It’s simply bovine!We recently mentioned that Beacon...

It’s simply bovine!

We recently mentioned that Beacon House of San Pedro, a facility for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts, received an anonymous donation of an ointment for cows with chapped udders.

Though Beacon House doesn’t have a cow on the property, several readers informed us that the tin of Bag Balm wasn’t a worthless gift for the facility.

“Humans can use it, too,” wrote Dorothea Bellisime of Channel Islands Harbor. “It’s a great hand lotion and softens facial wrinkles. I’ve used it for years. I’m 80 and only look 79.”

NOW, FOR A WORD FROM THE LAWYERS: Another reader, Harry Hultine, passed along a country store’s ad for Bag Balm, which notes that “generations of families swear by its healing powers.” But, the ad continues, “We hasten to point out that it is a veterinary product only.”

WHERE’S THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT WHEN YOU NEED IT? Someone really made a hash out of the spelling of a word on a sign at Whittier College (see photo).

YOU THINK IT WAS TOUGH ADAPTING TO COMPUTERS? An obituary for Clay Robbins Jr., a state Court of Appeal clerk in L.A., noted that he had gone through a couple of transitions during his 36 years of service.

“Computers and modern office equipment did not intimidate him,” Joseph A. Lane, the current clerk of the Court of Appeal, told The Reporter, a Long Beach legal newspaper, “not after having gone through the controversy over switching from fountain pens to ballpoint pens in his first years with the court.”

FATHER’S DAY IN THE ‘90S (PART 1): Lyn Sims shared a somewhat unusual Father’s Day ad. Maybe the confusion is the result of all the gender-bending in families these days (see excerpt).

FATHER’S DAY IN THE ‘90S (PART TWO): We’re told that one divorced dad who has been a bit late with child support payments received a card that said:

On Father’s Day

We’d like to say

Thanks, Dad, for your support.

But if you don’t pay

We’ll have to say

We’ll see you, Dad . . .

IN COURT!

Happy Father’s Day!

LIST OF THE DAY: After the U.S. Postal Service designated June 10-15 as Dog Bite Prevention Week, we called the L.A.-area office to see what instructions are given mail carriers to avoid fangs. Spokesman Larry Dozier passed along these tips:

* If a dog approaches, don’t run--most attacks are from behind.

* Look at a growling dog but not directly in the eye--it perceives that as a threat.

* Never turn your back on a growling dog--back out slowly.

* Try not to startle dogs--if a dog is in the yard, rattle a key chain or make some noise so it knows you’re approaching.

* If you are attacked, put your satchel between yourself and the dog. And use your spray repellent, called Halt.

* Don’t pet dogs. “Most attacks are by smaller dogs--the ones whose owners say ‘won’t bite,’ ” Dozier said.

* Don’t feed dogs. The problem with feeding a dog daily, Dozier said, “is, what happens if you don’t have the food one day. You could be in big trouble.”

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Today would be the 99th birthday of Moe Howard of the late, great Three Stooges. Moe, if you can read this Up There, would you eye-gouge Larry and Curly one more time? (Excuse us for getting sloppy sentimental.)