AM Hucks: Cell Phones, Bathrooms Don’t Mix

‘m a cell phoneophobe. I’ve never owned one. I believe it should be illegal to talk on a cell phone while you’re driving. I believe someone should write a book of etiquette on cell phone use. But no one should need a book to figure out that it’s wrong – dead wrong – to talk on a cell phone in a public restroom. Take the moron who was lined up at the men’s urine trough just before halftime of the Washington State/California football game at Martin Stadium Saturday – puh-LEEZ. I didn’t notice the cell phone until I squeezed in beside him to take care of business. The goofball was blabbing about the game to someone who was oblivious that he was also peeing. I was tempted to tell him: Hang up and pee. But I didn’t want to startle him and become the victim of a little accident.

•A paper sign hanging near the entrance to the Human Rights Education Institute touts Idaho as being the only state with its own Anne Frank memorial. Thing is, someone left out the “e” in Anne.

•Almost everyone was relieved by Prosecutor Bill Douglas’ bargain for murderer Joseph Duncan’s guilty pleas, but none more so than the hired hands for the legal system and Sheriff’s Office. Why? In two words: hunting season.

•Can you believe it? There was actually a bidding war on eBay for two tickets to the Boise State-UI game this weekend. And a coupla ESPNers are predicting the Vandals will play in the MPC Computers Bowl against Miami or North Carolina State. What a difference a coach makes.