# It's that time again - Halloween Costumes! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607 "2006-09-13T22:26:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/41 "2006-09-14T23:48:18Z")
[QUOTE=Indyellen] One I’ve always liked is an easy one: Wear a blue dress/jumper, with red horns, tail, & pitchfork - “Devil in a Blue Dress”. You _do_ have to be of a certain age to get it, but it’s easy. [/QUOTE] One of our managers did that a few years ago, using an old bridesmaid’s dress. I’m sad to say it was mid-afternoon before I realized the “Devil in a Blue Dress” connection. > [@](#): > > A few (three?) years ago, I dressed as a Software Pirate - your usual pirate-type costume, but I had a necklace made of CD’s & carried a string of floppy disks. Went over pretty well. 🙂 I was getting a bit depressed about my selection of a pirate costume (since _everyone_ will be doing that this year), but I like this idea. I may have to borrow it. If nothing else, it gives me a use for all of those AOL disks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/42 "2006-09-14T23:54:52Z")
[QUOTE=ladybug] If nothing else, it gives me a use for all of those AOL disks. [/QUOTE] If you turn them upside down, they make attractive mirrors on which to display your tchotchkes. Which reminds me of a downside to the Dorothy costume- It greatly decreases the odds of any women hitting on me. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/43 "2006-09-15T00:28:09Z")
I still luv the tranvestite cow costumes… yes, I DID see the movie _Banyard_!! ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/44 "2006-09-15T01:20:52Z")
I just had a flash of inspiration! I’ll don a floppy blue hat, a grey cape, a grey beard, and an eypatch. I’ll carry a long staff or spear, and see if I can find two ravens to put on my shoulders. I wonder… how many would recognize Odin and how many would confuse me with a wizard? ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/45 "2006-09-15T02:48:16Z")
[QUOTE=Regallag\_The\_Axe] I just had a flash of inspiration! I’ll don a floppy blue hat, a grey cape, a grey beard, and an eypatch. I’ll carry a long staff or spear, and see if I can find two ravens to put on my shoulders. I wonder… how many would recognize Odin and how many would confuse me with a wizard? [/QUOTE] Well, I’d recognize you! I admire Odin greatly, and seriously considered that costume the year after I lost the vision in one eye. The most I’m likely to do this year is the same as I’ve done before: a T-shirt I have that’s far too orange to wear any other way, with a jack-o-lantern drawn on the front. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/46 "2006-09-15T03:23:39Z")
[QUOTE=Lissla Lissar] **Kyth** , can’t you dress up at work? [/QUOTE] In that we need to wear a uniform, no. ☹ I might be able to get away with the green and a wig with a hat, though… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/47 "2006-09-15T04:38:04Z")
[QUOTE=ladybug] \ If nothing else, it gives me a use for all of those AOL disks. 🙂 [/QUOTE] What, you don’t use coasters in your house? 😃 I like the devil in a blue dress idea. I started this thread thinking I knew what my costume would be, and I’ve changed my mind about five times since then. Too many good ideas. ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/48 "2006-09-15T06:09:25Z")
[QUOTE=DocCathode] (snip) Which reminds me of a downside to the Dorothy costume- It greatly decreases the odds of any women hitting on me. [/QUOTE] Certain guys, though, would be all over you 😉 . ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/49 "2006-09-15T06:44:23Z")
Hmm. I’m sure there will be a lot of pirates out this year, but as this year it has a special significance for me, having a short time ago discovered my link to Grace O’Malley, I have an itch to dress up as one. Not as a lady pirate, though, I want a full get-up like the male pirates get! The big, cool jacket and big, big boots! I’ve been a pirate before, but I want to go all out this year. Best costumes so far have been a prince (white tights, fruity hat, pouffy sleeves and all), Alex DeLarge (I assembled that one by myself, took forever… also, canes cost more than I had originally thought), an aviatrix… I’ve also been a cat a few times. Meh. The _best_ ones pretty much always end up with me cross-dressing. Since I’ll probably be working on Halloween, I don’t know yet how much we’re allowed to go all out. It’s an awfully fun and laid-back kind of store, though, so I’ll likely be able to get away with just about anything. Considering nobody raised an eyebrow when I waltzed in with blue hair… in the middle of August. Still. If I’m asked to keep it conservative, I might just wear my husband’s (souvenir gift from family member’s trip to Denver) John Elway jersey. I mean, really, what could be more scary here in Seattle than John freakin’ Elway? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![MovingTarget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/50 "2006-09-15T14:51:37Z")
I’m going as Mario, my roommate’s going as Luigi, and I’m hoping my wife will go as Princess Toadstool. Plus, she’s pregneant right now, so I’m going to paint a toadstool hat on the belly of a tee shirt and have her wear that if nothing else works. ‘snipe out’ ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/51 "2006-09-15T15:17:35Z")
Thanks for the baby/mama combo suggestions. However, last night at dinner, my son taught her to squinch up one eye and say “Aaaaarrrrrr” and it’s the cutest damn thing I’ve ever seen (today) and so she absolutely \*must \*be a pirate, POTC clones notwithstanding. I think, however, that I’ll steal the Software Pirate idea for myself. We’ll be matched, yet not, which is exactly what I’m looking for. ---
**Author:** ![homeskillet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ba0ec/32.png) [@homeskillet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/homeskillet)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/52 "2006-09-15T15:24:22Z")
I’m going to be a milk carton! To see, I’ll simply be the missing person photo. ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/53 "2006-09-15T23:20:38Z")
Last year, I was a cereal killer. I pinned small cereal boxes to a shirt, stuck knives in them (plastic knives), and put fake blood around the “wounds”. I won five dollars in a contest at work.😃 ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/54 "2006-09-15T23:23:10Z")
[QUOTE=Snipe1978] I’m going as Mario, my roommate’s going as Luigi, and I’m hoping my wife will go as Princess Toadstool. Plus, she’s pregneant right now, so I’m going to paint a toadstool hat on the belly of a tee shirt and have her wear that if nothing else works. ‘snipe out’ [/QUOTE] You reminded me of my other costume idea. Link, from “The Legend of Zelda,” fame. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/55 "2006-09-16T15:04:53Z")
Usually I’m one of the few people in my office who gets really excited about Halloween. Not this year. Yesterday one of my coworkers told me that he may need my help with his costume. He said it’s something he’s wanted to do for years, but he never had enough time to make it and wasn’t sure where to get the materials. Unfortunately he won’t tell me what it is – he wants it to be a surprise. I think I’ve created a monster. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/56 "2006-09-16T15:16:28Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Thanks for the baby/mama combo suggestions. However, last night at dinner, my son taught her to squinch up one eye and say “Aaaaarrrrrr” and it’s the cutest damn thing I’ve ever seen (today) and so she absolutely \*must \*be a pirate, POTC clones notwithstanding. [/QUOTE] When I was shopping for patterns for my costume, I found an adorable pirate costume for infants/toddlers that includes a stroller decoration. Go to the [Simplicity](http://www.simplicity.com/index.cfm?page=search.cfm) Web site and type in “4021” for the design number (click on the thumbnail of the Pea Pod baby to see the pirate costume). ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/57 "2006-10-11T19:34:25Z")
I’m determined to dress up this year. I am looking for clever puns… Ive found these ideas from this [website](http://www.costumeideazone.com/index.htm) capitalist pig bleeding heart liberal cereal killer (groan) coat of arms freudian slip - runaway bride what have you? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/58 "2006-10-11T19:46:20Z")
[QUOTE=melondeca] OK, I am sooo excited about Halloween this year and not just because it is my one year wedding anniversary (the 29th but close enough dammit). Medusa was the first idea but that was quickly put aside in favor of [Hel, Norse goddess of the underworld](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hel_%28being%29). I am making the dress that is about two-thirds of the way down [this](http://www.spirit-of-the-past.com/vikingcostumes1.html) page. My theatre friend is going to help me with the make-up on the half of my body which is supposed to be rotting flesh. I am going to dye half my hair black and leave the other half blonde. The black may not come out but it is a risk I am willing to take. No one will know who I am but the costume will still be cool as shit. [/QUOTE] The [comic book costume](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Helavess.JPG) would be cool too. But go with what you’re doing, sounds great. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/59 "2006-10-11T19:52:41Z")
[QUOTE=SurrenderDorothy] … Nancy Drew- but I’d have to be very creative to be recognizable as Nancy Drew … [/QUOTE] If you went as [Pamela Sue Martin as Nancy Drew](http://www.bartcop.com/pamela_sue_martin.jpg) you’d probubly win first prize. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607/60 "2006-10-11T20:13:03Z")
[QUOTE=Anastasaeon] I mean, really, what could be more scary here in Seattle than John freakin’ Elway? :eek: [/QUOTE] I have to tell you…I’m a HUGE Broncos fan. This cracked me right the hell up! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-halloween-costumes/372607.md?page=4)