The Slice: He might have said Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Chris Brown was doing some home remodeling when he uncovered 104 previously boarded-up whiskey bottles.

Empties. Pints mostly.

“I just wonder what the recycling person thought of me when they came to collect.”

What would you have thought? I’ll send a 1996 Spokane Indians pocket schedule to the reader submitting the best answer.

And Linda Shupe shared this.

“Our house was built in 1938. Over the 40 years we have lived in it we have found four whiskey bottles in different walls. It is a well-built house but upon close inspection there isn’t a single wall that is plumb.”

Re: The reference to “Bewitched” in Monday’s Slice: “I don’t know about Larry Tate, but I’m pretty sure the single lady across the court calls us ‘The Kravitzes,’” wrote Alice Spray.

Well, Alice, somebody’s got to keep an eye on the neighborhood. Might as well be you and Abner … er, Ed.

Clip-on neckties – yes or no: “Mark Few and I decline to be defined by ties of any fashion and are free to make more serious choices,” wrote Rusty Nelson.

Fritz Stout said clip-on ties are another reminder that we’ve become too lazy and/or don’t really see the need for such formality.

Peter Lucht is in the latter camp.

Rich Young wrote, “I submit to you the existence of a third type of person – ‘Ties?’ ”

Lan Hellie noted clip-ons had safety implications back when guys operating machines dressed like somebody, as they used to say on “The Andy Griffith Show.”

And let’s not forget that those in law enforcement and others who might find themselves in physical confrontations saw the merit in clip-ons. (If someone grabs it in an attempt to control you, it pops right off.)

Life in the INW: “Our older daughter and her fiancee were relieved to realize they both dislike camping,” wrote Denise Kauffman.

Today’s adventure in hearing loss: Steve Kent worked crowd control during rock concerts at the Coliseum in the late 1970s. “We could actually feel our hair move when we placed our heads in front of the huge speakers.”

Black and white and smoking all over: Mike Storms discovered one downside to drying a soggy newspaper in the microwave is it can catch fire. Which makes it even harder to read.

Today’s Slice question: What do people miss about Spokane after they move away?

Write The Slice at P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210; call (509) 459-5470; email pault@spokesman.com. Most responding readers said anchovies would come in last in a local pizza-toppings poll.