The Slice: Dog whisperers tend to be good people

There’s a simple way to tell if you would like someone.

You know how people leave their dogs in the car for just a few minutes on cool days? Sure. Well, if on the way from the parking lot to the post office or store the person turns and says something to the canine, it’s a good bet that you would like that individual.

If the person does not, well, that can also say something.

Just wondering: When you are the host, do you assign seats for dinner parties?

Re: amazing marksmanship in Old West movies: “I have been a firearms instructor for over 30 years and am an NRA Distinguished Expert pistol and rifle shot, and I can tell you from experience that these shots are not probable,” wrote Mack Stanhope. “There are few people who can pull them off and they are trick shot artists who spend their whole lives practicing being able to do one or more of these. I have a mantra that I drill into my students: Everything that you see in movies and on TV is wrong.”

No: You are not the only person who suspects yellow jackets regard your garage as the center of the universe.

Same goes for slugs and your back porch.

Hey Bud, let’s party: Do people who were in high school in 1982 have special feelings about the movie “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” which came out that summer?

How about the class of 1999 and “Election”?

“Heathers”? “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”?

Slice answer (adding “wood” to a metal): “Copperwood,” wrote Gary Polser. “Could be a theme park where you could see what’s being made from your stolen wire and water pipes.”

Today’s Slice question: If you could pick any semi-famous person to show up at your workplace or at some gathering and greet you as an old pal (astonishing at least a few of your friends or co-workers because you had never mentioned this connection to, say, Neil Young, Bobby Orr, Calvin Trillin, Christina Hendricks or Gwen Ifill), who would you select?