# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/61 "2019-11-01T14:02:27Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Anyway, I’ll be a gorilla for Halloween…again. I bought that gorilla head years ago and Halloween is the only chance I get to use it. I found my gorilla hands too. So I got some bananas and went down to the bar. This used to be a lot more fun, these days you just can’t walk into any old place with a gorilla head on carrying something that looks like a yellow gun. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/62 "2019-11-01T14:52:57Z")
Hey, all. I don’t log on much these days, but I thought the Dope might appreciate this: I had planned to have a costume for taking the boys out trick-or-treating, but with one thing and another, I just couldn’t get it together. Then, at the very last minute, literally on my way to pick up the older kiddo from school, inspiration struck. I stopped to pick up a magazine at the grocery store, and I already had the clothes and duct tape, and I was set. When anyone asked what my costume was, I said, “Well, I had a great costume planned, but I [_ran out of time…_](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/J7YNs3G0PSJA1jcxvKzJz_sZJzmxOEwMq6fTpYciWMWGpftmqg_BuBDcxLpW4IqMntLMbIKEJVQeM0udC4gaXNDbdZRuhDDz4qC8bN7tEJ-LJCA1C5q_KBXGnm7Eb6VODMYkl0U7m7JYs733QOFWUJ_jYzrUjU07dfHZl6WkgceYso-tpeBU6Sc95ClvWwnt4XlWW5daFBDUSoN1pDYQMwUrdl7HGHACL7hH2tFGqLIXmJQRQwEe0GNN0ZKZddEpQ-Tlz-6JaWYdDnay1Cd_g4YexqGQQhBjwfYWwHCDxjrunJDGYZksapKjVWiNB70dtUk-xGu1VIHF82b46daWa_qDdfBt9fIrIFY3zFFRnfzz05Ib79BMHBFA39qEoQCB6r3Rvn9WgnNyz2JKEqCLRUM3xH-MiOVPUz70sQvy9J0riaF9qltRiO2jLEdGNLoU-mc5wmpAQ9Halx9FKFGTy1FQUb6jV280lCCpiYSi1zYV27bwZwrOVselRa7-m7PL_QqGEEdNtt4KrBE4rumpyaBIKrmSud62-VRMlOnINgcf4Yp4DFKIPKgcXQqc0J5hFFMzyu9kalbIGQD1M9hhdiwBUGqIpqwXsfWxuoEjWgzgkxJMU5EJbAyOV3Gyi4wCUYlGbrj9L2Koh-BzUrYIeVrviBb_xy3_1pJjgjEBq0bznKJzlje1swpNbT78JKxu5kzpvTDKpFF3YG5dgjzkYEWE6Oa4rNllTPMEZd-zsJOUajmChA=w705-h939-no)” And I got tons of groans and laughs and it was awesome. But the best part was the one guy who asked me, and I said my spiel and did the pose, and he chuckled, smiled, nodded. And then, he added sympathetically, “Yes, it’s hard.” For a fraction of a second, I considered trying to explain, and then, just smiled and wished him a Happy Halloween. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/63 "2019-11-01T15:10:04Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > And I got tons of groans and laughs and it was awesome. I laughed, groaned, then laughed again. I was at a brewery last night. Someone mentioned the fact that I wasn’t in costume and I told her, “I’m not religious, nor am I spiritual”. I said it with an earnest tone and she looked for a moment like she was gonna cry (I think she’d over consumed). ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/64 "2019-11-01T15:17:46Z")
My favorite “ran out of time” costume in recent years: I found a box of “Hello, My Name Is” stickers in my car that I had bought for a work thing. I wrote my infant son’s name on one, put it on my shirt and went as my son in 34 years. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/65 "2019-11-02T01:34:04Z")
I teach at a uniform school. So I wore my khaki skirt and a navy blue polo shirt, just like the girls wear most days. I would have loved to wear one of my Renaissance gowns, but I need to be tied into it, and I wouldn’t want to drive all laced up. I have lunch duty, and I won’t wear a dry-clean-only costume in the cafeteria. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/67 "2020-10-02T16:38:54Z")
I would love to get a costume of DJT wearing a diaper like in the London balloon. Scariest creature imaginable. But I am not going out that night (or any other). ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/68 "2020-10-04T14:08:40Z")
I’m not going to “be” anything but I bought a black t-shirt that has a black cat face with glory eyes. I will wear that with my kitty cat deally bobs headband. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/69 "2020-10-13T00:42:27Z")
I’m going to masquerade as Not Home. With the lights out and the blinds drawn, they’ll leave me alone. ---
**Author:** ![MsJinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@MsJinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsJinx)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/70 "2020-10-16T16:20:07Z")
‘Grumpy Old Man’ was a last minute costume standby at our house: old man mask, bathrobe, and rolled up newspaper to swat at people. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/71 "2021-10-01T19:15:14Z")
Welp, it’s October 2021 and time to bump this bad boy back into conversation! Any ideas for your Halloween costume this year? I took last year off due to COVID, but my last two before that were a Ghostbuster and Eleven from Stranger Things Season 1. Not sure yet what this year will bring, so inspire me, people! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/72 "2021-10-01T19:34:23Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Hidden. Same this year, unless we’re on the road. We’ll be returning from a visit to my inlaws in Florida either on Halloween or the day before. Kinda depends on how crazy they make us. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/73 "2021-10-01T19:49:43Z")
My wife, Pepper Mill, came up with the idea of us going as Devils. She’ll put on a hairband with horns and a blue dress and be a Devil With A Blue Dress On. I’ll spirit gum horns onto my forehead and pointed ears on, and add a crepe hair goatee and add a pair of “Beagle Puss” Groucho glasses. I’ll be a Devil in Disguise ---
**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 1, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/74 "2021-10-01T20:00:59Z")
Besotted ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/75 "2021-10-06T22:47:05Z")
I’m going to impersonate someone who is not home. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/76 "2021-10-08T03:47:38Z")
An invalid. I have the costume in my closet. I have implants, I’d love to be Seven of Nine\*. Don’t think I have the bod or the looks for that🤯 \*She’s a Borg on Star Trek Voyager. My heart is broken. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/77 "2021-10-08T04:13:29Z")
I’ll be dressing as Ric Flair this year. I have a blond wig, a sequined robe, a replica WCW World Heavyweight Championship belt (which I’ve had for several years and is easily the most expensive part of the costume), and a face mask that says “WOOOO!” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/78 "2021-10-08T14:42:17Z")
These are great Cal. Gave an idea. Pin a schematic to your chest and you could be ‘The devil is in the details’. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/79 "2021-10-08T15:02:22Z")
Last year, I went to bed early; luckily I got read a [bedtime story](https://www.flickr.com/photos/74663312@N08/51565775254/) This year, I think I’m going to be a [train conductor](https://www.flickr.com/photos/74663312@N08/51020332578/). All aboard!!! ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/80 "2021-10-08T15:53:18Z")
Poop. My grand daughter is expecting her first in November and decided to have a combination Halloween and baby shower. I have on a couple occasions so far made her husband come close to gagging when I described changing a poopy diaper. So I am going as poop (poop emoji hat, brown face mask and sweatshirt) and my wife is going as a diaper (white sweatshirt with diapers attached). Our surprise is the Tootsie Roll turds in the diapers, pull one out and have a snack. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888/81 "2021-10-08T17:34:55Z")
This year I’m playing the not at home game. But if I was going to a work party - which is usually my chance to dress up - I’d choose to be a tube man - you know, those floppy things dancing in front of car dealers? Yeah, I could have fun with that. My last costume I did was a pirate wench. ARR! That was fun too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-gonna-be-for-halloween/841888.md?page=5)