# What's your costume this year? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 27, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105 "2006-10-27T13:30:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105/81 "2006-10-31T17:44:54Z")
[QUOTE=Clockwork And Candy] I was going to be Dr. Girlfriend from **The Venture Bros.** , but I don’t think I’m actually going to dress up today. Which is something of a shame as it took me over a month to sew the dress/hat and find the right wig. I suppose part of the reason is that I’m not comfortable with how the breasts look (balloons wrapped in gauze don’t seem to be cutting it) and this was only my third experience sewing something as complicated as her l’il Jackie O number. Oh, well. There’s always next year and at least my legs are nice and smooth. [/QUOTE] Please tell me you’re a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105/82 "2006-10-31T17:58:15Z")
Me? I’m [magically](http://new.photos.yahoo.com/donegalbob/album/576460762318825761/photo/294928803479990670/27) [delicious](http://new.photos.yahoo.com/donegalbob/album/576460762318825761/photo/294928803479978803/28) ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105/83 "2006-11-01T04:31:23Z")
I was Dr. McNinja. No pictures yet, but it was pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105/84 "2006-11-01T05:44:56Z")
I dressed up as a robot to hand out candy. One wee small boy asked if I really was a robot. His big sister reassured him that I wasn’t, calling attention to all of the tape on my costume. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105/85 "2006-11-01T13:00:24Z")
I did get my black mage outfit done in time (woot!) and good thing too, because it was a lot warmer than last years outfit. Someone even got it. Best line of the day: “Hey, are you the one who casts the spell that knocks everybody down?” ---
**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:** [November 1, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105/86 "2006-11-01T16:44:04Z")
I pulled an old costume out of my costume trunk: a mirror with eye holes and mouth hole cut in it, attached to a black hood and worn with all-black clothes under a black cape. Someone dressed as (for example) an Amish farmer would say, “So what are you supposed to be?” and I’d answer, “I’m an Amish farmer–I thought I’d be the only one here!” If folks weren’t dressed up, I’d say, “I’m going as you this year–took me hours to get the look right, how’d I do?” Someone else told me that I was a poem and quoted Emerson at me: “A poem is a mirror walking around.” Another person asked me if I was _Mirrormask_, and a third person referenced the mirror-masked police in _Perdido Street Station_. I love literate goth crowds! Daniel ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105/87 "2006-11-01T18:08:43Z")
[QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] I pulled an old costume out of my costume trunk: a mirror with eye holes and mouth hole cut in it, attached to a black hood and worn with all-black clothes under a black cape. Someone dressed as (for example) an Amish farmer would say, “So what are you supposed to be?” and I’d answer, “I’m an Amish farmer–I thought I’d be the only one here!” If folks weren’t dressed up, I’d say, “I’m going as you this year–took me hours to get the look right, how’d I do?” Someone else told me that I was a poem and quoted Emerson at me: “A poem is a mirror walking around.” Another person asked me if I was _Mirrormask_, and a third person referenced the mirror-masked police in _Perdido Street Station_. I love literate goth crowds! Daniel [/QUOTE] Damn, that’s a great idea, hope you don’t mind if I steal that. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105/88 "2006-11-01T18:13:09Z")
As the homebody hander out of candy, it wasn’t real extravagent. Just a backwards ballcap, my wife’s sunglasses and some of those godawful “hillbilly teeth”. I told 'em _“Y’all be sure and brush after eating this, okay? it’s reeeeal important”._ ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105/89 "2006-11-01T18:19:17Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Push Up Bra] Tonight, I just went as a generic waitress because I was working and we don’t celebrate Hallowe’en. If we did, I’d go as Poison Ivy - I have a green dress, I’d get a long red wig and some fake vines from the local craft house and wear my black knee high boots. [/QUOTE] Poison Ivy? That sounds like a really fun costume- I may just have to remember to steal the idea next year… Anyway, this year I went to a couple of parties. To the first one I wore my costume from last year in order to not freeze. It’s a pretty burgundy medieval type dress. To the second one, my friends talked me into a french maid costume. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105/90 "2006-11-01T20:58:47Z")
[QUOTE=monica] …To the second one, my friends talked me into a french maid costume. [/QUOTE] any chance of talking you out of it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105/91 "2006-11-01T22:30:19Z")
Darth Vader. I’ve cooled on the idea of doing it again next year, and will probably give the Lord of the Sith a year off. Here’s something you might not know about Lord Vader: He’s a queer magnet. Waverly isn’t, but something about a leather suit and plasteel armor really attracts players for the other team. I always get loads of attention, requests for pictures, and whatnot. But guys… guys want to touch Vader… _hug_ Vader, rap on Vader’s cod piece… If I could find a way to work the same magic with women, I’d be a happy Vader. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105/92 "2006-11-02T13:54:01Z")
I was baton de manioc, a tasty treat from southern Cameroon made of mashed fermented cassava. Yummy! ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105/93 "2006-11-02T16:21:38Z")
Updated photo: me [getting along](http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a309/daithilacha/choking.jpg) with a co-worker. ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105/94 "2006-11-02T22:49:33Z")
I’ll try to post up some pics soon. Second win in a row in the office costume contest! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105/95 "2006-11-02T23:08:35Z")
None. I’m going as a dick. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105/96 "2006-11-02T23:56:37Z")
I went as a zombie. It was pretty good. Liquid latex is neato. I had two kinds of fake blood - congealed and fresh. My shoulder wound was by far the best. It looked very real. I also had a pretty good head wound going on. My coworker was a zombie too. We were the only ones at work to dress up. Why oh Why is Halloween only once a year? ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105/97 "2006-11-03T02:23:10Z")
Imagining, for a moment, that I had my shit sufficiently together to -have- a costume this year, it would have been either Anton Gorodetsky of Night Watch, or V, of …for Vendetta. My preference might be slightly towards Antoshka, but people’d just think it was me, unshaven, in a hoodie, with shades and a flashlight… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105/98 "2006-11-03T04:14:55Z")
I went as Hunter S. Thompson, and I think it was my best Halloween effort ever. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105/99 "2006-11-10T14:17:23Z")
Better late than never, [The Next-to-Last Samurai.](http://share.shutterfly.com/action/slideshow?a=67b0de21b32100ce0568&auto=0&idx=2&m=1&d=1163168021583) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-costume-this-year/378105.md?page=4)