# What are you going to be for Halloween? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 14, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383 "2003-10-14T15:01:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![White\_Ink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@White\_Ink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Ink)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383/41 "2003-10-15T18:48:20Z")
I’m still looking for ideas. So far my favorite costume to date has been the 6’2" beautiful gay boys cross dressed as hooter’s waitresses. However, since I’m not drawn like that it wouldn’t be a very funny costume on me. The chick in a sparkly red dress with red horns & triton is so overdone. I wish that costume idea would take a one way trip to the bottom of the sea. (sorry **kfl** ) One idea I would like to see is someone dressed as a wooden horse with Matrix like characters printed all over the horse, and a trap door that opened at the front. Inside You’d have a guy or gal with a pocket protector & slide rule who would open the trap door and hand out little baggies of Jalapeno flavored Jelly Bellies. Beware of Geeks bearing gifts. man, I would love that. I also loved the guy in the big pointy hat dressed as a Purple Crayola Crayon. I think the body of the costume was that foam stuff that he’d stapled into a cylinder and cut arm holes & such. **mrbuddylee** How about getting some wire coat hangers and making a hat that is kind of like a chef’s hat, but really, it’s a whisk. You could use a similar approach to the crayon idea for the body/whisk handle. You could staple the biscuit boxes all over a cheap apron or housecoat for your wife, and get her a wig, and dust her all over with flour. ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383/42 "2003-10-15T19:18:15Z")
(I gotta say I love the ‘partly cloudy with chance of showers’ idea. That’s classic.) I’ll probably be going as Superman this year, caught in mid-change of clothes. Suit, dress shirt, tie, black plastic frame glasses. Shirt torn open to reveal the familiar ‘S’. Total cost for costume: $15 for Superman t-shirt. (What can I say, I’m lazy when it comes to costumes.) It was either that, or go as the main character from GTA 3: spiked hair and sideburns, black leather jacket, green cargo pants, sneakers… and carrying a bat. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383/43 "2003-10-15T19:25:07Z")
[![](https://dessins-animes-hrd.appspot.com/img/dessins-animes-2/CaptainN.jpg) ](https://dessins-animes-hrd.appspot.com/img/dessins-animes-2/CaptainN.jpg) I found a coat that is _almost_ perfect. It has a large logo on the back, though, that I can’t get rif of. It also has a small one on the front, but that will be coverded up by the giant ‘N’. I also want to actually make the controller like it is on his belt, get some green LED’s to make a little bar on the top, hollow out the controller for some batteries so they can glow. ---
**Author:** ![meow\_meow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@meow\_meow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meow_meow)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383/44 "2003-10-15T20:14:24Z")
\*\*Ukulele Ike \*\* How about Jimmy and his Magic Flute from Puff’n’stuff? That could be…scary. Well, strange, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383/45 "2003-10-15T20:31:39Z")
I was thinking about being Duffman, but I’ll probably just slap on a bandaid and be Nelly. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383/46 "2003-10-16T03:43:05Z")
I’m going to Dope-A-Ween with **Siege** and I’m wearing my evening gown that I wore last year to the _Titanic_ dinner, a black and silver feather boa, tap shoes, black gloves, silver glitter on my face and a tiara. My mother is going to make me a wand. I’m calling myself the Celestial Grand Duchess of Wraiths. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383/47 "2003-10-16T04:29:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zanshin \* > **(I gotta say I love the ‘partly cloudy with chance of showers’ idea. That’s classic.)** Thanks. I’m the master of the non-costume, or the costume based entirely around sweatshirts, jeans, and sneakers. Last year, I pinned socks, panties, lint, and dryer sheets all over myself and went as static cling. People were alternately mystefied and cracking up 🙂 The year before that, I stapled a bunch of sponges to my clothes and was self absorbed. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@HDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HDS)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383/48 "2003-10-16T12:58:28Z")
I’ll be wearing an antique blue velvet falling apart dress (probably it’s last Halloween, sniff), wet put up hair, and a life preserver with Titanic painted on. ---
**Author:** ![Vevila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@Vevila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vevila)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383/49 "2003-10-16T14:21:06Z")
A vampire bat. Black hooded sweatshirt, black sweatpants, wings made from cutting a couple of umbrellas apart (I’ll be safety pinning them to the sleeves of the sweatshirt), ears made out of felt, vampire fangs. Should be plenty comfy to wear all day at work… ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383/50 "2003-10-16T15:29:49Z")
very, very drunk. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383/51 "2003-10-16T19:14:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Ink \* > \*\*The chick in a sparkly red dress with red horns & triton is so overdone. I wish that costume idea would take a one way trip to the bottom of the sea. (sorry **kfl** ) \*\* Purple lipstick, army boots and a stake it is, then! ---
**Author:** ![White\_Ink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@White\_Ink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Ink)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383/52 "2003-10-16T19:39:52Z")
Whoooo! Me likey! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383/53 "2003-10-16T23:58:19Z")
I’m gonna be working that night, until about 11:30, sadly. I’m either wearing my tuxedo to work, including sterling silver cufflinks and a real flower boutenir ( sp? ), or I may go as an enormous oven mitt. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383/54 "2003-10-17T01:48:31Z")
I’ll be disappointed if I don’t see at least one person dressed up like the **Cubs Fan In Left Field**. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383/55 "2003-10-17T02:03:15Z")
I’m going as the Devil’s nurse—red scrubs, horns and pitchfork… My husband suggested replacing the red cross on the cap with a pentagram, but… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383/56 "2003-10-17T12:42:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MixieArmadillo \* > \*\*The year before that, I stapled a bunch of sponges to my clothes and was self absorbed. 🙂 \*\* That’s it! This year, I will wear a red body stocking smf jsyand staple pads and tampons to myself! Thanks! One year I wore a Santa jacket, black boots and a Santa hat. Underneath I wore a flesh body stocking, and I was the “flashing Santa.” Last year, I wore my Cat-in-the-Suessical hat, a white Evita gown with a Madonna bullet-bra on top, and carried my Mamma Mia beach ball. I got three offers to buy the beach ball. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383/57 "2003-10-17T12:42:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MixieArmadillo \* > \*\*The year before that, I stapled a bunch of sponges to my clothes and was self absorbed. 🙂 \*\* That’s it! This year, I will wear a red body stocking and hat and staple pads and tampons to myself! Thanks! One year I wore a Santa jacket, black boots and a Santa hat. Underneath I wore a flesh body stocking, and I was the “flashing Santa.” Last year, I wore my Cat-in-the-Suessical hat, a white Evita gown with a Madonna bullet-bra on top, and carried my Mamma Mia beach ball. I got three offers to buy the beach ball. ---
**Author:** ![One\_Bad\_Kitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/51bf81/32.png) [@One\_Bad\_Kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_Bad_Kitty)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383/58 "2003-10-17T17:40:42Z")
I saw the Duff Man at a George Clinton concert last year… it was neat-o! I myself am going to be a Pirate, arrrrrrrrr!!! I got my pirate name from [talklikeapirate.com](http://talklikeapirate.com)… its Red Bess Bonnie. Watch out though, I’m going to be wearing a bodice and that means VAST TRACKS OF LAND will be prominently (sp?) displayed! ---
**Author:** ![White\_Ink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@White\_Ink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Ink)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383/59 "2003-10-17T18:06:13Z")
You realize that is an open invitation for other pirates… “Ahoy matey! Prepare to be boarded!” That’s the plan, right? \ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/207383.md?page=2)