# halloween costumes **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 8, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costumes/131291 "2002-10-08T00:55:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costumes/131291/41 "2002-10-21T19:23:01Z")
One year, I bought a white sweatsuit from Salvation Army, covered my hair with a handkerchief, and got a friend to spatter tempera paint all over me. I was a painting by Jackson Pollock. At a party this weekend, I went as the Queen of Hearts. I wore a crown. a foofy red skirt, and a sandwich board decorated like a playing card. I also made heart-shaped jam cookies for the party. (Actual tarts are beyond me.) ---
**Author:** ![ladydisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@ladydisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladydisco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costumes/131291/42 "2002-10-21T20:02:13Z")
My friend’s boyfriend went out a few years ago as Wilson from Home Improvement. He fashioned himself a mini fence that hung around his neck and covered the bottom half of his face. Add a plaid shirt and a \hat, and he was good to go. Still my favourite costurme I’ve seen yet. The best part was that the inside part of the ‘fence’ had a little ledge where he could hold his drink. The same night, we saw someone dressed as Richard Simmons - super short, shiny slitted shorts, big red afro and a sweatband on his head. It was pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![JayElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@JayElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayElle)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costumes/131291/43 "2002-10-22T00:04:32Z")
My tackiest costume won me a prize: Gold metallic fabric made into a skirt, country music t-shirt dazzled up with glitter paint, cowboy boots, _very_ large hair, lots of makeup, a blacked out tooth, and a sash that read _Homecoming Queen of Trailer Trash High_. Actually, I would have fit in perfectly at any lounge in the tiny Texas town where I grew up, but the city slickers at the party thought it was right funny. I’ve told my SO that he may dress me for Halloween this year. I’m a little nervous about what he’s dreaming up! ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costumes/131291/44 "2002-10-22T00:20:40Z")
Pilgrims…in bondage. ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costumes/131291/45 "2002-10-22T00:28:07Z")
It was October of 1998 and I was trying to dye my hair red. It, uh … turned pink. Not just slightly pink; I’m talking **bright** pink. It wasn’t a _huge_ deal; I actually thought it was cool. It did, however, hinder my Halloween plans. (I can’t recall what my original costume idea was.) That was, until… …I bought a yellow shirt. …and then yellow pants …and polished my black combat boots …and painted my face silver …and wrote a big number **2** on the aforementioned yellow shirt I was a pencil. An upside-down pencil, but a pencil nonetheless. And the only person who got more compliments/laughs about his costume at the party was the pregnant man. Damn pregnant man. -Dirty [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costumes/131291.md?page=2)