# Robbed! Totally! (lame, halloween related) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 31, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763 "2007-10-31T19:06:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/41 "2007-10-31T22:29:03Z")
[QUOTE=VCO3] A hot woman will always win the costume content. [/QUOTE] That’s why my company has grand prizes for one man and one woman. There was someone with an awesome homemade Optimus Prime (with working headlights!) that got second place in the guys competition. He was robbed. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/42 "2007-10-31T22:34:49Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] Wow, change “Mr. T” to “four-year-old” and “catwoman” to “mermaid” and I could have written the OP. I even shaved, too. [/QUOTE] What does a four-year-old look like? I mean, what kind of costume did you wear to make yourself look like a four-year-old? I can’t picture it. **Swampwolf**. . . wow, great costume! Looked like a winner to me. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/43 "2007-10-31T22:58:54Z")
[QUOTE=interface2x] That’s why my company has grand prizes for one man and one woman. There was someone with an awesome homemade Optimus Prime (with working headlights!) that got second place in the guys competition. He was robbed. [/QUOTE] What kind of headlights did the women’s winner have? ---
**Author:** ![dbuzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dbuzman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbuzman)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/44 "2007-11-01T00:28:07Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] What does a four-year-old look like? I mean, what kind of costume did you wear to make yourself look like a four-year-old? I can’t picture it. **Swampwolf**. . . wow, great costume! Looked like a winner to me. [/QUOTE] I beleive Robot means he lost to a 4 yr old dressed as a mermaid. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/45 "2007-11-01T01:10:11Z")
Man, you WAS robbed! That is way cool. If it was my contest and you showed up with that hairdo and just your regular work clothes, I’d be like “the winner is **Swampwolf** , who came dressed as Mr. T working at this office!” Bitches!! (and **PunditLisa** , you guys would have totally won at the party I go to every year. Last year the winners were a couple who came as Mark Foley and his computer.) ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/46 "2007-11-01T01:11:27Z")
:eek: OK, yeah, you were robbed. Excellent costume. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/47 "2007-11-01T01:25:03Z")
[QUOTE=Ferret Herder] :eek: OK, yeah, you were robbed. Excellent costume. [/QUOTE] He had the much better costume. Still, if she cleaned herself like a cat, she was bound to get the guy-vote. And some of the girl-vote. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/48 "2007-11-01T01:31:23Z")
[QUOTE=Swampwolf] If you feel MPSIMS is the better place for it, I’ll kiss ass and agree. It is a bit weak and petty. Mr. T is dated enough that he’s kitch. And kitch is always good for Hallowe’en. But 5 years isn’t long enough to go from cool to lame and back to cool again. At any rate: [here](http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z115/swampwolf42/Photo_10.jpg) is what I [look like](http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z115/swampwolf42/Photo_10.jpg) at the moment. [/QUOTE] Holy shit, you look like Paul Giamatti doing Mr. T! I pity the fool who be drinkin merlot… ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/49 "2007-11-01T01:52:17Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] The host of the party, who was the only judge, picked a couple dressed up as Men In Black (black suit, white dress shirt, black tie and sunglasses. That was it.) instead of us. So I commiserate with you Swampwolf. We’ze was robbed, too! [/QUOTE] _Note to self: Always check the political affiliation of the judges before deciding on a costume._ **SwampWolf** , you were most assuredly robbed. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/50 "2007-11-01T02:05:06Z")
I applaud your courage. I haven’t seen someone go this far for a costume since the time I did Tarzan. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/51 "2007-11-01T02:33:42Z")
[QUOTE=Swampwolf] At any rate: [here](http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z115/swampwolf42/Photo_10.jpg) is what I [look like](http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z115/swampwolf42/Photo_10.jpg) at the moment. [/QUOTE] How’d you get that cat on your head to sit so still? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/52 "2007-11-01T02:41:54Z")
[QUOTE=dbuzman] I beleive Robot means he lost to a 4 yr old dressed as a mermaid. [/QUOTE] 😕 Then his post totally doesn’t make sense. He said to replace Mr. T with 4-year-old. And the OP was Mr. T, so **Robot** should have been a 4-year-old. And now I _really_ need to know the answer. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/53 "2007-11-01T03:13:58Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] What kind of headlights did the women’s winner have? [/QUOTE] Ironically, a lot of really small ones - she was dressed as the tollway that runs by our office. It really wasn’t as interesting as you’d think. More like a sandwich board with toy cars glued to it and a couple of highway signs. ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/54 "2007-11-01T18:53:56Z")
[QUOTE=Jodi] How’d you get that cat on your head to sit so still? 😉 [/QUOTE] superglue. and sedatives. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/55 "2007-11-01T19:00:22Z")
I’m late to the party, but yes, that is an awesome costume. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/56 "2007-11-01T19:02:14Z")
Damn! You weren’t joking when you said you shaved. ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/57 "2007-11-01T19:16:34Z")
Thanks to everyone for the compliments and commiseration. In truth, it was all about fun and getting those “Oh, god…what did he do _this_ time” looks. And I had plenty of both of those. And I was a hit at the kids’ old school’s annual Samhain Soup Day. Now that hallowe’en is over, I no longer look like Mr. T; I got rid of the beard and am left with a mohawk, Fu Manchu (is there a more politically correct term for a moustache that goes to the chin?) and a soul patch. I look like a bad-ass mofo who don’t take no shit. Funny thing is, nothing could be further from the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/58 "2007-11-02T19:41:38Z")
[hijack] But since we’re on custumes and bats… How come in the movies the batman rubber body suit has nips and batgirl doesn’t? Total discrimination there. [/hijack] Yeah, you were robbed. Sucks man. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/59 "2007-11-02T23:49:48Z")
> [@Swampwolf](#): > > Fu Manchu (is there a more politically correct term for a moustache that goes to the chin?) I’ve seen it called a “horseshoe style moustache”. I’m not sure that “Fu Manchu moustache” is really un-PC, though: it’s referring to a style conventionally associated with a particular fictional character, not to anything about Asians in general. Although the character of Fu Manchu itself is definitely un-PC, ISTM that naming a moustache style after him is not a slur. Heck, we still speak of the “Hitler moustache” style, don’t we? ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763/60 "2007-11-03T01:25:35Z")
I know just how you feel, **Swampwolf**. A few years ago I dressed as Elektra for my office’s costume contest. I made a black leather outfit, spent weeks practicing with the sai, and grew my hair long so I wouldn’t have to wear a wig. I lost to a woman who came dressed as a Palm Beach socialite (ordinary dress pulled from her closet and a Yorkshire terrier in her purse). My coworkers were kind enough to be outraged on my behalf. For what it’s worth, I would have voted for you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbed-totally-lame-halloween-related/424763.md?page=4)