The Slice: Wonder if Ben and Jerry rode the bus

Here’s my fantasy.

You know how more people have been taking the bus? Right.

Well, I like to picture two STA riders who otherwise wouldn’t have met sitting next to one another and having a conversation that leads to an exciting new program or business.

Hey, it could happen.

•“Sally Forth” predictions: Jeannie Maki thinks Ted will eventually discover that Aria is gay. But not before Sally becomes convinced that Ted is romantically involved with his appealing co-worker.

Marc Natoni didn’t forecast the outcome, but he did suggest Ted’s budding relationship with his female co-worker could only improve his heretofore masculinity-free image.

And Barb Krueger wrote, “I don’t care where Ted and Aria are going, as long as Sally and Ted are done with the let’s-get-pregnant-at-40 thing.”

•Thursday quiz: Maybe you know that The Weather Channel’s Samantha Mohr was a winner of a Miss Georgia pageant in the 1980s. Perhaps not. I mean, why on Earth would you know that?

But here’s the question. What former Spokane TV weather forecaster was also the winner of her home state’s annual beauty pageant during that decade?

•Golfers gone wild: My friend Don Hanlon was playing a round in Deer Park on Sunday when someone in his foursome noticed that, on another hole, an attractive young woman was teeing off without a blouse or bra.

Apparently some combination of alcohol and high spirits led to this.

Anyway, a male friend of Hanlon’s looked on with understandable interest. That guy’s wife instructed him to turn around. And he did, making a complete 360.

•Multiple choice: The correct title of the Edmund Fahey book is …

A) “Rum Road to Spokane: A Tale of North Division.” B) “Rum Road to Spokane: A Story of Cheap Paving Materials.” C) “Rum Road to Spokane: One Boozehound’s Confession.” D) “Rum Road to Spokane: A Story of Prohibition.”

Give up? OK, it’s D.

•No, you weren’t seeing things: That really was Chris Peck walking around downtown Spokane this week.

•Congratulations: To the Pacific Northwest Inlander, on its 15th anniversary.

•Today’s Slice question: You know how you’ll be watching something on TV and rise from your seated position and ask others in the room, “Can I get anyone anything while I’m up?” Sure. Well, who holds the Inland Northwest record for replying with the longest, most complex list of requests?