The Slice: The Slice: You know, that one by what’s his name

I was thinking about graduation parties and thought of something I wanted to ask parents of teenagers.

You’ve heard plenty of your kids’ favorite music, right? So which performer and which song do you like best?

“Spelling bee loser: A reader who lives in Liberty Lake was driving through Millwood when she saw a homemade sign advertising “Message Therapy.”

Maybe that’s a service that arranges to send you encouraging e-mails.

“Movie trivia: Today is the expiration date on the McLovin fake I.D. in 2007’s “Superbad.”

“Just wondering: In the history of Inland Northwest music, what was the all-time most ridiculous reason for a band’s breakup?

“No need to make a list: The civic-minded editor of a small newspaper in our area recently wrote that there’s nothing worse than a parade without enough entries.

In response to that, one of my colleagues said that he could think of a few things.

“Family Arguments Department: When Al Olsen was just starting first grade, his teacher spelled his name “Olson.”

“I came home from school that day and attempted to convince my parents that they had spelled our name wrong,” he wrote.

He assumed his teacher was all-knowing.

His parents knew better.

“They did not buy my argument and asked me to go back and correct the teacher.”

“Hey, kids: Want to make a baby boomer relative feel old? Find one who went to college and then ask this.

“Is it true that there was a time when the only phones on dorm floors were pay phones and that the person who lived in the room nearest the phone used to answer and then pad down the hall yelling, ‘Hey, McMahon, it’s that stoned chick calling again’?”

“Slice answers: Readers said it’s too early to declare that mailbox vandalism is in decline in rural areas.

But North Idaho’s Terry Steiner said that even if there has been a reduction, snow plow drivers in certain areas more than make up for it by wiping out box after box.

“Warm-up question: What Spokane area residential neighborhood is home to the most people who make a lot of noise working on engines?

“Today’s Slice question: When can you usually declare that you are in for the night?

A) 5:30 p.m. B) After getting back from the grocery store. C) Depends on who calls and what they have in mind. D) 11:30 p.m. E) About the time neighborhood kids are parking their tricycles and heading in. F) Other.