I’m kicking around this idea for Halloween: Conspiracy nut job man.
I could wear a tinfoil hat and get a T-Shirt made that says “THE MOON LANDING WAS FAKED”.
What other ideas do you have to make this costume better/more complete?
Instead of a t-shirt with that slogan, make it a hooded sweatshirt. Include unibomber 1985-era sunglasses.
Other ideas:
Homemade newspaper “CONSPIRACY TIMES” with various articles on the front page. I imagine there’s a font out there that does the “hostage letter” look that would be perfect.
Okay, so maybe that was just one idea. Maybe multiple ID cards? Dollar bills with the pyramid eye cut out of it? You could remove your fingerprints, but that’s excessive. Maybe bandages on all your fingertips? Color contact lenses? Footprintless shoes?
You could put various logos and symbols on the sweatshirt and let people guess what they refer to – pyramid eye, Skull and Bones, the number 3, etc.
Maybe the back of your shirt could say “fnord”.
And you could talk about David Ickes reverently.
You could the terror alert level on it somewhere too.
Maybe a road map (especially one of Washington, DC) with sinister-looking geometric patterns highlighted on it.
Don’t make eye contact with anyone. If you can find a set of black-rimmed, “birth control” glasses you should wear them. A little white tape around the corner would be good.
A breifcase full of papers with densly typed text (shouldn’t matter what it says, it’s just a costume).
Lining an exsisting hat with tinfoil, so it just shows a little, might be better than trying to keep a just-tinfoil hat on your head.
If anyone’s cell phone rings at the party, remind them they will get cancer from answering it.
Carry a worn, beat up copy of Catcher in the Rye and refer to it from time to time.
They make temporary tattoos that are barcodes. Stick one on yourself to show that The Man is keeping tabs on you.
You can make an easy tinfoil hat by taking a foil pie dish, as found in the grocery store, punching holes, and tying it a la an Easter bonnet. It has to sit right on top of your head.
I did this last year. Tinfoil hat, black-rimmed glasses, blaze orange safety vest with electrical tape spelling out “DON’T SHOOT” on the front, “I AM A MAN” on the back. Yes, the legend was stolen from a DEVO video. The costume was thrown together in about ten minutes and was undoubtedly a bit lame, but the pumpkin I carved full of masonic symbols more than made up for it.
The hat was a replica of the one I made as a youth to keep Skylab from falling on me.
Keep spinning around, & talk about “Them” sneaking up behind you.
Consider mounting a rear view mirror on your person for this purpose.
Bring a Burger King/McDonald’s burger with you, & point out the kangaroo/worm meat.
Better still, bring one of each, & compare them.
Based on what I’ve heard from his supporters at my college, I’d be sure to wear something with Lyndon LaRouche on it.
A different approach: Get two buddies to join you and go as the Three Tramps linked by conspiracy theorists to the JFK assassination. You can study the photo at the linked site, then hit the thrift stores and attempt to reproduce the men’s attire as closely as possible. If anyone catches on, either confirm or deny that you’re Frank Sturgis, E. Howard Hunt, or whomever.
Dress as & repeat the wit & wisdom of Dale Gribble.
“That’s how they killed L. Ron Hubbard.”
I don’t know why, but I always picture nuts like that wearing kleenex boxes for shoes.