# Need opinion on my Halloween costume idea **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 28, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-opinion-on-my-halloween-costume-idea/558712 "2010-10-28T23:07:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-opinion-on-my-halloween-costume-idea/558712/1 "2010-10-28T23:07:57Z")
Having Googled for creative DIY ideas, I’ve decided I’m going to be “an identity crisis” for Halloween. Plan is to slap a bunch of those “hello my name is” stickers on me and write different names on them. Probably will wear my hair down on one side and either in a braid or pigtail on the other, and perhaps have some sort of mismatched outfit going on. Here’s where I’m a bit stuck…a friend suggested that my idea lends itself more to being “multiple personality disorder” and that I should instead put different professions on the stickers. I’m actually okay with ending up being multiple personality disorder, but I wanted some more opinions on the matter. TIA! ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-opinion-on-my-halloween-costume-idea/558712/2 "2010-10-29T01:28:33Z")
I think that would be interesting. Whenever someone asks what you are, you can say “_I don’t knooooow!!!_”. Yeah, thatll never get old… 🙂 Not so sure about writing different professions instead, though. Do people ever write professions on their “Hello, my name is \_\_\_\_” stickers? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-opinion-on-my-halloween-costume-idea/558712/3 "2010-10-29T13:13:46Z")
OTOH, if I ran into that, I’d probably think you were an Eminem lyric. But ignore me; I rather hate those rebus/word salad/\*sui generis \*costumes and prefer the traditional ones. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-opinion-on-my-halloween-costume-idea/558712/4 "2010-10-29T14:33:01Z")
we need more information… you mentioned the name tags, you mentioned the hair style, etc etc…But these are minor details. The BIG ISSUE , which is much , much more important to the success of how people see your costume is… how much beer will they have had first? ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-opinion-on-my-halloween-costume-idea/558712/5 "2010-10-30T15:48:30Z")
Ahh, a perfectly respectable question. There will be much consumption of alcohol at this party. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-opinion-on-my-halloween-costume-idea/558712/6 "2010-10-30T18:11:39Z")
I think nametags with professions would confuse me, seeing it without further context. E.g. are you a “jack of all trades”? Then why the weird hair? etc. Perhaps use names, but with a question mark at the end: “Hello, my name is Mark?” “Angie?” etc. Names are more closely tied to identity, for me. I also really like the “I don’t knnoooooooowwwww!” response to anyone who asks who/what you are? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-opinion-on-my-halloween-costume-idea/558712/7 "2010-10-30T19:08:45Z")
Ooh, good call on the question marks!