# Is it too early .... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early/26828 "2000-07-25T19:54:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early/26828/1 "2000-07-25T19:54:29Z")
…to start thinking about Halloween costumes? After all, we’re still 3 months from the “holiday”, but a good costume can take quite a while to assemble. Several years ago I chanced to meet a friend at a local watering hole during the early evening hours on a Friday Halloween. Several people were helping her into her costume. Now the costume consisted of her wearing a skin-tight flesh-toned body suit, dozens (hundreds?) of small balloons were placed next to her body, and she and the balloons were wrapped in Saran Wrap. She went as a “bag of M&Ms”. What’s the best or most original costume idea you’ve seen? ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early/26828/2 "2000-07-25T20:00:38Z")
Last year, a friend of mine (Dirty Devil, for those of you who remember him) wore a Mr Potatohead costume with a huge penis velcroed tothe front. I didn’t think he would do it, but he did. Our little group was the most popular in the bar that night. 😉 I was lazy and grabbed some scrubs and other stuff from the hospital I work at and went as a doctor. There were about 10 other doctors there that night. Grrrrr… In other news, psycat and I drove by a costume shop yesterday that had a sparkly, purple suit, with hat, in the window. I _need_ that thing for when we go to Poly Esther’s! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tally-Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@Tally-Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tally-Ho)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early/26828/3 "2000-07-25T20:09:36Z")
My real life circle of friends were talking about this the other day. One friend of mine wants to go as Mystique from the X-men and we were all brainstorming on how to create that costume without a Hollywood budget. (blue latex body paint - check, red wig - check, now how to we get that feathery look?) Until some other idea pops up, I’m going as a generic human female this year. (white outfit, “Generic Human (Female)” in black on front, list of ingrediants on the back.) chrisbar ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early/26828/4 "2000-07-25T20:19:03Z")
One year, my dad went in a suit and a nose covered in brown shoe polish. Said he was “Corporate Man.” ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early/26828/5 "2000-07-25T20:22:07Z")
Ahhh **chrisbar** , I haven’t had the pleasure of responding to one of your posts for a while. Last year Grant and then GF went to the party as Neo & Trinity. They really looked the part(s). I’ll ask them and see if they have any really good clues. (Actually, Grant may. It was GF that didn’t have a clue!) ---
**Author:** ![Tally-Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@Tally-Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tally-Ho)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early/26828/6 "2000-07-25T20:58:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SouthernStyle \* > \*\*Ahhh **chrisbar** , > > I haven’t had the pleasure of responding to one of your posts for a while. > \*\* _Flatterer_ 😉 Have you ever been to the Armageddon(sp?) art show at Railroad Square? I try to go every Halloween. There are a lot of creative people that show off their costumes there. Or in some cases, lack of a costume. I saw one fellow last year who came as the biblical Adam complete with one solitary fig leaf. That took some, er, balls to pull off. ---
**Author:** ![Soupy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Soupy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soupy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early/26828/7 "2000-07-26T03:09:30Z")
\*\*[list][li]Is it impossible to sit/travel by car in?[/li][li]Is it to hot/heavy to wear long?[/li][li]Is it safe in traffic (no masks or long skirts to trip on)?[/li] I was once a bicycle-built-for-two by myself. The bike was upright, with real tricycle handlebars at the shoulder and waist. It broke all three rules above and I kept taking it on and off all night, looking out of place in my street clothes I had underneath. I guess I should have at least worn my Superman underwear. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early/26828/8 "2000-07-26T05:32:52Z")
I mean it. This is REALLY gross… Last chance to skip it… One year I dressed all in red, put on red Halloween paint, and braided my (then) long hair with a piece of thick, white yarn. I’m WARNING you!!! This is really bad!!! Yup. I went as a used tampon. ---
**Author:** ![Palmyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Palmyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palmyra)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early/26828/9 "2000-07-26T05:40:40Z")
I’m sorry i looked but my damned curious nature compelled me. That’s gross, and it’s really vivid because i was just on my period… ewww… have you ever noticed that cola poured onto a pad looks like an old used one? I’m thinking of going as either a dark angel, or a somewhat naughty angel… the former has black wings and the latter white wings. I have a cloak and boots and a really cool black satin corset. The only color will be my red hair. of course, this plan is subject to change… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early/26828/10 "2000-07-26T05:45:26Z")
Well, I was thinking of going as the “Visible Man” from the science project, but then I realized that that would involve being sliced up into 1mm thick strips. So I guess I’ll go as the Invisible Man instead. Don’t ask me how I’ll pull that off. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early/26828/11 "2000-07-26T05:49:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Palmyra \* > \*\*…have you ever noticed that cola poured onto a pad looks like an old used one? > > \*\* How on earth did you discover this? ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early/26828/12 "2000-07-26T13:01:33Z")
\ ***Myrr21:** Well, I was thinking of going as the “Visible Man” from the science project, but then I realized that that would involve being sliced up into 1mm thick strips. So I guess I’ll go as the Invisible Man instead. Don’t ask me how I’ll pull that off. \* Don’t show up at the party, but tell everyone that you were there as the invisibilt man. ---
**Author:** ![Retief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Retief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retief)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early/26828/13 "2000-07-26T13:16:00Z")
I once tore rents in an old shirt and pants, put them on then wrapped my head and arm in bandage, and put my arm in a sling, then doused myself, the bandages and clothes liberally with mercurochrome. I went as an accident victim. As I say, a bad trip, everyone thought that I REALLY had been in an accident and kept trying to console me the whole night, I had to keep explaining over and over that it was a costume. GPL + ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early/26828/14 "2000-07-26T13:21:07Z")
The dress that I am wearing on the People pages is a vintage 50s cocktail dress. I know how to wield a can of hair spray to give me that helmet look. I own a set of take pearls. I made a vacuum cleaner prop out of a cardboard box. I wore heals. Any guesses? ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early/26828/15 "2000-07-26T13:26:09Z")
> [@](#): > > **chrisbar** asked, > > Have you ever been to the Armageddon(sp?) art show at Railroad Square? Nope. I always assumed that the place to be was the Moon. Lots of people. Lots of _drunk_ people. Cute girls in next-to-nothing/see-through costumes. I’ve always wondered if I had the nerve to go to an adult Halloween party completely naked except for roller skates. Of course, most of my friends would never put 2 and 2 together and come up with a single digit number so they also wouldn’t get the fact that I was a “pull toy”. I need smarter friends. sigh… ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early/26828/16 "2000-07-26T13:57:05Z")
Swiddles: Mrs. Cleaver? > [@](#): > > have you ever noticed that cola poured onto a pad looks like an old used one? Another doper with too much time on her hands (and apparently knees!). ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early/26828/17 "2000-07-26T14:00:34Z")
There are more ideas here, since I started a thread on this three days ago… [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=31466](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=31466)