Halloween costumes

[The_Darkness]

Now I know that some of you are thinking what the FUCK is this kid on? Did North Dakota finally snap his fragile little mind? And the easy answer is no. No it did not.

I realize that Halloween is still like 9 months away, but this years costume is going to take a little planning and a lot of work. This year I plan on going as an incubus, and I'm gonna have to work hard to get my body back into that shape.

Any of the rest of you hardcore halloween fanatics have a costume picked out?

 

[shereads]

Now I know that some of you are thinking what the FUCK is this kid on?

But The, what about the timeliness of your costume? By the time October rolls around, Lucifer himself might have appeared on Nightline with Ted Koppel, commenting on some incriminating pix of himself with an incubus. The entire body type could be different than you're imagining.

Rent Fargo. You'll feel better.

 

[The_Darkness]

Rent Fargo. You'll feel better.

It's funny because it's true.

Besides, I'm only worried about the costume thing not working unless one of two things happen:

1: There's another South Park movie that comes out between then and now.

2: GW buys another election (God help us all)

The one thing I need to figure out is what to wear. I mean, I shouldn't probably wear much, but I need something with style, something that looks damn cool.....something that looks expensive. And most importantly, something that can be taken off easily.

I already have the horns. I went as Satan last year for Halloween. I'll post some pics if I get them.

 

[shereads]

1: There's another South Park movie that comes out between then and now.

Why? Are you going dressed as Chef? Or a Canadian?

2: GW buys another election (God help us all)

I'm afraid #2 almost goes without saying.

 

[The_Darkness]

Nope, but if they have Satan using some sex demons as fuck bunnies (or Saddam is for that matter) I'm afraid I'm gonna be in really good shape with one really awesome costume idea shot down. Though, after seeing 240 pounds of toned, tight, rippling flesh, I don't know that many people will think about the possible connections with South Park....

But no, no Canadians.

No to Chef either. Much to the contrary of the name implication, I'm Irish, Scottish, and German...pure bred American Mutt. If I was any whitter, I'd turn clear....Pulling off anything resembling Issac Hayes would be a hell of a stretch for me.

 

[shereads]

No to Chef either. Much to the contrary of the name implication, I'm Irish, Scottish, and German...pure bred American Mutt. If I was any whitter, I'd turn clear....Pulling off anything resembling Issac Hayes would be a hell of a stretch for me. [/B]

Honey, I knew you were white. You live in North Dakota.

 

[The_Darkness]

Laughing...too hard....can't....type.....


But hey, there's other-than-white folks up here....I think mostly because it's a college town. Kinda.

 

[wildsweetone]

Any of the rest of you hardcore halloween fanatics have a costume picked out?

Well, yes. And I try it on and play with it constantly. Just to make sure it still fits, you understand.

BTW, I didn't become a 'hardcore halloween fanatic' until last year after halloween when I found a new use for the costume.

 

[Ravishing]

....toned, tight, rippling flesh....

(Heavily Edited of Cause)

I think you'd have gotten a few peoples attention with those four words right there.

 

[The_Darkness]

BTW, I didn't become a 'hardcore halloween fanatic' until last year after halloween when I found a new use for the costume.

Oh, you know I HAVE to ask....

 

[The_Darkness]

I think you'd have gotten a few peoples attention with those four words right there.

Well, it's not there yet, but it's definately wanting to be there. My second year of college (4 years ago) I was very bored and going to school in a very sleepy little town and it was before I really drank, so I got bored and lifted. A whole lot. If I actually work at it, I think I can probably pull the incubus off by October. Maybe. And if so, there will be pics posted.

 

[Ravishing]

I'll add my ... Do tell.. here as well... *gets caffeine*

 

[shereads]

Will you two get a room?

 

[Ravishing]

Will you two get a room?

*laughs*

I'll admit it does look damned suspicious of how our posts are coming out.

*chuckles*

But, I'm perfectly fine with suspicious, makes life more interesting.

 

[McKenna]

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[shereads]

It was a man, dressed as a priest complete with long dark robe and white collar, but glued to his crotch was a child-size, boy doll.

Thank you for the laugh. That's entertainment.

I pride myself on being a Halloween costume slacker, but I've done three last-minute costumes that I personally thought were brilliant in that they required so little effort on my part.

Okay, I was the only one who understood "Jacque Custodian," but it was so easy: I wore a mask and snorkel and carried a mop.

This one worked because it was timely about 8 years ago: slicked back my hair, which was pretty short then; wore a shirt with a pocket, and in the pocket was an envelope labeled, "N. Simpson," and in the envelope were some sunglasses. Get it? Nudge-nudge? Ronald Goldman!

This one required some effort, but it was worthwhile: went to a craft shop where some instinct told me I would find fake birds. Bought half a dozen of them, painted their beaks and feet and a splotch here and there with blood-red nail polish, pinned them to my dress, and went as Tippi Hedrin in Hitchcock's The Birds.

 

[Guest]

The best Halloween costume I saw this year bordered on the tasteless... It was a man, dressed as a priest complete with long dark robe and white collar, but glued to his crotch was a child-size, boy doll.

That is beyond tasteless and I am sorry you posted it, Mack, and that anyone might find it funny. I wonder if he had any regard for those molested children and their parents who might have seen him that night. The majority of the children most likely are adults now. I am appalled that people still "joke" about child molesters of any sort. If one simply thinks for a minute, they might realize that any number of persons in an audience (or wherever) are being forced to recall something horrific for which humor is impossible.

Perdita

 

[The_Darkness]

Jokes tend to be funny only if they laugh at other people's misfortune....I laughed at the priest costume that I saw that was very nearly the same (if not identical) to that one, but yeah, it's not right....nothing that I would wear myself, and I'm pretty damn warped (read my stories if you don't believe that)

But, when you start drawing lines, where do you stop? Obviously, that's on the far side of a line that most of us don't want to see, let alone acknowledge--and maybe that's the problem. But for my costume, I'm dressing up as the male counterpart to a succubus...a demon who steals women's souls by sleeping with them....how is that any less wrong than the child/priest costume, in the grand scheme of morality and ethics? Kant would say that there is no difference. Both costumes are intrinsically wrong. Plato would say the same thing, but might attempt to rate the wrongness of both costumes. Smart would say that while the priest costume is distasteful, it isn't inherently wrong because it wasn't a real child...

See, it's all about where that line is drawn. That's what Halloween is all about, it's getting out, having a good time, making people laugh (or drool, I shoot for making them drool) or scared or provoking an emotional responce. The old traditions of the Celts and the Picts and the Welsh are still observed, but the message has changed. It's not about keeping the spirits and demons at bay, or blending in with them to steal candy. It's about the fun, the memories, and the parties (and for some of us it's still the candy).

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Do you know how hard it is to be the only person in your town who actually dresses up for Halloween?

All my friends are married and have kids, and they spend Halloween celebrating with their families, haing kiddy horror parties, where nothing gets scarier than Tom & Jerry.

If I COULD find a proper celebration, however, I'd outdo my regular shedevil/vampiress/shespider and go as a Dementor from Azkaban.

 

[destinie21]

Jokes tend to be funny only if they laugh at other people's misfortune....I laughed at the priest costume that I saw that was very nearly the same (if not identical) to that one, but yeah, it's not right....nothing that I would wear myself, and I'm pretty damn warped (read my stories if you don't believe that)

But, when you start drawing lines, where do you stop? Obviously, that's on the far side of a line that most of us don't want to see, let alone acknowledge--and maybe that's the problem. But for my costume, I'm dressing up as the male counterpart to a succubus...a demon who steals women's souls by sleeping with them....how is that any less wrong than the child/priest costume, in the grand scheme of morality and ethics? Kant would say that there is no difference. Both costumes are intrinsically wrong. Plato would say the same thing, but might attempt to rate the wrongness of both costumes. Smart would say that while the priest costume is distasteful, it isn't inherently wrong because it wasn't a real child...

See, it's all about where that line is drawn. That's what Halloween is all about, it's getting out, having a good time, making people laugh (or drool, I shoot for making them drool) or scared or provoking an emotional responce. The old traditions of the Celts and the Picts and the Welsh are still observed, but the message has changed. It's not about keeping the spirits and demons at bay, or blending in with them to steal candy. It's about the fun, the memories, and the parties (and for some of us it's still the candy).

The line is simple and personal I find the preist costume to be in poor taste just as I would find someone dressed in a kkk costume with a noose in hand offensive or someone decked out in a nazi outfit with say a charred babydoll in hand. All of them turn my stomach and for that reason it's not funny. (Plus an Incubus is pretend, molestation and the effects of it are not.)

 

[The_Darkness]

That is so sad. I'm used to being at University parties for halloween, or at home raising unholy hell while having a good time (no property damage, vandalism, or anything, just a lot of scared people)

 

[The_Darkness]

Oh, and a quick question before I go back to work for the afternoon:

What do nudists wear for costumes? Do they participate in Halloween?

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Well, since Halloween costumes are supposed to be horrible and scary, I'd say they'd wear Poison Ivy.

 

[Guest]

The line is simple and personal I find the preist costume to be in poor taste just as I would find someone dressed in a kkk costume with a noose in hand offensive or someone decked out in a nazi outfit with say a charred babydoll in hand. All of them turn my stomach and for that reason it's not funny. (Plus an Incubus is pretend, molestation and the effects of it are not.)

Dest., thanks for that. I frankly don't understand why so many do not get my point. But then the church doesn't get it either.

Perdita

 

[Svenskaflicka]

My first reaction was to chuckle, but then I read your post, and shut up. True, it's not really funny. I mean, I smile at jokes about Michael Jackson, but I don't spread them any further, because I think it's wrong to make fun of him if he's innocent, and even more wrong to joke about it if it's really true!
Racist jokes are always met with immobile lips and an icy stare from me.