Student has experienced unique encounters with animals
Utah Statesman: What’s your favorite pickup line?
Richard Winters: My friends bet me that I couldn’t spark up a conversation with the most beautiful girl at the party, so do you want to go get a bite to eat with me on their dime?
US: When you wake up in the morning, what’s the first thing that runs through your head?
RW: The song that I was listening to the night before.
US: If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?
RW: It would be impossible to eat one thing for the rest of your life. That would be ludicrous. You’d get so sick of that food … you know what, I’d probably pick something that would make me die faster.
US: You just won the lottery – how are you going to spend the money?
RW: First, I’d buy a house. I’d pay off all of my debt, and then I’d buy a lot of food, some gold and silver, and guns.
US: If you were ever going to be arrested for something, what would it be for?
RW: I would probably get arrested for filling a cop car with packaging peanuts.
US: What’s your favorite kind of potato chip?
RW: Salt and vinegar.
US: Do you have any weird scar stories?
RW: Well not really, but I’ve had a lot of experiences where I’ve been bitten by animals. Like when I was a kid, we had turtle races, and one time I picked up a turtle and it clamped down on my chin. Having a turtle clamp down on your chin is probably the most painful thing ever.
US: You say you’ve been bitten by a lot of animals. Any other examples?
RW: Yeah, I’ve been bitten by a squirrel once, too.
US: What’s your favorite word?
RW: Indubitably. It means without a doubt.
US: What’s the best fortune cookie you’ve ever gotten?
RW: That wasn’t chicken.
US: What is your favorite kind of candy?
RW: I like Reese’s Easter Eggs, Reese’s Christmas Trees and Reese’s Pumpkins. The peanut butter-to-chocolate ratio in those is divine. Those candies are only available three times a year, though. Oh, and any candy during Easter is infinitely better than normal candy.
US: What do you do for candy those other times of the year when it’s not Easter, Christmas or Halloween?
RW: I definitely suffer. But I try to suffice by settling with candy bars like Fast Break, you know, just make do with what I have.
US: What was the last song you played on your iPod?
RW: “All I Ever Wanted” by Basshunter.
US: What’s your favorite video on YouTube?
RW: The greatest freak-out ever. It’s awesome.
US: If you could fill a swimming pool with anything, what would you want to put in it?
RW: I’d fill it with bubble-bath liquid. The masculine kind, though.
US: What’s the most random thing you have ever gotten in trouble for?
RW: When I was a kid, I used to find rocks and sell them to the other kids on the playground. Eventually I got caught for doing it.
US: What do you do when you have time to kill?
RW: I like paintballing, taking photographs and reading about what’s going on in the world.
– alison.ostler@aggiemail.usu.edu