I’m a rather big guy (6’5"), and was wondering how many people would ‘get’ my idea for next Halloween. I would wear a long black wig and fake beard, futuristic sunglasses, a black trenchcoat, all black clothes, have ‘Poor Impulse Control’ written on my forehead in block letters and carry a harpoon with a glass spearhead.
Well?
I don’t get it, but maybe I’m just a philistine. Or an idiot. What is this, some wierd literary allusion or something.
Yeah, it’s a reference to a fairly popular science fiction novel from about 10 years ago.
I once went to a party dressed in a long black hooded cloak that completely shadowed (?) my face, and a Chem. lab hotplate strapped to my head. I carried a (fake) scythe.
Oh yeah, it was a Halloween party.
I get it. It was the glass harpoon that was the final touch.
Pretty obscure, I’d have to say. I read pretty much only sci-fi, and I’m only getting a very vague idea who you are supposed to be. OTOH, it sounds like a really cool costume. I say go for it, and to heck with the skeptics 
I don’t get it, but it sounds like a cool costume, so I say go for it. So what if you spend the night explaining who you are.
I get it. Not that obscure to me, but I’m something of a fan.
i think for costumes, the more obscure the better. that makes it all the cooler when someone actually recognizes you. BTW, i would recognize you. and for those that didn’t get it, you would still look pretty cool if you ask me. (he was quite a sexy character.)
So who is it?
It was the “Poor Impulse Control” that tipped me off. I’ve often thought that would belong on some foreheads I know.
Hmmm, I actually read that book, and I didn’t get it until I looked on Google. It’s a relatively minor character from a somewhat popular book in a currently rather unpopular genre. That’s quite obscure!
Also, by the end of the party, you might be really sick of saying “No, I’m not Silent Bob!”
Dude, we’re SUPPOSED to be fighting ignorance, not creating it. Advise complete divulsion at once, or I go to the Pit and call you poophead.
He’s an antagonist in the Neal Stephenson book “Snow Crash”. He snuck onto a Russian nuclear sub with a glass knife, killed the crew, and took over the sub. He rides a motorcycle and carries a nuclear warhead in the sidecar.
I’ll probably remember his name right after I finish this post.
raven.