# Kids schmids... what are the adults wearing for Halloween? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 28, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365 "2005-10-28T20:09:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/41 "2005-10-31T06:44:05Z")
> [@Dark Side of the Floyd](#): > > Ford Prefect. Even making the _Guide_, complete with glowing “DON’T PANIC” on the back. Just curious: Besides the Guide and the towel, what constitutes a Ford Prefect costume? ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/42 "2005-10-31T07:31:25Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Just curious: Besides the Guide and the towel, what constitutes a Ford Prefect costume? [THIS!](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b166/darksideofthefloyd/FordPrefectMe.jpg) Yep, it’s me. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/43 "2005-10-31T07:45:48Z")
Cooooool! ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/44 "2005-10-31T15:09:25Z")
😃 We’re going as characters from Alice in Wonderland. We have an Alice, a playing card, a March Hare (that’s me), a Mad Hatter and a White Rabbit. We’re college students–gives me license to go trick-or-treating again; it’s been a couple years ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/45 "2005-10-31T15:29:01Z")
(I don’t know what a Ford Prefect is!) Nice pic, though, I am wearing my black sweatshirt to which about 15 years ago I sewed orange triangle eyes, nose and smiley mouth. Sort of a reverse jack o’ lantern. It’s lasted 15 years because it’s worn once a year for about 10 hours. Husband went to work as a CFO for a credit union–d’ya think anyone’ll guess it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/46 "2005-10-31T15:30:28Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > (I don’t know what a Ford Prefect is!) Nice pic, though, :eek: From Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, of course. **Dark Side of the Floyd** , GREAT pic! I love it. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/47 "2005-10-31T15:38:40Z")
Ah. A book I never read. (guess I have to, now!) 🙂 Move along, folks, just out of date poster here… ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/48 "2005-10-31T15:48:35Z")
Sunglasses, round, reddish tint, one pair - $2.00 Sunglasses, slim rectangular, yellow tint, one pair - $5.00 Permanent markers, variety pack (incl. red, green, black) - $10.00 J.B. Weld - $3.50 (already owned) Razor, Gillette “Mach 3” - $10.00 (already owned) Blazer, black velvet - $40.00 Evil [Spider Jerusalem](http://img20.exs.cx/img20/8003/spiderjerusalemcostume8jz.jpg) Smile - ABSOLUTELY FREE. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/49 "2005-10-31T16:20:57Z")
We have a “Decorate Your Cube” contest here. I have a glass fronted office; last year I did it up like Tiffany & Co. and I was Audrey Hepburn in “Breakfast At Tiffany’s”. This year - I cut out hundreds of black bird silhouettes (wanna see my blisters?) and surreptitiously started taping them in growing numbers around the office floor on Thursday afternoon. By Friday AM, there were about 300 of them in my office and another 200 or so spread throughout the floor. I was Tippi Hedren in “The Birds” - complete with a birdcage, crows, tattered stockings, bloodied legs & face and tiny birds in my elegantly disheveled French twist. My glass-fronted office was painted like the lobby card from “The Birds”. People even came from other buildings on our campus to gawk. I won second place - I think I wuz robbed. VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/50 "2005-10-31T16:23:58Z")
I dressed up as death, with the black fabric to cover my face and make me trip over things I can’t see. I handed out candy cigarettes and had a lighter to light 'em up. Somehow I didn’t melt my gloves. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/51 "2005-10-31T16:28:35Z")
I spent 2 weeks building a Witch King of Angmar, Leader of the Nazguls costume from “Return of the King.” Helmet, gauntlets, boots, robes sword and that huge frickin’ mace even! (I love the mace). It’s all made out of cardboard and duct tape and I think it looks grand. Scared the willies out of many girls walking around downtown Kent, Ohio Saturday night. I love a good scarey costume. If I can find someone today with a digital camera I’ll post a picture. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/52 "2005-10-31T23:12:06Z")
Here’s a pic of my [Supergirl costume](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/amethyst111/detail?.dir=df32&.dnm=daf1.jpg&.src=ph), as promised. I came in second in my office’s costume contest. Maybe if I’d straightened the wig I would’ve won first. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/53 "2005-11-01T00:30:03Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > On Thursday, our firm just banned Friday casual dress day. The employees are plenty pissed off. > > However, they are having their annual Halloween costume contest Monday. > > So - Monday I will be wearing a ghost mask, tshirt, ripped jeans and sneakers. I am going as The Ghost Of Friday’s Past. > > (I think I will win hands down as the pissed-off employees will love the chance to make a statement. My only fear is that instead of getting the $100 cash prize for first place, I will get a severance check instead.) Well, I didn’t win first prize, but I did win second prize - $40.00 - not bad. First prize was a woman who (deservedly) wins almost every year. This year she was an elephant, and a very nice costume indeed! ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/54 "2005-11-01T00:38:06Z")
I went as a pirate. Heck, I go as a pirate almost every year- because I’ve put together pirate garb over several years of attending the Texas Renaissance Festival, and I often put off putting together a Halloween costume until the last minute. Part of the costume was some tights- VERY tight tights. A friend of mine said, “It takes a lot of balls to wear a costume like that, and we can all see you’ve got 'em.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/55 "2005-11-01T01:08:27Z")
[Here](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b166/darksideofthefloyd/HitchhikingTwo.jpg) is a pic in better light. I think the costume came out pretty well, and all I had to do was find all this stuff in my house. Didn’t have to buy anything. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/56 "2005-11-01T13:39:13Z")
> [@Dark Side of the Floyd](#): > > [Here](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b166/darksideofthefloyd/HitchhikingTwo.jpg) is a pic in better light. I think the costume came out pretty well, and all I had to do was find all this stuff in my house. Didn’t have to buy anything. That looks great! ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/57 "2005-11-01T15:17:44Z")
I posted in a related thread, but will re-hash. My wife and I were at a clothing optional resort this weekend. Halloween is one of the biggest parties of the year in certain lifestyle circles, and this was no exception. I spoke to the bar manager on Sunday evening and he told me that at last count, 3,000 people had come through the club’s door for the party. Fantasy Fest was largely cancelled this year in Key West due to the hurricane, so all of those people went to Caliente instead. The costumes, people, and level of … activity… was mind-boggling. We’re talking some **SERIOUS** adult fun. Truly one for the record books. My costume: Black and red wings that extended about a foot above my head and trailed to the floor (I had to ditch them after a while - It was impossible to dance in them and people kept stepping on them), black leather centurion boots, black leather g-string, black leather wrist bands, leather Zorro-style whip, and a bull whip. And I was probably one of the more conservatively dressed participants. When I pulled myself out of the hot tub at about 5:30 Sunday morning, there were still about 30 people scattered about and another 100 or so in the conversation pool. ---
**Author:** ![PinkNailFile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@PinkNailFile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkNailFile)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/58 "2005-11-01T15:25:26Z")
I might not be an adult, but I cut two holes out of a white sheet and put it over my head. Literally. I’ve never seen anyone wearing that costume outside of movies and Sunday comics- it got so many laughs. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/59 "2005-11-08T18:17:22Z")
Any more photos to share? Anyone? Bueller? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365/60 "2005-11-08T18:45:40Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Any more photos to share? Anyone? Bueller? Funny you should bump this, I was just going to call a freind with a digital camera to come over tonight and take a photo of me. I should be able to post it tomorrow. Wish me luck. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-schmids-what-are-the-adults-wearing-for-halloween/328365.md?page=4)