The Slice: Pushy shoppers best keep distance

Diane Folland has a pet peeve.

“It seems no matter where I am or what I’m attempting to purchase, I’m apparently not shopping fast enough for someone.”

People reach around her. People reach over her. People bump up against her. And on and on.

So she has a simple request of strangers in stores: “GET AWAY FROM ME.”

Where you dropped your phone: “In the dog’s water bowl,” wrote Tammy Reed. “Twice.”

Catherine Short shared this. “Back in the 1980s I managed the rented pagers used by doctors in our clinic. Every week I’d have to send one in for replacement after someone (usually a lady) dropped it in the bathroom. I would describe the problem of the wet pagers using the phrase ‘Eau de Toilette.’ ”

Slice answer: “I’ve never been in a public restroom with a famous person, but I once squatted in a gully alongside Alice Walker (author of ‘The Color Purple’) while we were at a demonstration in Arizona,” wrote May Cotton.

The question was about eating while watching TV: But Curt Olsen went in a different direction. “My wife would like to know what percentage of TV time involves me sleeping.”

Fixing flat tires once upon a time: The key, said Sue Jones of Hayden, was “great-looking boyfriends.”

Divided attention on wedding day: Garry Matlow and his bride got married on the day of the opening ceremonies for the 1984 Summer Olympics. “The reception was at our home, so we were in a hurry to have the guests leave so we could watch the festivities on TV.”

Name game: “You asked if readers’ names ever conjured up film references,” wrote James “Rocky” Curtiss. “Well, growing up with the name Rocky in the ’50s and ’60s, no film references, but I can’t count how many times I heard, ‘Hey, Rocky, where’s Bullwinkle?’ ”

Falling off a ladder: “All I could think (knowing I was going down) was tuck and roll,” wrote Martin Alcorn.

His doctor asked if he was a stuntman.

Today’s Slice question: Remember the Spokane Chronicle?