# I need everyones Opinion (that means you!) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 9, 2001, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313 "2001-10-09T13:30:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RAWisSYDNEY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@RAWisSYDNEY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWisSYDNEY)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/1 "2001-10-09T13:30:43Z")
Okay. Long story short, for drama i have to dress up like a pathetic super hero (The Blue Mosquito) and ideas on what would make me look really goofy and kinda super heroish at the same time? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/2 "2001-10-09T14:22:05Z")
Is the Blue Mosquito a real character somewhere? If you’re going to wear tights, make sure they bag at the butt and knees. That looks pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/3 "2001-10-09T14:26:14Z")
Patches on the costume making it look as if it has been inexpertly repaired at some point will look really pathetic! Try and have a cape or something that clashes colourwise with the rest of the outfit. ---
**Author:** ![Hokienautic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@Hokienautic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokienautic)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/4 "2001-10-09T14:27:39Z")
Well, if you’re the Blue Mosquito, I’d say dressing all in red or yellow will make you look pretty goofy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/5 "2001-10-09T14:32:50Z")
Every superhero needs a catch phrase. As a mosquito, you should make the sound of a mosquito, which is a low, sustained whine. That should certainly add to the pathos. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/6 "2001-10-09T14:42:23Z")
Where a long pointy nose extension. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/7 "2001-10-09T14:44:03Z")
By that, I mean _wear_ a long pointy nose extension. ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/8 "2001-10-09T14:56:11Z")
Wear some glasses. If you dont already wear them, get some non-prescription with big black frames and remember to duct-tape the middle and sides. I love the baggy tights idea. Maybe go to a womens plus size hosiery dept- I mean REALLY plus sized-and get some big blue tights? Get one of those hand buzzers, you know those gag things that buzz when someone shakes your hand? Maybe spray paint a Batman or Long Ranger eye mask blue? This reminds me of an old Letterman “Top 10 Least Popular Superhero Powers”. It was SO funny. Some of the powers were -ability to calm jittery squirrels -magnetic colon -really bendy thumb -ability to shake exactly 2 aspirin out of the bottle etc… ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/9 "2001-10-09T15:25:21Z")
No specific ideas, other than that you MUST wear your underpants (either boxers or briefs) on the outside of the tights. I humbly recommend tracking down a copy of _How to Be a Superhero_, by Mark Leigh and Mike Lepine. The lovely **Miss Creant** will back me up on this – you may get some good ideas; if not, you’ll laugh 'til you rupture something. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/10 "2001-10-09T15:49:55Z")
A badge saying “I went to Ross River, and now I’m all tuckered out.” ---
**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/11 "2001-10-09T15:50:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cap’n Crude \* > \*\*No specific ideas, other than that you MUST wear your underpants (either boxers or briefs) on the outside of the tights. > > I humbly recommend tracking down a copy of _How to Be a Superhero_, by Mark Leigh and Mike Lepine. The lovely **Miss Creant** will back me up on this – you may get some good ideas; if not, you’ll laugh 'til you rupture something. \*\* I’ve been told this is practically copied from _How to Be a Superhero_ … [http://www.captainsafetysite.com/becomingsuperhero.html](http://www.captainsafetysite.com/becomingsuperhero.html) ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/12 "2001-10-09T16:13:22Z")
Nortia: > [@](#): > > I’ve been told this is practically copied from How to Be a Superhero… > [http://www.captainsafetysite.com/becomingsuperhero.html](http://www.captainsafetysite.com/becomingsuperhero.html) Yep, those are all direct quotes. I’d even give page numbers if I had bothered to look them up – I’ve read HTBAS enough times that I recognize passages from memory. I’m tempted to report him to the publishers, just 'coz the copyright infringement and sheer lack of originality ticks me off. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/13 "2001-10-09T17:11:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xizor \* > \*\*By that, I mean _wear_ a long pointy nose extension. \*\* Ah yes, but where he wears the extension is the question. After all, he is the “blue” mosquito. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/14 "2001-10-09T17:20:13Z")
Wear antennae, but make them limp and droopy. Have tattered “Wings” on your back. Have a REALLY pathetic logo on your front. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/15 "2001-10-09T17:51:42Z")
Have the beginning of a logo on your chest crossed out, then the really pathetic logo below that. I’d also suggest large beat up footwear that doesn’t in any way match the rest of the ensemble…like bright yellow hightop sneakers or even some over-sized wingtips, with striped athletic socks over the tights. Let one sock droop for added effect. If you can get ahold of a blue silly straw (the curly kind)I’d use that to fashion a fake nose, maybe on a blue painted mask suggested earlier by scredle or on the glasses. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/16 "2001-10-09T23:40:11Z")
Your cape should be a towel tied around your neck. If it’s long enough, trip over it, and step on it so it gets pulled off constantly. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/17 "2001-10-09T23:49:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cap’n Crude \* > \*\*No specific ideas, other than that you MUST wear your underpants (either boxers or briefs) on the outside of the tights. \*\* No. Diapers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/18 "2001-10-09T23:50:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cap’n Crude \* > \*\*No specific ideas, other than that you MUST wear your underpants (either boxers or briefs) on the outside of the tights. > > \*\* Just _think_ what you could do with Underoos! The possibilities are endless. ---
**Author:** ![leroy\_the\_mule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6a8cbe/32.png) [@leroy\_the\_mule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leroy_the_mule)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/19 "2001-10-10T04:28:47Z")
A grown man wearing a child’s store-bought superhero outfit would look goofy. Also try acting like an over-earnest crimefighter–lots of looking around, purposeful striding with butt stuck out like there’s a pencil in it. That’s the way a boy acted in third grade who believed he was Batman. What a dork! ---
**Author:** ![Theobroma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@Theobroma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theobroma)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313/20 "2001-10-10T12:33:52Z")
Wear the wrong shoes. Like, oh, old Birkenstocks. Also, make the costume too small (if you’re stout) or too big (if you’re thin). If you’re buff-n-studly, you have your choice! Instead of a utility belt, sew on a pocket, and keep your super-gear in a pocket protector. Draw on a mask with eyeliner, slightly crooked. This is fun! Will you post a picture for us later? 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-everyones-opinion-that-means-you/86313.md?page=2)