# What are you going to be for Halloween? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 27, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810 "2008-10-27T18:48:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/1 "2008-10-27T18:48:38Z")
After seeing someone whip someone else with a red Twizzler, I vowed to be the Candy Dominatrix this Halloween. Well, maybe. If I end up going to a Halloween party. Otherwise, I’m not going to bother. What are you going to be? Or, if you’ve already been, what were you? Photos strongly encouraged! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/2 "2008-10-27T18:51:51Z")
Playing warcraft. ---
**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 27, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/3 "2008-10-27T18:58:04Z")
[Woodland Fairy](http://www.target.com/Wood-Fairy-Costume/dp/B0018QTNEO/602-7325975-1529415?ie=UTF8&node=304865011&frombrowse=1&pricerange=&index=target&field-browse=304865011&rank=price&rh=&page=2). I just have to get a ride home from a friend’s Halloween party! (Hopefully I’ll have pictures in a week or two!) ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/4 "2008-10-27T18:59:53Z")
Just had my annual Halloween party this last Saturday and I will say my outfit was a hit. Very simple one too. I took a belt and attached a bunch of old watches I had, then I also downloaded some clock images and mounted those onto cardboard and hung those from the belt as well. Wear normal clothing and this belt and I am… A waste of time 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/5 "2008-10-27T20:05:32Z")
No offense, **Hakuna Matata** , but joke/pun costumes make me want to punch babies. ALL babies. Me, I picked up a Russian Special Forces uniform online for under $50, including the SPETZNAZ patches, Russian flag patches, etc. I need to find a cheap toy AK-47 and then just look slavic and I’m all set. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/6 "2008-10-27T20:15:42Z")
I was originally planning on being The Doctor, but I don’t actually have anywhere to go… ---
**Author:** ![Lawn\_Gnome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lawn\_Gnome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lawn_Gnome)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/7 "2008-10-27T20:18:27Z")
I’m probably going to be pretty lazy and just make a big “nudist on strike” sign to wear. ---
**Author:** ![Lawn\_Gnome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lawn\_Gnome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lawn_Gnome)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/8 "2008-10-27T20:21:21Z")
Here’s a picture I found on Google [![](https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2166/1793260042_e8cf7721ea.jpg?v=0) ](https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2166/1793260042_e8cf7721ea.jpg?v=0) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/9 "2008-10-27T20:22:14Z")
A Green Lantern. I already have a Green Lantern t-shirt I got for $8 at Walmart and then just some black jeans and black shoes and I ring I have with a fake green emerald on it. ---
**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/10 "2008-10-27T20:25:40Z")
I think I’m gonna be Sarah Palin. I have brown hair, bangs, and I wear glasses sometimes…so I [superficially](http://www.flickr.com/photos/22423634@N08/2978555763/) look like her, at least, enough for a Halloween costume. I’m trying to get the hang of her accent…you betcha. I don’t feel like wearing a suit, though…I might wear a T-shirt that says “I can see Russia from my house” or something…I dunno. My sweet [boy](http://www.flickr.com/photos/22423634@N08/2978566901/in/photostream/) is gonna be a pea in a pod and my husband is going as a [guy](http://www.flickr.com/photos/22423634@N08/2978567135/) who doesn’t know how he got a backwards B on his face. He keeps changing his story so I just don’t know what to believe. ---
**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/11 "2008-10-27T20:27:28Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > No offense, **Hakuna Matata** , but joke/pun costumes make me want to punch babies. ALL babies. I LIKE joke/pun costumes, Hakuna Matata. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/12 "2008-10-27T20:30:01Z")
Dunno, I wasn’t planning on doing anything Halloween. But now I might put something together cuz there’s a good punk/metal rock show going on that night, and if I’m going out I suppose I should dress up. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/13 "2008-10-27T20:30:09Z")
I usually wear a pumpkin lady outfit. But if the weather here doesn’t cool down sufficiently, I will skip that. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/14 "2008-10-27T20:48:22Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > No offense, **Hakuna Matata** , but joke/pun costumes make me want to punch babies. ALL babies. I support that - I dislike infants. I’m going to wear surgical scrubs and carry a flask in my shirt pocket. I’ll be malpractice! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/15 "2008-10-27T21:13:13Z")
> [@Tahssa](#): > > A Green Lantern. I already have a Green Lantern t-shirt I got for $8 at Walmart and then just some black jeans and black shoes and I ring I have with a fake green emerald on it. I was planning on almost the exact same costume. I might put some white hair spray coloring on my temples so it’s clear I’m Hal Jordan. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/16 "2008-10-27T21:17:23Z")
I’m going to be Abby from the “NCIS” television show: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/11125007@N05/2979571446/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11125007@N05/2979571446/) They already call me that at work and at home. I’m tall and skinny and have black hair. Until pretty recently I dressed like Abby anyway, so I already have all of the right clothing, including a lab coat. The only difference will be that I’m going to fill my Big Gulp (can’t find any drink called a “Cat’s Paw”, Abby’s fave soda drink) with hot coffee. Carrying around a huge cup full of cold soda in this weather would freeze me to death! Hopefully my buddy Maria will have her digital camera ready this Friday, so I can post photos from the Halloween party. I hope people know who I am. Usually I do costumes that are immediately recognizable, like Marie Antoinette or Raggedy Ann or something. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/17 "2008-10-27T21:34:27Z")
A droog. I’ve got my white shirt, my white jeans, my white suspenders, my white codpiece, my bowler & cane and my bottle of Kahlua. White Russians all night long. ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/18 "2008-10-27T22:03:03Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > No offense, **Hakuna Matata** , but joke/pun costumes make me want to punch babies. ALL babies. > > Me, I picked up a Russian Special Forces uniform online for under $50, including the SPETZNAZ patches, Russian flag patches, etc. I need to find a cheap toy AK-47 and then just look slavic and I’m all set. You probably wouldn’t have liked my alternate costume (I didn’t wear it because too many kids at the party that I would have to explain it to). It was dress up like a pimp, put a small garden hose looped over your shoulder and then place loose panty hose all over yourself. You are of course—a pimp and his hose I will be here all week making \*\*Zeriel \*\*punch babies 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/19 "2008-10-27T22:57:02Z")
Asleep. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/20 "2008-10-27T22:58:59Z")
A saloon girl. I need to finish putting the costume together, though, but I think it will look pretty cool. I’m going to a “Once upon a time out West” theme party. I am very much looking forward to it! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810.md?page=2)