The Slice: The emailer later shipped a brick

Before we leave behind the subject of memorable misspellings, please enjoy this recollection from Judy Nessen.

“I worked at Microsoft in the 1990s, early 2000s. We shipped a lot of product so the powers that be decided to make a ‘Ship It’ award (big Lucite block) and give employees a little plaque to stick on the award for each shipped product they worked on.

“One of the vice presidents sent an email to the entire company and, you guessed it, one wrong letter, in the subject line no less, made it an entirely different award.”

OK, one more reference to that theme: “I’m still giggling about the ‘Just a Genital Reminder’ piece in a recent Slice article,” wrote a Slice reader named Barbara. “I work in an OB/Gyn office and was telling my co-worker, Lori, about it. She thought it would make a great heading for our Pap smear reminder notices.

“Our office manager didn’t think it was such a great idea, though.”

How you felt when the remodeling was finally over: “I felt broke,” said Donna Kelly.

And Carl Eklund wrote, “I’m married … remodeling is never over.”

Remembering The Marijuana Trash: Several Slice readers recalled the 1960s Spokane band, including Michael Runyan.

Of course, Michael was one of the key members of the group.

He emailed an image of a news brief headlined “COMBO POPULAR” that appeared in the Spokane Daily Chronicle on May 20, 1967:

“Billed as the ‘Marijuana Trash’ but patterned after Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, the six-man musical combo composed of Lewis and Clark High School students made a big hit when they played before nearly 400 at the Lilac Royalty luncheon yesterday at the Ridpath Motor Inn.

“Steve Getman is director; other members are Dick Lopes, Bryan Williams, Mike Runyan, Jim Jenkins and Dave Sackville-West.”

Michael said the band got back together for their 40-year LC reunion. “Everyone had changed, however where we made the musical mistakes hadn’t.”

Today’s Slice question: Does most advertising geared to Father’s Day make you suspect that marketing specialists don’t think many men have an active life of the mind?