# Halloween: what are you going to be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769 "2012-10-24T22:31:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/21 "2012-10-25T01:52:16Z")
My daughter has a ladybug costume, I’ve got butterfly wings and my husband will carry a big net. ---
**Author:** ![Kasper1014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c89c15/32.png) [@Kasper1014](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kasper1014)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/22 "2012-10-25T01:56:07Z")
Princess Leia. Now I’m trying to perfect my Princess Leia buns. Lol. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/23 "2012-10-25T04:23:11Z")
I bought an [inflatable beard of bees](http://laughingsquid.com/inflatable-beard-of-bees-the-bee-beard-that-wont-sting-you/). ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/24 "2012-10-25T04:43:37Z")
Still not sure where we’re going to go ([link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=668828) to my thread asking), but we have our costumes. Since my folks will be around, there will be five of us. So we made some pretty straightforward fish costumes. Fish! Well, not just fish. Mrs. Devil and I will be wearing green fish costumes. The Dudeling will be wearing a white fish costume. My Ma n’ Pa will be in red and blue. They’ll be numbered, of course. Get it? No? Oh, wait, let’s rearrange ourselves so it makes sense. [One fish, two fish, red fish blue fish.](http://img2.etsystatic.com/002/0/5643976/il_fullxfull.367330930_fvv7.jpg) (for the front we made large transfers of the appropriate image per person) Now, if we can only find someplace to wear them… . ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/25 "2012-10-25T09:41:07Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > I scored a white Army officer’s dress uniform - very fat-cat imperialistic; think [General Schwarzkopf](http://media.photobucket.com/image/recent/lanceropics/outubro1/20081015150147ENLUS0152093012240829.jpg) - for just $30. Be ready for a lot of confusion from people who will misjudge you for a Naval officer. Also, hang onto it- they’re discontinuing them in 2014 and you’ll have a collectors item! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/26 "2012-10-25T10:26:17Z")
A business traveler. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/27 "2012-10-25T13:06:33Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > **What I’m actually going to be:** Grown up Honey Boo Boo. Ten times as cute and not a tenth as obnoxious, I’m sure. 😉 But y’all are jealous of my costume. Black leather shoes, black pants, a gold poofy shirt, red doublet, leather vambraces with Celtic engraving, and a grey cloak. I’ll probably not wear the sword, as it’s difficult to sit on a couch with it. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/28 "2012-10-25T13:21:15Z")
I was going to be a binder full of women, but this cold has kicked my ass hard enough that I just haven’t had the time or energy to construct it. So I’m falling back on the classic vampire. I splurged and bought custom-fit fangs and a black wig (you know you can shop from your laptop even when you’re lying in bed high on Tussionex!). I’m really excited about my daughter’s costume. She wanted to be [Mavis](http://static.tumblr.com/zhjmhi8/9cZmbdc2a/read.jpg)from Hotel Transylvania, so we ordered a prefab licensed costume with the dress, leggings, and a wig. Then I went a little crazy shopping to make it really complete - red Converse high tops, mesh fingerless gloves, and black lipstick and nail polish. She is going to look so flipping great, and the high tops are already in service as regular shoes and are incredibly cute on her. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/29 "2012-10-25T13:41:24Z")
Last night I saw Spiderman on the train. No, not a kid in a half-assed Spiderman mask and some orange crepepaper, like I had as a kid. No, the real Spiderman. Peter Parker. The real deal. Full body costume. zipped up the back and over the head, full rubber cleats built into the soles. (Probably for climbing tall buildings, likely via stairs, escalators, and elevators.) We speculated about if he rented the suit or owned it. If the latter, did he have a closet full of them, or did he change it up every day, swapping it out with Batman, Aquaman, Superman, and Wonder Woman? ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/30 "2012-10-25T14:06:23Z")
Diobellisima as Honey Boo Boo is cracking me up. I have decided to go super subtle this year. I’m going to wrap my wrists in bandages and put red dye on them. Suicide attempt victim. My last Halloween costume was a vulgar nun. Sooo much fun. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/31 "2012-10-25T14:08:43Z")
I was going to go as my favorite youtuber [Hannah Hart](http://www.youtube.com/user/myharto) because it would be easy: a vest, a wig, a bottle of liquor and a fork but now I’m considering wearing a cardigan and carrying an old lady wig and glasses that I’d put on if anyone asks me what I am to be Insta-Gram. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/32 "2012-10-25T14:24:49Z")
I don’t know anymore. I used to have a great plan, my 3 year old daughter really wanted to be Peter Pan. So to match I would be a pirate along with my 1 year old son. But now she changed her mind (after I made her costume grrrr) and now she wants to be a butterfly like last year. So now I get to decide if I want to spend the time and make the two pirate costumes, or pull out my princess Leia costume and dress the 1 year old as an Ewok. Normally the Ewok would win hands down, but I did the same thing two years ago and it feels a bit like cheating. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/33 "2012-10-25T14:39:14Z")
> [@Ludy](#): > > I don’t know anymore. I used to have a great plan, my 3 year old daughter really wanted to be Peter Pan. So to match I would be a pirate along with my 1 year old son. > > But now she changed her mind (after I made her costume grrrr) and now she wants to be a butterfly like last year. > > So now I get to decide if I want to spend the time and make the two pirate costumes, or pull out my princess Leia costume and dress the 1 year old as an Ewok. Normally the Ewok would win hands down, but I did the same thing two years ago and it feels a bit like cheating. Is her butterfly costume really insecty, or can you call it a fairy in your head and love your Neverland theme? 😃 For that matter, can you tuck and tack in the Peter Pan costume and make it work for your son, or would that be more work than just making a new costume from scratch? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/34 "2012-10-25T14:49:17Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > In honor of my recent heart surgery, I’m going as a heart surgery-gone-wrong patient. I’ll wear a hospital gown, a couple of IVs (with a stand), a thermometer, finger sensor, insulin needle, a TheraPEP lung exercise system, red paint oozing out from my 8 incisions, and all sorts of papier-maché innards coming out of a 10" chest incision. > > And of course the “FALL RISK” bracelet that I still haven’t removed. You need to have your ass visible through the slit in the gown, too. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/35 "2012-10-25T15:05:11Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Is her butterfly costume really insecty, or can you call it a fairy in your head and love your Neverland theme? 😃 > > For that matter, can you tuck and tack in the Peter Pan costume and make it work for your son, or would that be more work than just making a new costume from scratch? Her butterfly is basically wings and black clothes that I might tack something on so it doesn’t look like I am phoning it in. She will probably want her face painted as well. Adjusting the Peter Pan is an interesting idea, but knowing my daughter as soon as she sees little brother as Peter Pan, she would want it back. I might just stick with the pirate because I get to wear my kick ass boots, and I love those boots. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/36 "2012-10-25T15:10:47Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Drunk. I was going to be Spiderman, but I like this idea better. Actually I think every year that I should be Jack Skellington, since I’m all tall and semi-lanky. I just don’t have the talent to make the costume. > [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Diobellisima as Honey Boo Boo is cracking me up. I have decided to go super subtle this year. I’m going to wrap my wrists in bandages and put red dye on them. Suicide attempt victim. :-/ ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/37 "2012-10-25T15:24:06Z")
Well, you know. Not a real suicide attempt. Just kind of the fake kind. You know. Tiny cuts on the wrist? Taking 17 baby aspirin? Sigh. Is this not a good idea after all? ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/38 "2012-10-25T15:29:28Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > In honor of my recent heart surgery, I’m going as a heart surgery-gone-wrong patient. I’ll wear a hospital gown, a couple of IVs (with a stand), a thermometer, finger sensor, insulin needle, a TheraPEP lung exercise system, red paint oozing out from my 8 incisions, and all sorts of papier-maché innards coming out of a 10" chest incision. > > And of course the “FALL RISK” bracelet that I still haven’t removed. For realistic guts, use minimally expanding foam insulation, available in a spray can at any hardware store or home depot. Spray a jumbled mass onto parchment paper, leg it dry, then paint with an alternating mixture of blood red and dark purple. Smear bits of pus green and yellow are a good touch. Finish with some fake blood for the realistc “wet” look. Very lifelike. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/39 "2012-10-25T15:40:18Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Well, you know. Not a real suicide attempt. Just kind of the fake kind. You know. Tiny cuts on the wrist? Taking 17 baby aspirin? Sigh. Is this not a good idea after all? It’s…um…_scuffs foot_…I’m sure there have been \*worse \*ideas… ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769/40 "2012-10-25T15:57:06Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > It’s…um…_scuffs foot_…I’m sure there have been \*worse \*ideas… Ok, fine. I don’t want to spoil anyone’s fun by being offensive. I can think of something else. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-what-are-you-going-to-be/638769.md?page=3)