The Slice : These are apples of MY eye

Here is The Slice’s 2006 ranking of the Top 5 best-tasting apples:

1. Braeburn

2. Fuji

3. Gala

4. Pink Lady

5. Jonagold

Of course, that’s just my opinion.

What apples would make your list?

“Drinking game tied to perusing the S-R: Carol Woodward explained how it would work.

“Every time you read ‘owned by the Cowles Co., which also owns The Spokesman-Review,’ you get to throw one back or put a shot in your morning coffee.”

OK. Just don’t read and drive.

“Unreality TV: So I’m told that in a recent episode of the CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother,” one character’s New York architectural firm was hired to design a 78-story pink marble skyscraper for Spokane.

The building, it was said, would define the city’s skyline.

You could say that again. Downtown Spokane would look like it is flipping off the world.

“They could call for a butt tub or bar crab: “My sharp-eyed daughter-in-law has pointed out that we probably have the only palindromic telephone number in the Spokane phone book,” wrote Frank Schoonover.

The number is (509) 466-4905. And, of course, it’s the same number backward.

“Finish this sentence: “I was happy enough to move here but don’t remember signing up for … the need to explain to non-Spokanites why I moved here.” – Sam Capriatti

“Slice answers: Craig Baker said he doesn’t mind co-workers selling their kids’ fundraiser stuff as much as he objects to encountering similar shakedowns in front of stores.

Jay Dudley said nobody could have more Coldwater Creek apparel than his wife, Deanna. “I knew it was bad when one day I went in the store with her and they all knew her by her first name,” he wrote.

And Diana Ramsdale, a recent transplant from New Jersey, said Spokane’s new Indian name should be “Broken Trail,” in recognition of streets such as Perry and Rebecca that are interrupted.

“Minor eeriness: Scott Nichols was headed to Seattle on I-90 when Deep Purple’s “Woman from Tokyo” came on the radio just as he was passing the sign for the Tokio weigh station.

“North Idaho’s Carol Nelson wonders if this is strictly a guy thing: Stopping on an even dollar amount when filling the gas tank even when paying with a card.

“Today’s Slice question: How many of your favorite moviegoing memories are set in Spokane theaters that no longer exist?

I still remember an understandably baffled older couple right in front of me getting up and walking out of “The Big Lebowski” at the North Division somethingplex.