The Slice: Complete this sentence

Plenty of choices here.

All you have to do is pick.

Nothing says Spokane like …

… sunburned faces on Monday morning.

… someone finding your wallet in a parking lot and making sure you get it back.

… ballcaps at weddings.

… siblings who seem like they are from different planets.

… a necktie that’s too short and pants that are too tight.

… parents who value spending time with their children more than climbing the ladder at work.

… conversations about the city’s potential.

… an Expo ’74 ash tray.

… multiple generations of dropouts.

… hiking boots in an office building.

… SUVs parked outside the natural foods store.

… people who aspire to retain counterculture cred even though they play golf.

… a suit that’s worn only for funerals.

… progressives and racists in the same family.

… great doctors.

… “Deliverance” haircuts.

… pickup trucks named “Rosie.”

… reveling in insanely hot weather.

… a know-it-all in-law in Seattle.

… home values that vary by $100,000 from one block to the next.

… someone whose secret talent is playing the fiddle.

… turkeys in the front yard.

… sex after gardening.

… events that require portable toilets.

… anti-Catholics who root for GU basketball.

… a restored Studebaker.

… grumbling at a boat.

… guys who own zero shirts with collars but who know a lot about classical music.

… camping gear that smells like marijuana smoke.

… patience with an elderly grocery shopper taking forever to pay.

… putting tartar sauce on everything.

… getting someone to give you a ride to the airport even though you’re going to be gone only one day.

… being friends with someone you knew in grade school.

… referring to garage sales as “garbage sales” and then spending all weekend at them.

… a debate about what business was at a certain location in 1967.

… a drawer full of vintage Bloomsday shirts each worn just once.

… an Idaho uncle who claims he saw bigfoot.

… the ability to come up with a creative name for a Hoopfest team.

… generalizations about Spokane.

OK, your turn.

Today’s Slice question: What Inland Northwest residents were at the 1963 “I have a dream” speech?

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