Kayla Turner
student
“An elephant. I really like them a lot. I went to Africa, and I wanted to bring one home with me.”
Lyle Tisdel
real estate broker
“A cat. I have a calico, and that’s as exotic as I want. She owns me; I don’t own her. Everyone talks about spaying cats, but I think we should spay the gophers and rats.”
Victor Mendez
student
“An anaconda, I guess. I just want a snake.”
Clark Cashmore
risk manager
“A parrot. They’re beautiful and make noise.”
This article appears in Aug 11-18, 2011.
