# So You Have To Dress Like Your State for Halloween... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 27, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513 "2008-09-27T23:58:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/41 "2008-09-28T12:44:08Z")
It’s hard to differentiate South Carolina from other Deep South states, although I suppose you could go as Strom Thurmond. If you want to put some creative work in you could be a really cute Cradle of Secession, though. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/42 "2008-09-28T13:02:46Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > I’ll just ask all the women and children in my neighborhood to go with me as a [polygamist family](http://utahbooks.com/images/History%20of%20Colorado%20City/Polygamist_Family_new.jpg). > > Not really, but it might be fun… ``` Make sure you dress them in Prairie Skirts; that, and throw on some Jesus Jammies. ``` ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/43 "2008-09-28T13:49:38Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > It’s hard to differentiate South Carolina from other Deep South states, although I suppose you could go as Strom Thurmond. If you want to put some creative work in you could be a really cute Cradle of Secession, though. Dress as a palmetto tree; and get a wire so that you can fix up a Damocles-style crescent moon. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/44 "2008-09-28T14:19:04Z")
[Light 'em if you got 'em.](http://s2.thisnext.com/media/230x230_no_border/Cigarette-Butt-Costume_8659FE4B.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/45 "2008-09-28T14:33:44Z")
I’m not very good at costumes and I can’t really think of anything that screams “Mississippi.” Maybe I could just stand on my left leg the whole time? Of course, if people were looking at me from behind, they might think I was Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/46 "2008-09-28T14:36:25Z")
As a resident of the Beaver state- I would clearly be dressing up as a naked lady. (Note- I am not a lady) ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/47 "2008-09-28T15:28:10Z")
In honor of the **OP** , I would paint myself blue, representing the Atlantic Ocean, so I could [del]lap at[/del] I mean hug **Green Bean’s** shoreline. 😕Do I have to have crabs on my bottom? Can I get a _state_ waiver as I’m usually in a state of confusion? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/48 "2008-09-28T16:40:17Z")
**Fretful** –if you know that song, “Mississippi Mud”, you could just plaster yourself with mud… 1. Abe Lincoln, but the beard would itch. Plus, I’m only 5’7". 2. Al Capone–carry a violin case, wear a zoot suit and spats; smoke. 3. Vecro lots of small fans to my clothes (Windy City) and wear massive shoulder pads (City of the Big Shoulders). 4. Lose 50 pounds, wear some type of native dress and carry a big rock and go as Starved Rock. [legend](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starved_Rock_State_Park) 5. Dress as the Blues Brothers and pretend to like blues for a night. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/49 "2008-09-28T16:53:26Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > This is SO easy! [Cheesehead!](http://www.cheesehead.com/) My first thought. Or a can of Old Milwaukee beer. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/50 "2008-09-28T17:09:33Z")
I could go as Harry Truman (my birth state) Or a Jayhawk (my college state) Or… Mount Hood? A hippie? A duck or a beaver? Hmm… ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/51 "2008-09-28T18:36:41Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > It’s hard to differentiate South Carolina from other Deep South states, although I suppose you could go as Strom Thurmond. If you want to put some creative work in you could be a really cute Cradle of Secession, though. What??? Are you forgetting Tammy Faye Baker? Her heyday occurred less than 2 hours from where you are. Big hard hair, fake eyelashes like tarantulas, whore makeup applied with a trowel? Remember to cry so the K-Mart eye makeup runs. How about Myrtle Beach girl: tight belly shirt with a rude saying involving tits, tight shorts emblazoned with Myrtle Beach, flip flops, jewelry from Eagles or Wings, Banana Boat, and blue eyeshadow. Muffin top and henna tramp stamp optional. If you’re considering menswear, there’s only one choice: blue seersucker suit and straw boater hat, mint julep in sterling cup optional but highly recommended. You shouldn’t have a problem getting one on King Street in Charleston if Granger Owings or Brittons are out. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/52 "2008-09-28T19:23:23Z")
[Lisa Simpson]Nevada makes my butt look big![/Lisa Simpson] ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/53 "2008-09-28T19:42:51Z")
For New York, I’d dress as a Big Apple. (Yes, that’s the city, not the whole state. This city contains almost half the state’s population and more than that share of its economic activity. Live with it, upstaters.) ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/54 "2008-09-28T19:53:34Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > \*\* > > 1. Dress as the Blues Brothers and pretend to like blues for a night. You be Elwood and I’ll be Jake. Otherwise there’s Chief Illiniwek, although that one would be difficult for me as a female. Maybe I could do some sort of locomotive thing and be the Illinois Central RR. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/55 "2008-09-28T20:32:11Z")
Here’s my [costume](http://www.concierge.com/images/destinations/sponsored_properties/seeanddo/northamerica/unitedstates/california/sanfrancisco/sanfrancisco_seeanddo_006p.jpg). Whaddya mean, there’s more to California than San Francisco? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/56 "2008-09-29T00:27:18Z")
I could dress up like a peach or a peanut. Or a saltine cracker. Or a bowl of grits. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/57 "2008-09-29T00:52:22Z")
Wow, not much to choose from. Pigs, corn, soybeans, or some unholy GMO blend of all three, I suppose. Or I might wear pants that are too short and wait for another flood. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/58 "2008-09-29T01:16:35Z")
A foam dress, shaped like the state, turned sideways: so that the major part if the Gulf Coast is in the front and the lower part is in the rear, like a train. Add a very large magnolia collar. Mississippi here. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/59 "2008-09-29T01:18:28Z")
For my present location NC, I’d paint my neck red, my heels with tar, and cover myself with cracker crumbs and kudzu. For my MA state of birth, I’d dress as a Boston baked bean. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513/60 "2008-09-29T06:21:45Z")
I’m from NY so I guess I’d have to go with pants that were a patchwork, starting mostly green at the bottom and gradually turning mostly grey at the top, with a big skyscraper coming out of my crotch. My shirt would be mostly green with a few blue splotches and lines, and with lots of leaves. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-to-dress-like-your-state-for-halloween/465513.md?page=4)