# So, what are YOU for Halloween? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642 "2001-10-31T01:59:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/1 "2001-10-31T01:59:32Z")
I am going in really bad drag, with black under my eyes, and a liberal dusting of baby powder. Add to this a Ziploc bag full of baby powder and with letters adressed to Britney Spears and Carrot Top, and you have… **Anne Thrax!** Hehe, that’s a good one! What are you doing? LC ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/2 "2001-10-31T04:04:24Z")
I’m a harried mom for Halloween. But my kids have really cute home-made costumes and are going as [Gir](http://www.envy.nu/subjugated/girbio.htm) (not in his disguise) and [Gaz](http://www.envy.nu/subjugated/gazbio.htm), who are secondary characters on an obscure Nickelodeon cartoon ([Invader Zim](http://invaderzim.8m.com/)). I foresee a long night ahead for the children, explaining who they are again to everyone. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2001, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/3 "2001-10-31T05:09:37Z")
I can’t dress up overmuch at the office, but my mom made me a stunning floor-length cape when I got married (black wool, lined with purple) and I haven’t worn it since. I’m wearing that over a black outfit, plus a witch’s hat. Voila, I am a witch without much effort, and I can easily be normal as needed. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/4 "2001-10-31T05:45:36Z")
I will be dressed in the standard Best Buy uniform. I will further disguise myself by going to the store, clocking in, and working a shift, all so I can have a realistic costume… ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/5 "2001-10-31T06:40:00Z")
I’m going to be disguised as an actor. Unless our director flakes again and cancels rehearsal without telling us… boy, that’ll REALLY chafe my willy. ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/6 "2001-10-31T08:31:38Z")
I went as Silent Bob. [http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/malaysia/130/id42.htm](http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/malaysia/130/id42.htm) dead0man ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/7 "2001-10-31T12:51:31Z")
I’ll be a bad ass hockey goon…since I do have a game tonight. Stone Cold Steve Austin jersey with the smoking skull on it, my hockey pants (black leggings) my pads and my stick. Too bad I can’t wear the blades at work, but the stick should keep my boss away. ---
**Author:** ![Sophie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@Sophie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophie)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/8 "2001-10-31T12:53:08Z")
I’m gonna hang out in a cemetery all day. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/9 "2001-10-31T13:51:54Z")
Just going as myself…I don’t think the security guard in the lobby has ever seen a kilt before… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/10 "2001-10-31T14:00:03Z")
I’m going to be home alone… No, not gonna dress up like a kid and yell a lot. Daughter decided yesterday that she was going trick-or-treating with a friend. Hubby is going to Ocala to help his folks move into their new house. So I’ll be home alone with the doggies and a BIG bowl of candy and the computer. I expect the family to come home and find me in sugar shock staring at the screen with a glazed expression… ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/11 "2001-10-31T14:15:24Z")
I shall be posting as Jack Dean Tyler. I will **not** be wearing a costume. Costumes are just the mind’s attempt to ritualistically restore the foreskin by re-clothing the whole person. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/12 "2001-10-31T14:30:58Z")
I will be passing out candy (fun size 3Musketeers & Milky Way Midnites) to any trick-or-treaters that show up. Doubt I’ll be in costume this year, I don’t even know where my no-face cowl is. But I did get an idea for next year when I looked in the bathroom mirror this morning. I’ve been combing back my hair since Monday and it’s starting to stay that way even after a night’s sleep. This morning I had the perfect Mad Scientist look. I also have two sisters who work in hospitals; I’m sure one could get ahold of a white lab coat for me, along with a nametag which reads “Dr. Frankenstein.” ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/13 "2001-10-31T14:43:03Z")
I’m wearing black and orange, and I have a pair of really realistic looking horns on my head. It’s a very subtle thing, so most people talk to me for a couple of minutes before realizing I have horns. I’ll try to post a picture somewhere if I get a few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/14 "2001-10-31T14:46:23Z")
**ALL HAIL MIGHTY CAESAR!** ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/15 "2001-10-31T17:01:51Z")
Right now, I am dead. Base of white makeup, with green “rot” spots and open wounds, plus a long gash in my neck with stitches and fake blood oozing out. Black circles around my eyes, black lipstick. I also did the dead makeup for thre other three women in my department-- just took a group shot, I’ll see if I can post it somewhere. There is a fake spider in my ear, and I’m draped in cobwebs. Seems to be going over rather well! ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/16 "2001-10-31T17:11:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TroubleAgain \* > \*\*I’m wearing black and orange, and I have a pair of really realistic looking horns on my head. It’s a very subtle thing, so most people talk to me for a couple of minutes before realizing I have horns. I’ll try to post a picture somewhere if I get a few minutes. \*\* Gee, nobody ever has any trouble telling when I’M horny. _grin_ I’m dressed as a giant vampire bat this year. Black sweats, way cool homemade bat wings, black balaclava with homemade bat ears sewn on, rubber bat nose. It just occurred to me that I will be virtually invisible when taking my son the vampire trick-or-treating tonight. Maybe I can spell out “Die Fledermaus” on my shirt in reflective tape or something. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/17 "2001-10-31T17:25:00Z")
A stick in the mud. (and no, that’s not my costume, that’s what I am.) Harrumph. I have visions of me being the old lady with cats in the creepy house on the hill in years to come. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/18 "2001-10-31T17:33:00Z")
I am going as an underpaid, overworked, overtired, single parent to a child with ADHD. My costume comes complete with bloodshot eyes and the complimentary purple bags underneath them; the minus bank balance, and the ragged fingernails at fretting over the pile of bills. If that’s not scary, I don’t know what is. I shall stay at home and eat all of the tootsie rolls out of my child’s loot bag, and all of the Coffee Crisp fun-size bars from the candy I’m supposed to be handing out to the neighbourhood children. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/19 "2001-10-31T17:33:05Z")
Satan, or a minor devil. I have horns and a tail. I already has a mustache and goatee. You’d think these people around here would be a little old for pulling my tail. ---
**Author:** ![seawitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@seawitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seawitch)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642/20 "2001-10-31T18:59:39Z")
I have short, straight, bright red hair. I am wearing jammies, bunny slippers, and mouse ears. And I’ve been singing all morning… _It was great when it all began, I was a regular Frankie faaan…_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-for-halloween/90642.md?page=2)