The Slice: Just like in class, their minds wander

I can’t prove it.

So this is just a guess.

But here are the 10 things graduating seniors actually think about during high school commencements.

10. Need to go to the bathroom. 9. It’s hot in here, especially with this robe on. 8. Will I be welcome at Duhkotah’s party? 7. What planet is this speaker from? 6. I wonder if I should have studied. 5. WHAT is happening to him/her? I don’t remember him/her looking like THAT. 4. I think this kid next to me is high. 3. I REALLY need to go to the bathroom. 2. Darn that SAT. 1. Hope I don’t trip on the way up there.

“Saturday’s mini-quiz: The episode of “The Andy Griffith Show” in which Spokane is mentioned is the one where…

A) Aunt Bee’s pickles become a problem. B) The Darling family makes its first appearance. C) Opie becomes a foster parent to some baby birds. D) Goober does his Cary Grant impression. E) Barney quits after Gomer’s citizen’s arrest. F) Otis gets a snoot full. G) Other.

The answer is down below my contact info.

“Youthful perfume abuse: Lynn Everson recalled that, once upon a time, she and other girls not old enough to know better went insanely overboard with a scent called Jungle Gardenia.

When she was in sixth grade, Carrie Webbenhurst was a big fan of a fragrance called Green Apple.

“Every time a bell rings in Spokane … : “The food gets stirred in the steam table at the buffet line of Golden Corral.” — Mike Brixey

“2007 cultural anniversaries hat-trick: Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks” — 65 years.

“The Graduate” — 40 years.

U2’s “The Joshua Tree” — 20 years.

“Luck be a lady: I heard from a guy who said his wife was, is and always shall be out of his league.

“Slice reader Doug Burr wonders: “Who is more dangerous when driving and talking on the cell phone at the same time — teenaged girls or builder–type guys in their pickup trucks?”

“Enough already: Spokane’s Angela Tolliver, 22, has compiled a list of “humor” stylings she could live without.

Here’s some of the, uh, hilarity that bugs her.

People who ate too much in restaurants saying, “Do you have a wheelbarrow back there?”

Store customers declaring, “Well, I don’t see a price tag, so it must be free.”

Customers saying to cashiers who have dropped a coin or bill, “Well, just throw my money around, why don’t ya.”

Said Tolliver, “Honestly, people, stop trying to be funny. It’s not working.”

“Today’s Slice question: In your family, what’s the all-time favorite story about an astounding feat of sound sleeping?