# Help me with my Halloween Costume **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 14, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-halloween-costume/467945 "2008-10-14T20:27:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-halloween-costume/467945/1 "2008-10-14T20:27:00Z")
So we’re hosting our annual Halloween Party. This year the theme is American Politics. So I can be anything from a dead president to some high-falutin play on words about the political process. And I can’t come up with anything. Well, that’s not true, I suggested that my wife wear a noose around her neck and a name tag that says “Hi My Name is Chad” I also convinced a buddy to go as Caribou Barbie. But I got nothing for myself. Thoughts? Suggestions? Cheap is good, easy is better. Witty is best of all. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-halloween-costume/467945/2 "2008-10-14T20:51:49Z")
I’m going as Sarah Palin: suit, trademark glasses, up-do and a fake pig nose and tail. Plus lots and lots of lipstick. Yes I’m serious and no I’m not trying to provoke anyone (Here, that is. At work? Absolutely) ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-halloween-costume/467945/3 "2008-10-14T23:47:20Z")
Not terribly current (and possibly not terribly political), but when we hosted our “Salute to the Twentieth Century” Y2K costume party, one guy threatened to come as “the grassy knoll” – cover himself with that fake “grass” carpeting, then cut a hole and stick a toy gun through it. He didn’t, though. Wanker. It would have been hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-halloween-costume/467945/4 "2008-10-15T02:16:33Z")
Wear hunting gear and have a taget pinned onto your chest with a picture of a quail in the center: Harry Whittington! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-halloween-costume/467945/5 "2008-10-15T15:19:03Z")
Hm. You can wear a suit with some muscle padding under it, and half-cyborg makeup, and go as The Governator. A real stretch: dress like a hobo and come with a male friend. You’re an unfunded man-date. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-halloween-costume/467945/6 "2008-10-15T19:56:34Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > A real stretch: dress like a hobo and come with a male friend. You’re an unfunded man-date. Did you by chance see the thread about posting your worst pun? You might want to think about looking that one up. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-halloween-costume/467945/7 "2008-10-16T16:10:15Z")
Hey, I’m just getting warmed up. Last night this one occurred to me: bring a [Razor](http://razor.com/) and a can of peaches. You’re “Scooter Libby”.