Happy Halloween, everybody. Boo! Scaaaaary! Please don't egg me!
This year, I dressed completely normal other than a ridiculous pair of oversized clown pants and went as "Guy Who Has A Really Hard Time Buying Pants." When someone asked me what I was, I'd do ten minutes on "I don't know what happened - the sales girl said these pants looked great. There must be something wrong with the store's mirrors. These are terrible pants." It's your classic high-concept/low execution costume. Works every time.
I've always been a big fan of the "simple costume with a really long explanation." One year, I dressed in doctor's scrubs and had the following conversations with party guests:
Guest: Oh, you're a doctor?
Me: Actually, I'm an anesthesiologist who is facing discplinary action and possible loss of his license for allegedly molesting elderly patients while they're under anesthetic. So you can imagine my dismay.
Guest: Uh... yeah. I'm going to get more punch... [slowly creeps away]
What was everybody else for Halloween? Anything good?
By the way, I know a lot of you are waiting on the Hanson news - we're hoping to find out some time today. So stay tuned.
This year, I dressed completely normal other than a ridiculous pair of oversized clown pants and went as "Guy Who Has A Really Hard Time Buying Pants." When someone asked me what I was, I'd do ten minutes on "I don't know what happened - the sales girl said these pants looked great. There must be something wrong with the store's mirrors. These are terrible pants." It's your classic high-concept/low execution costume. Works every time.
I've always been a big fan of the "simple costume with a really long explanation." One year, I dressed in doctor's scrubs and had the following conversations with party guests:
Guest: Oh, you're a doctor?
Me: Actually, I'm an anesthesiologist who is facing discplinary action and possible loss of his license for allegedly molesting elderly patients while they're under anesthetic. So you can imagine my dismay.
Guest: Uh... yeah. I'm going to get more punch... [slowly creeps away]
What was everybody else for Halloween? Anything good?
By the way, I know a lot of you are waiting on the Hanson news - we're hoping to find out some time today. So stay tuned.
9 Comments:
My two nephews are going as SWAT team members. They're 3 and 5, and the costumes are totally cute. I made the mistake of joking around and showing the older one some easy moves from the Bureau's Disturbance Control Team. My sis said he then used them to beat up his younger brother...way to go, Auntie Steph.
Beth and I were all set to go as "Billy Joel fans beaten to death by an angry mob" (we even found tour shirts at the Garment District) but then it fucking snowed so we went sledding and drank hot cider and doubleteamed a blowup Santa Claus doll instead.
How'd you go sledding? There was like a millionth-of-a-centimeter of snow.
I like how the sledding is the only issue I have with your post.
Wow, I really wrote sledding there. Whoops. I meant smoking pot.
Brendan,
I just toilet papered the trees, left a flaming bag of poo on the porch and put bologna on the hood of the car in the driveway of syd's house.
was that wrong?
i held the most adorable little 6 month old pumpkin baby.
we had a lot of little pumpkin kids. in the end, we actually had a decent amount of supercute little kids come by.
i just love when they get up to the door and the parents nudge them with a "what do you say?" and the 2 yr old who can barely get words out bumbles out a "twick aw tweet!". best part of the nite.
A pumpkin baby? Well, I believe in free love, but I really can't condone people fucking pumpkins. It's against nature.
I was a Canadian.
Mary, you're from Maine - isn't that the same thing?
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