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Word on the Street:October 29, 2012

Q: Halloween is just around the corner. Tell us, what is it makes you squirm?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Manson
Scary man

Dolphins. I hate the clicking noise they make. Also all that leaping out of the water and doing flips, it’s unnatural.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boscoe
Golden retriever

“The dirt devil that owner keeps upstairs in the closet. It’s so loud, I mean it even has the word ‘devil’ in its name for dog’s sake!“

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Franklin Delano Roosevelt
32nd American president

“Fear itself. That shit is downright terrifying.“

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cal Ronterro 
4th-year environmental science

“Commitment, followed closely by scorpions. So I guess the best answer would be giving my apartment key to my scorpion girlfriend of six months. ”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Public
Easily spooked

“Whatever it is the evening news is telling us to be afraid of this week.”

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