Which of these Halloween costumes should I wear? (Pics included)

In My Humble Opinion
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[Fair warning: this OP could be construed as me being a total camwhore, but it is done in hopes that you will give a proper valuation to the awesomeness, or lack thereof, of both costume options. For reference purposes, on most days, I generally look like this.]

Four hours ago, I had my costume all picked out. I was going to be Howie Mandel, “Deal or No Deal” edition, complete with shaved head, purple shirt, gold earrings, million dollar case, and big red shiny Deal button. I gathered up a few friends to watch and/or perform the head-shaving festivities, and the shearing began.

Before long, though, vodka became involved…which, given any group of twenty-something friends, inevitably meant it was only a matter of time before this happened. (Mohawk Roland is angered by peanuts, but approves of kittehs, and has somewhat inscrutable feelings regarding Mountain Dew.) And, given the circles in which I run, once that happened, it was but the briefest of hops to…

Badass Killer.

With his fearsome spiked mohawk, silver-pink night vision glasses, leather jacket over blue t-shirt tucked into jeans, gold earring of justice*, bitchin’ battle scars*, and samurai sword for which he needs no sheath, Badass Killer patrols the night secure in the knowledge that all who lay eyes on him wish they could be that cool. I will spare you the litany of biographical Badass Killer information that was generated in the following hours; imagine Chuck Norris facts filtered through Pythonesque absurdism and a bottle of Ketel One, and you’ve got the right idea.

By now, you can see my problem. (If you can’t, you’re in the wrong thread.) Badass Killer is clearly awesome**, but Howie, in addition to being the original idea, is significantly cool** as well. Plus, with Howie, I get a bonus schtick of carrying the button around and asking people “Deal or No Deal?”. Should I go with Howie, though, then as soon as I shave my head completely, Badass Killer will be no more.

What’s a man to do? Well, for lack of any immediate advisors who are not also direct participants in both the creation of Badass Killer and the consumption of liquid substances preceding, I do what any man would do when in need of sound advice on matters of the utterly ridiculous, and turn once again to the SDMB. Badass Killer, or Howie Mandel? What say you?

Oh, and here are two pictures of Badass Killer (battle scar-enhanced!) wearing my Howie getup and guarding the million dollar case. Why? Because I can. Thanks for reading!

*Sadly added after these pictures were taken, but trust me, they rock.

** Read: doofy and/or hilarious.

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It requires much less explanation when people ask you what you’re supposed to be.

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Howie! Perk: Hot chicks next to you will only enhance the costume. (You do look totally badass with the mohawk, but I still vote Howie.)

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I vote badass.

Let’s face it - you look more like a badass than a smarmy gameshow host. Sorry to dash your hopes :smiley:

No, I’m not at all biased because you look like my husband, why?

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Note to self – the guideline against drunken posting applies to you, too, and this is why.

Although, this being the sort of thing that’s only funny when you’re drunk may actually work to my advantage at a Halloween party. Hmm… :wink:

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Badass Killer. And anyone who says otherwise should be subjected to the wrath of the Badass Killer.

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I vote Howie, and you should take along a couple extra cases with numbers on them…it’s the perfect pickup line (if you’re single, of course). Along the lines of, “Hey, hot chicks, will you hold these and pose for a picture with me?” Plus they’ll be handy for holding more vodka.

Also, thanks for the laugh, the ‘angered by peanuts’ picture made me LOL.

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Howie

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I think you look like themohawked guy from the Streetfighter games.

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I vote badass killer. Howie is lame and tame, and you have way too much facial fur, besides. Trust me, no one likes a soul patch, but women *do *like bad guys.

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Well, I compromised. The first Halloween party yesterday was attended as Badass Killer. (Which meant I also got to go to work dressed that way…I have an awesome photo of Badass Killer, Dr. Pimp, a witch, and the H1N1 virus reviewing tech demo schematics on a conference call.)

Now, my head and most of my beard are shaved, and my soul patch has been beefed up with Mascara. I actually make a better Howie than I thought I would. Pics forthcoming as soon as I once again encounter someone who owns a digital camera, which should be tonight’s party.

Now I just have to convince myself not to grow my hair back into that mohawk after all this is over…