# Who's in costume at work today? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 31, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-in-costume-at-work-today/210690 "2003-10-31T17:35:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-in-costume-at-work-today/210690/21 "2003-11-01T02:08:42Z")
I dressed up as Roxie Hart from _Chicago_. Super-short silver dress with 6-inch fringe, blonde wig, tons of makeup, and 3-inch heels. I actually came in second in the costume contest! 🙂 I lost to a woman in an inflatable pumpkin suit, but I still got a $25 gift certificate. In my quad, we also had a female vampire, Norman Bates from _Psycho_, and one of the monks from _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_. We were the only quad that really got into Halloween this year. It was kind of a disappointment. ---
**Author:** ![Catfood\_Purrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Catfood\_Purrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catfood_Purrito)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-in-costume-at-work-today/210690/22 "2003-11-01T02:27:25Z")
I’m dressed as an elf, LOTR style, not Keebler. 🙂 Pointy ears, long flowing dress, cloak, leaf brooch. We also have an FBI agent, a bat, some kind of demon, Carol Burnett, several witches, a she-devil, and lots of other people with unidentifiable costumes. I’d say about a quarter of us dressed up. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-in-costume-at-work-today/210690/23 "2003-11-01T07:03:54Z")
In my work area everyone dressed up but me. We had a medieval lady, two escaped prisoners, a grim reaper, a biker, a cowgirl and a football player. I went home early. Haj ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-in-costume-at-work-today/210690/24 "2003-11-01T08:12:52Z")
I won second prize in the office contest (see above) which was $40. I was happy… The woman who won (she had a very nice bee costume) came over to me and, pointing to the toy tiger strapped to my neck, whispered, “bet that is the closest you have been to pussy in a long time.” I cracked up…the whole office knows I am the token (open) Gay and that just set me off. I told a few co-workers what she said, and one by one I heard offices bust out in roaring laughter as the story spread. I am now a legend at work. All in all, a very nice office Halloween party! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-in-costume-at-work-today/210690/25 "2003-11-01T12:59:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jinwicked \* > \*\*I’m at home and naked today. 😃 \*\* WhooHooo! Is the web cam working? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-in-costume-at-work-today/210690/26 "2003-11-01T17:05:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jinwicked \* > \*\*I’m at home and naked today. 😃 \*\* Trick or treat! Got any candy left over? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-in-costume-at-work-today/210690/27 "2003-11-02T16:16:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Hey Otto! Didja win?!? Nope. Got an honorable mention in the floor-wide competition (which carries with it a prize of nothing) and didn’t even make the final cut of the company-wide one. My bitch of a boss took second in the managers/supervisors contest which considering she stole my idea from last year should entitle me to half of her prize. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-in-costume-at-work-today/210690.md?page=1)