Excuse me, O.J., but we’re having dinner...

Excuse me, O.J., but we’re having dinner right now:

It could be the newest status test of the ‘90s. Have you received a phone call from O.J. Simpson yet?

MAYBE THE ANSWER’S BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND: Richard Rosenthal of Long Beach writes that “now that O.J. is front page news again, thanks to The Times . . . perhaps those same crack investigative reporters could poll their sources to find out what the public really wants to know: Did Pilot Bob ever get his lunch date with Marcia?”

Alas, we’ve been unable to make contact with Pilot Bob. Perhaps he’ll fly over the Civic Center again, pulling a banner that reveals whether Marcia Clark responded to his previous banner.

Or maybe he’ll just phone CNN. Or put out a video.

TALK ABOUT ROUGHING IT: After reading the opening sentence of a letter from a Southern California loan company, Kevin Watkins of Arroyo Grande says: “I guess I better take advantage of the offer for one of their suggested uses--”home improvement.” Watkins says, “We’ve been living in the place for nearly a year”--apparently with none of the usual amenities.

EARTHQUAKES? WHAT ARE EARTHQUAKES? One of the factors Seattle Seahawks owner Ken Behring cited for moving the team to Southern California is “the potential dangers exposed” in King County’s “earthquake research.”

ON THE OTHER HAND . . . Behring may find comfort in the fact that Pasadena’s Rose Bowl, the new home of the team, is so close to Caltech’s seismology lab.

BUT WILL HE GET A WATCH? Usually, executives get a going-away dinner when they’re going away after years of service--and when they’re going away voluntarily.

But things have never been quite, well, traditional over at the controversial county transit agency.

So, ex-Mayor Tom Bradley and a slew of other political and community leaders are throwing an “Appreciation Dinner” for Franklin White, the MTA chief executive who was fired in December after less than three years on the job.

Even though the event is being held by a nonprofit group, the site of the celebration will be the transit agency’s posh new high-rise near Union Station. And the phone number on the press release for those interested in buying tickets is . . . the MTA’s number.

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Valentine items available at the Richard Nixon Library Gift Shop include “presidential reproductions of china” for couples George and Martha Washington ($39.95), Abraham and Mary Lincoln ($39.95), Richard and Pat Nixon ($20). You want Democratic china, you gotta pay more. The Bill and Hillary Clinton set goes for $42. And, no, the financially troubled Clintons don’t receive any of the money.