# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/21 "2008-10-27T23:18:22Z")
> [@The\_Weird\_One](#): > > After seeing someone whip someone else with a red Twizzler, I vowed to be the Candy Dominatrix this Halloween. I want to be a Candy Slave! Know where I can find a Candy Dom? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/22 "2008-10-27T23:31:48Z")
My usual Incarnation of Death outfit. Iā€™ll sit out front and scare the shit out of the little kiddies. SWMBO wonā€™t have anything to do with me on Halloween. She sits inside with the TV volume turned up to drown out the screams. She claims the next generation of axe murderers is going to come from our neighborhood and Iā€™ll be responsible. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/23 "2008-10-27T23:45:41Z")
Iā€™ll be going as Sonny Crockett from the TV version of Miami Vice. I have some very 80s threads to fit the bill, so all I have to do is not shave for Friday. Pics to follow in a few daysā€¦ ---
**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:** [October 28, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/24 "2008-10-28T00:07:56Z")
A sidewalk Dad. ā€œNo! Only take Oneā€¦! Thank you. Happy Halloween!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/25 "2008-10-28T00:33:17Z")
Iā€™m very disappointed in you **Guinastasia** , not making your own costume. What happened to all your mad sewing skillz? Back To The Op Iā€™m doing a black and white thing- tuxedo coat, striped t-shirt, striped leggings, striped loincloth, one black glove, one white, a tiny formal hat from a Mr Magoo doll, and a black and gold cane. ---
**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 28, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/26 "2008-10-28T00:36:46Z")
I really wanted to go as [Dita Von Teese](http://www.dita.net/)-just find a sort of ā€œbeginning of the actā€ fan dancer outfit, and a picture of Marilyn Manson with his face scribbled over. But there wasnā€™t enough time to put it together. ā˜¹ A guy I work with is going as another coworker-the one whoā€™s having the Halloween party. Weā€™re all sworn to secrecy. I havenā€™t had a chance to pull out my sewing machine, **Doc**. With all these seizures Iā€™ve been having, what with the meds being adjusted, do you really think it was a good idea to work with sharp objects like that? ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/27 "2008-10-28T00:39:37Z")
Freezing! For the past umpteen years weā€™ve had temps in the mid-80s for Halloween. This week the overnight temps are dropping into the low 50s. Why did I pick this year to wear a sundress? As Iā€™ve posted in the other Halloween threads, Iā€™ll be dressing as Marylin Monroe in _The Seven Year Itch_. Iā€™m hoping for a good gust of wind during the officeā€™s costume parade. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/28 "2008-10-28T00:47:04Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I really wanted to go as [Dita Von Teese](http://www.dita.net/)-just find a sort of ā€œbeginning of the actā€ fan dancer outfit, and a picture of Marilyn Manson with his face scribbled over. But there wasnā€™t enough time to put it together. Go as Dita at the end of a fan dance. All you need are high heels, make up, earrings, and a pair of ostrich feather fans. Post lots of pictures. > [@](#): > > I havenā€™t had a chance to pull out my sewing machine, **Doc**. With all these seizures Iā€™ve been having, what with the meds being adjusted, do you really think it was a good idea to work with sharp objects like that? The minicam in the unicorn died and until I can replace it, I have no more idea what goes on in your life than the average person does. ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/29 "2008-10-28T00:55:12Z")
There was an ongoing joke around my house about the dishwashing fairy. The story was, if you left the dinner dishes on the counter, the dishwashing fairy would come by at night, and the next morning your counters would be free of dishes and sparkling clean. And I made the comment, ā€œThe b\*tch must be on strike, 'cause sheā€™s never been to my house.ā€ Along comes halloween, and I decide that a dishwashing fairy would make a good costume. So I bought a white t-shirt and using acrylic paints, wrote ā€œThis Dishwashing Fairy is ON STRIKE!ā€ complete with bubbles painted here an there. I made myself a wand out of a bottle brush, and fairy dust from a shredded sponge, which is in a bag that hangs off the pink tutu Iā€™m wearing over a pair of pajama bottoms. Big fuzzy blue slippers and a pink tiara complete the ensemble. Iā€™ll post a pic later when I get off work. I wore it last night to our bowling leagueā€™s Halloween party. Won the ā€œMost Original Costumeā€ prize. Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/30 "2008-10-28T01:23:51Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > No offense, **Hakuna Matata** , but joke/pun costumes make me want to punch babies. ALL babies. You woulda hated me, then, the year I dressed up as a grain silo and convinced my brother to wear a sandwich board with the sun on it and my best friend to wear a white sheet with a bunch of holes cut in it. We were the Trinity. And even worse the year I wore an all white costume with a rapier and a fencing mask, carrying a sign that said things like ā€œEqual Work for Equal Epee!ā€ I was, you got it, a white picket fence. I nearly made a friend leave the party in disgust. Alas, I have no such ideas for this year. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/31 "2008-10-28T01:27:10Z")
A chicken. (Seriously. Damn costume cost me fifty bucks). ---
**Author:** ![Juliette\_Culture\_Junkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5fc32e/32.png) [@Juliette\_Culture\_Junkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juliette_Culture_Junkie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/32 "2008-10-28T01:28:24Z")
Bromley Contingent-era Siouxsie Sioux. My boy will be Robert Smith. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/33 "2008-10-28T02:06:13Z")
So weā€™re just completely ignoring the thread I started in MPSIMS, then? Oh wellā€¦ Iā€™ll be Tony Stark. Iā€™m basing it off of these images: [Bing](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v233/axpauction/?action=view¤t=ironmanproductionphoto.jpg) and [boom.](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v233/axpauction/?action=view¤t=IM-21898R.jpg) My arc reactor (the glowing thing on his chest) is almost done, just need to finish wiring up the LEDs. The gloves pieceā€¦is less completed, but less needed. I can just wear the arc reactor if needed, but Iā€™d like to have the arm piece. I have the two large red pieces done, but the glove itself is a bitchā€¦I am spray painting an old ski glove red, but the paint isnā€™t adhering well. I also cut out some card stock and formed it into squares to out on my fingers to make them look more like armor, and less like a ski glove painted red. ---
**Author:** ![Poonther](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Poonther](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poonther)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/34 "2008-10-28T02:10:42Z")
Iā€™m going as Palinā€™s favorite guy ā€œJoe Six Packā€ who has taken a back seat now to my husbandā€™s costume ā€œJoe the Unlicensed Plumber.ā€ I decided he should be Joe the Plumber right after the 3rd debate. I had no idea how notorious ā€œJtPā€ would become at that time. Hubby is same size as Joe but refuses to shave his head, so I bought him a bald wig. Now we just need to find him a gray t-shirt complete w/the swoosh-tika (Nike symbol.) I can interpret my costume a little more loosely since thereā€™s no real Joe Six Pack. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/35 "2008-10-28T02:44:11Z")
Mrs. Roper from Threeā€™s Company. My friend and I spotted a horrendous polyester caftan with a giant peacock on the front when we were shopping for her daughterā€™s cowgirl costume. Add one red wig, hideous plastic jewelry, and goopy make-up and Iā€™m good to goā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/36 "2008-10-28T03:24:04Z")
[http:// [http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z76/pitocyn/CCF02262008\_00003.jpg](http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z76/pitocyn/CCF02262008_00003.jpg)](http:// [http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z76/pitocyn/CCF02262008\_00003.jpg](http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z76/pitocyn/CCF02262008_00003.jpg) ) Little Red Riding Hood. Iā€™m the smiling one, because I get to wear a velvet cape! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/37 "2008-10-28T03:27:53Z")
Ooh, I forgot about last yearā€™s costume, whose theme was Geek Jargon. Using coffee beans, I spelled the word ā€œJavaā€ in cursive across a shirt. I spelled ā€œPerlā€ using fake pearls in cursive the same way. I wore a red hat. The piece de resistance, however, was my hiking boots. I set up a motor and a light bulb on one boot, and a battery pack on the other, such that when I touched them together, a circuit was completed. I was a dual-boot machine. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/38 "2008-10-28T13:31:52Z")
Naked ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/39 "2008-10-28T14:20:43Z")
Iā€™m dressing up for the first time in over a decade, since my new job has a big office halloween party thing. Iā€™m doing Beaker from the muppet show: lab coat, shirt and tie, and bright orange wig that I chopped the hell out of. Unfortunately, no amount of hair gel seems to be enough to get the wig hair to stand up straight (even though I hung it upside down until it dried). I could try glue, but frankly I canā€™t be bothered to mess with it on a week night. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810/40 "2008-10-28T14:23:10Z")
Iā€™m not planning on actually dressing up and going anywhere, but I am planning on donning my trenchcoat, my Tilley hat, a cravat, and some gloves, and taking a picture of myself which I will photoshop my face out of and draw in ā€¦ well, [this guy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorschach_(comics))ā€™s face. Last year I worked on Halloween, and I dressed as Number Two. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-going-to-be-for-halloween/469810.md?page=3)