Comments on: Watch out for the cereal killer

By: Dakota Loomis

Dakota Loomis — Mon, 03 Nov 2003 17:12:57 +0000

For an easy and slightly dirty costume wear ONLY a pair of pants and when people ask what you are reply, “I’m a premature ejaculator. That’s why I just came in my pants.”

By: Davis X. Machina

Davis X. Machina — Sun, 02 Nov 2003 02:57:32 +0000

I remember a grad student come-as-a-famous-pair party. We had Heloise and Abelard, Death and Taxes, etc. etc, but the best one was the guy who came stag. He claimed to be Satre’s Being and Nothingness, who was his date, really was right there.

By: eszter

eszter — Sat, 01 Nov 2003 16:59:19 +0000

In case anyone is curious, I ended up dressing up as Twistess. What? Twistess, female form of Twister. It’s not quite as clever as many other possibilities, but it’s the best I could do given that I’m not at home. I bought a Twister game, used the “board” as a cape and made a hat out of the little spin board section. My friends were pretty tame, no one wanted to step on me or anything.

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 01 Nov 2003 15:50:55 +0000

For the undergraduate linguistics society’s halloween party, I attached several tree branches to a hat, and from these hung tags labeled “DP,” “IP,” “CP,” “N’”, and so on—labels for syntactic phrase categories. In short, I went as a syntax tree. They were amused.

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 01 Nov 2003 13:47:49 +0000

One year for our notorious Abstract Halloween Party (not allowed to come as anything tangible) a friend wore a pair of things, I think they’re called bobbers. Basically, glittery styrofoam balls on springs attached to a headband. He was an umlaut.

By: Claire

Claire — Sat, 01 Nov 2003 12:12:01 +0000

Easy one for blondes. Wear black and a crucifix and say you’re Buffy the vampire slayer.

By: fred

fred — Sat, 01 Nov 2003 01:22:05 +0000

Many years ago at Harvard’s Government dep’t party, one student wore normal clothes except for a large capital ‘F’ on her chest. When people asked what her costume was, she replied “I M F”

By: markus

markus — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 22:11:11 +0000

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By: Ab_Normal

Ab_Normal — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 20:14:24 +0000

For work this year (theme: the 80’s), I fell back on what I wore for Halloween during the 80’s – I’ve got my bathrobe, my slippers, and my towel. (But no Hitchhiker’s Guide, alas. I could use something that says “Don’t Panic” in large, soothing letters…) It has the added bonus of nobody getting it except for my boss.

By: Jeremy Osner`

Jeremy Osner` — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 19:59:34 +0000

Check out this Scott McCloud costume, and abandon any thoughts you had of putting in effort at a creative costume of your own…

By: eszter

eszter — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 19:53:24 +0000

‘Just had lunch with a friend and got one more suggestion: he once dressed up as a scratch-and-sniff. He took some pieces of felt and soaked them in liquids with various fragrances such as lemon. Then he put these on his shirt.

By: Ted Barlow

Ted Barlow — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 19:08:55 +0000

My finacee wore a slip dress to a party last year covered with stickers with words like “ego”, “unconscious”, “Electra complex” and so on. She was a Freudian slip. Unfortunately, not too many people got it.

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:44:51 +0000

I haven’t worked very hard at a costume for a few years, ever since nobody recognized me as Galactus Devourer of Worlds. This year, I’m going for Land Shark. However, for truly inspired costumery, I would turn to Rob Cockerham for pointers.

By: Mitch Mills

Mitch Mills — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:24:55 +0000

A couple of years ago I went to a halloween party, one populated mostly by law school students, wearing a nametag that said “Reasonable Prudent Person.” It was one of those last minute “Hail Mary” ideas, and I actually thought it was pretty lame, but it got quite a positive response. But then again, it was mostly law students, and everyone was pretty drunk . . .