If nothing else, it’s eye-ronic

Would this qualify as irony? You make the call.

Lisa Smith got one of those little white canes grocery shoppers receive for making a donation to the Lion’s Club’s campaign to help those with impaired vision.

She wore it proudly all day.

Then that evening, as she was getting ready for bed, she pulled her shirt over her head and poked herself in the eye with the little cane.

•Family time: Ken Yuhasz was in a men’s room at NorthTown when he noticed a man and a boy who looked to be about 8 enter two stalls. After a short time, the boy could be heard saying, “So Dad, how’re things going in there?”

Yuhasz had to smile. “I liked the role reversal a lot,” he said.

•Things guys know vs. things they don’t: Recent confusion in this space over Cinderella and Snow White can be explained by that fact that the part of my brain where that information should be stored is currently full of box scores from the 1967 Red Sox-Cardinals World Series.

•Overheard at a medical office: A receptionist juggling multiple calls said, “Thanks for helping, may I hold you?” — submitted by Linda Higley

•Graduation speaker recalled: “I graduated from Sisseton High School, Sisseton, S.D., in May, 1969,” wrote Susan Minarik. “Sen. George McGovern was our speaker. (His sister taught English at our high school.)

“I don’t remember what he said, but I do remember that he was also the speaker at my sister’s graduation from Northern State College in Aberdeen a few days later. I fell asleep at that one as his speech was very similar to the one he gave at my high school.”

•Just wondering: Is it just me, or do the ground beef labels “extra lean” and “diet lean” fail to make clear which has lower fat content?

•One reader’s wish: “I would like to see less of the Mor furniture store commercials,” wrote Angelica Michael.

•Two strikes against the West: First we get left out of all the excitement about the 17-year cicadas. And now it turns out sky-watchers in our region won’t really be able to see it when Venus passes directly in front of the sun next week. What’s next?

•Canine loyalty: On a road just behind the Spokane Valley Mall an old guy stood next to his dilapidated pickup and talked with a law officer who apparently had pulled him over. Back in the cab of the truck, two small dogs barked their heads off, eager to get out and help their man fend off the bad guy.

The scene made me wonder. What’s your family’s favorite story about a time the dog/dogs picked up on some bad vibes and offered to help deal with the situation?

•Slice reader Bob Isitt believes there are two kinds of people: “Those who can easily sleep in a moving car and those who can read without getting carsick. Most can do one or the other but few, very few, can do both.”

•Today’s Slice question: What song makes you drive too fast?