William Wright
hydrologist
“Black widows. Dude, they’re just so creepy and can kill you.”
Ken Brown
engineer
“Black widows, just because they’re so poisonous. I’ve never been bitten, though.”
Aniela Sobel
professional lay-about
“Potato bug. They’re disgusting, and a disgrace to the Earth. They’re like a Platypus—both an abomination.”
Julian Andrade
Tony Hawk Pro Skater I specialist
“Ticks. They carry lyme disease, which is sickening. And the show was lame. Fox was right to cancel it.”
This article appears in Aug 20-27, 2009.