So, what would you do – as a man, of course – if you spotted a $5 bill in the urinal of the Captain's Wheel/Bayview? A broke college student who goes by the pseudonym of Cameraman, from Rexburg via Sandpoint, commented on Huckleberries Online that he woulda picked it up. Later, he said, he'd tell a clerk where he found the fiver after he'd handed it over for groceries. Others online said they would have looked for the hidden camera. "Bayview Herb" Huseland, however, said he grabbed the bill and washed it thoroughly, fearing his Depression-era father would rise from the grave and lecture him on thrift if he didn't. After reading the thread, S-R colleague Taryn Brodwater was dead on with the response: "This is why I tell my kids not to put money in their mouth."

• Note to KXLY: When illustrating a story about overcrowding at the Spokane County Jail, you shouldn't use canned footage of Kootenai County Jail inmates in orange jumpsuits with the K-County insignia as you did Monday night. It distracts from the story.

• Dan Gookin, who shares my appreciation for the CdA post office branch, had a close encounter with the wrong clerk recently. Seems she didn't respond well when Dan objected to receiving a Canadian quarter in change. Says she, "Those Canadian coins spend just like U.S. money." Wondered Dan: "So, the U.S. post office has now declared Canadian currency legal tender. Can I mail a letter with the queen's picture on the stamp?" Huckleberries double-dog dares Dan.

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