named Rachel said her favorite restaurant is “The Old Crunchy Buffet.”

“Word/words that best describe someone who insists air conditioning is not necessary here: “Thermally ill.” — Anne Marie DeCaro

““My name is Talking Tina and I don’t like you”: Paulina Freeburg of Plummer, Idaho, won the Friday Contest with her inspired impression of the psycho doll in the classic “Twilight Zone” episode. The talented library director gets the reporter’s notebook.

My thanks to the other 38 readers who also entered.

“In which movie did one-time Spokane resident Dyan Cannon look her best: “Revenge of the Pink Panther,” “Deathtrap,” “Heaven Can Wait,” “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice.”

“Street Names Department: Mead’s Julie Smith lives on Vulcan Court, named after the Roman god of fire.

Naturally, that generates a fair number of “Star Trek” references. That’s OK.

But for some reason more than a few junk-mailers misspell it. “We get a lot of things addressed to Vulvan Court,” said Smith.

And Jane Kennedy shared this. “Since there were only four homes on our dead-end road in the county in 1996, we got to name it ourselves.”

So what did those families come up with? “Lois Lane.”

“Warm-up question: Pulling over and letting a tailgating motorist pass seems mature and stress-reducing. But isn’t that actually rewarding the other driver’s belligerent behavior?

“Today’s Slice question: Isn’t it a bit convenient to assume God shares your political views?