# What are you gonna be for Halloween? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2019, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888 "2019-10-17T04:08:49Z")\ **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 17, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/21 "2019-10-17T17:45:59Z")
Or not to be. That is the question. ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/22 "2019-10-17T18:32:02Z")
I’ll be wearing my standard Groucho eyeglasses with the fake nose/eyebrows/mustache. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/23 "2019-10-17T18:43:40Z")
At 8 am I’ll be “at work.” At 5 pm I’ll be “at home looking forward to handing out candy to the cute little kids in the neighborhood.” At 7 pm I’ll be “counting the minutes until I can turn the porch lights off at 8.” ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/24 "2019-10-17T19:48:06Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > At 7 pm I’ll be “counting the minutes until I can turn the porch lights off at 8.” In my day, that would have been followed by: “At 8:05 pm I’ll be rushing to the front yard trying to see who just threw those eggs at my house because they think I turned my lights off too early.” Meanwhile, I’ll be in my recliner, wondering if the, what is it now, about 10-year streak of nobody coming to my door will be broken (doubtful, as I live at the far end of a block of townhouses that is already about halfway up a steep hill, and it’s already in an area where most kids are expected to, what’s the term for it, “trunk or treat” somewhere). ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/25 "2019-10-17T21:22:39Z")
As always (except for one year) I will wear one of those cone-shaped “princess” hats with a veil. I’m not going anywhere, just handing out candy. One year, I didn’t wear the hat. A mother said, “Oh, I told my daughter you’d be wearing the princess hat!” I offered to go put it on, but she declined. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/26 "2019-10-17T21:30:37Z")
While I usually wear a costume, I can’t this year. I’ll be going through about 10 metal detectors and a pat-down search. On Halloween, I have tickets to see The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/27 "2019-10-17T21:32:33Z")
alone ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/28 "2019-10-17T21:49:08Z")
As every other year: Nothing. And no visitors to the house looking for handouts either. (long dark and steep driveway) It is truly “just another day.” Thank god. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/29 "2019-10-17T22:18:36Z")
Haven’t decided yet. My favorite costume was about 10 years ago, when my daughter was a toddler, and she was dressed as a chicken. I went as a Tyson chicken farmer, carrying a machete. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/30 "2019-10-17T22:20:56Z")
Myself, but 5 years ago. Fortunately, I have the costume already. ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/31 "2019-10-17T22:23:13Z")
**Magnum P.I.** (Tom Selleck version, I’ve not seen the reboot.) All I need to get is a stick-on mustache - I’ve already got jeans, a red Hawaiian shirt, and a Detroit Tigers baseball hat. I tend to alternate between elaborate and half-assed costumes, and this is a half-assed year. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/32 "2019-10-17T23:44:25Z")
I need something I can work in so I’ll probably use my usual fallback of Colonial attire. AND with my new work schedule I can actually be home to pass out treats for the first time in 5 years; I can zombie what I’m wearing for work. That and load up all 4 of our bubble-foggers. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/33 "2019-10-18T01:39:42Z")
Sauron - before the fall. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/34 "2019-10-18T03:14:34Z")
I’ll be a ghost. For real, possibly, so I’ll need no costume, only amyl nitrate to perk me up. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/35 "2019-10-18T03:20:13Z")
I never do costumes, but this year under the undue influence of a friend, I am breaking that rule. We are going to do a 2-person ensemble for an outdoor party, each with our own costume, but we go together. I am going to be a young street tree in an urban setting. My friend is going to be a port-a-potty, leaning illegally on the young tree. It’s sort of an “in” joke of which we two and the city department responsible for enforcing that law are the only ones who would get it. And they won’t be there. It’s going to be a blast. ---
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/36 "2019-10-18T13:45:36Z")
A group of friends and I are considering doing a costume party this year so I got a pumpkin costume just in case. So I’ll either be a pumpkin or just myself. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/37 "2019-10-18T16:15:58Z")
> [@RioRico](#): > > I’ll be a ghost. For real, possibly, so I’ll need no costume, only amyl nitrate to perk me up. My wife is a ghost; been one since she was born. Its not a bad deal at all for her. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/38 "2019-10-18T17:04:24Z")
Rick Sanchez. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/39 "2019-10-18T17:26:45Z")
I’ve aged out of doing my favorite Mae West. (Dammit.) Like **Procustus** , I’m home this year with the same sort of driveway and no trick-or-treaters. I may invite a friend to dinner just to share good conversation and a cozy fire. If I were going to a party this year, I’d go as a Sharpie. ---
**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 19, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/40 "2019-10-19T16:57:07Z")
A store cashier, unless they let me stand outside and pass out candy. In these neck of the woods, it’s customary for people to stand outside and give out the candy. Very wise. If nobody is outside, don’t bother the people in the building. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888.md?page=3)