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Halloween

cooby Oct 30 2007 07:00 PM

My husband's birthday is tomorrow. I got him some little wire bird feeders and sunflower seeds for in them and a Dave Brubeck CD. I am going to work dressed as a surgeon, gotta use these scrubs somehow. Never did find a doctor kit. But I heard Sharona Who's with me? Who's dressing up?

DocTee Oct 30 2007 08:05 PM

Absolutely not. I always hated Halloween. As a kid it was utterly confusing ("Never take candy from strangers, except on this day, when you can take anything that anyone offers.") Plus, I hated the mendicant aspect of the holiday-- must be my working-class background, where iI was taught to work for your rewards, and not to expect handouts. And the extortionate aspect, too ("give me candy or I'll egg your property") As a teen growing up in a NYC housing project , the holiday was just an excuse for random violence and organized mayhem-- sheer, utter, terrifying chaos. If there was a scrooge for Halloween, that'd be me. By the way, I have to admit that my daughters-- fairies, both-- are absolutely adorable and almost make me like this holiday. almost.

metirish Oct 30 2007 08:12 PM

I love Halloween, back home we would have spent the last few days organising tractor and car tires from local farmers for a huge bonfire, held every year at a crossroads between our villages. Have appointments tomorrow but have lots of candy for the kids later in the evening.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 31 2007 07:44 AM

I'm wearing an orange shirt. And that's a lot more than I usually do for Halloween. I'm not much for holidays. The only one I like anymore is Thanksgiving. I enjoy that my kids enjoy Halloween and Christmas, but from my own perspective I can do without either holiday.

sharpie Oct 31 2007 07:53 AM

Not a Halloween fan either. This is the first year in a while, however, that there will no participation from our household. No candy, no nothing.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 31 2007 08:03 AM

I useta have a lot of fun at Halloween, as a kid, then as a hard-drinking young adult. I used the opportunity to make dark jokes about celebrity tragedies: I went as Lenny Dyskstra whever he had that DWI accident (fake blood, Phillies shirt, steering wheel around my neck). Once my date & me went as Roberto Alomar and John Hirschbeck. Since then I have calmed down. Wifey was very excited to get Lunch Junior into a costume this year. They had a parade here Sunday which was fun. But although he's adorable in his dalmation outfit, I kinda think it will be more fun when he's 2.5 instead of 1.5, when the costumes will be less about us than him. Im wearing black pants and a white shirt today. I'm dressed up as a cubicle schnook.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 31 2007 08:08 AM

If anyone ever asks me why I'm not wearing a costume (which actually does happen sometimes) I say that I'm a middle-aged suburban dad.

Rockin' Doc Oct 31 2007 08:25 AM

My staff seems to love Halloween. Of course, they seem to love any excuse to eat. There is a tremendous array of baked goods and foods in the employee lounge. It provides them breakfast, lunch and endless snacking throughout the work day. If it makes them happy, then I'm fine with it. The ladies in our optical department are dressed as the three blind mice; complete with ears, tails, dark sunglasses, and white canes. The optical manager is dressed as a cat and the last member of the optical staff is dressed as animal control. I told her that as long as she didn't haul any of them out before the end of the workday, then we'll be fine. The remainder of the staff is dressed as assorted witches, clowns, pumpkins, vampires and there's even a red riding hood in the insurance billing department. My partners and I are dressed as usual. I am, at the insistence of the staff, wearing a plastic black spider ring on my left pinkie.

Edgy DC Oct 31 2007 08:28 AM

Having a laugh over blindness in the eye doctor's office? OK!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 31 2007 08:30 AM

Please to be describing S's cat outfit. Leave no details out. Thank you.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 31 2007 08:34 AM

Hell, snap a digital picture and post it. (You should pixelate her face first, of course.)

Centerfield Oct 31 2007 09:12 AM

My son is a little over two years old and one of the most stubborn people I've met, adult or child. My wife bought him an adorable penguin costume that I thought was a little wussy. He also has a Thomas the Train costume that friends of our's gave to us. He refuses to wear either one. On Sunday, we went to a trick-or-treating event at Grand Central. Prior to going, we explained to Ryan that kids without a costume don't get candy. He told us he wants to dress as a baseball player. Specifically, he said he wants to wear his "Beltran outfit." So Ryan walked around Grand Central dressed in his Beltran jersey, Mets hat (all blue) carrying his wiffle ball bat. He will be wearing the Mets outfit again tonight when we go door-to-door in my in-laws building. (lots of apartments without having to step outside). Of course, that is the building where Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui live, so it might set up for an interesting moment...

soupcan Oct 31 2007 09:36 AM

My 6 year-old daughter is a slutty bat. My 8 year-old son is a prize fighter. My 10 year-old son will be wearing his dress suit and tie while wearing a gorilla mask and a fedora. Your guess is as good as mine. Pulled this off a website. Good for a chuckle or two. It reminded me that the original Friday The 13th was on TV last night. Hadn't realized that Kevin Bacon was in it (the guy who, while lying on the cot post-coitus, got an arrow shoved through his neck from Jason who was lying under the bed). That movie was made in 1980 - almost 30 years ago. Wow. ] A Halloween Safety Public Service Announcement. As we all prepare for this Halloween season, please take a few minutes to read some simple rules to help keep everyone safe. 1. - Don't assume the telephone calls are coming from another house. 2. - When it appears that you have killed the monster, NEVER check to see if it's really dead. 3. - Never read a book of demon summoning aloud, even as a joke. 4. - Don't go into the basement to check the power when the lights go out. 5. - If your children speak to you in Latin or any other language which they should not know, shoot them immediately. It will save you a lot of grief in the long run. However, it will probably take several rounds to kill them, so be prepared. This also applies to kids who speak with somebody else's voice. 6. - When you have the benefit of numbers, NEVER split up and go it alone. 7. - Don't have sex. Especially if you've noticed a few of your friends are missing! 8. - As a general rule, don't solve puzzles that open a portal to Hell. 9. - Never stand in, on, or above a grave, tomb, or crypt. This would apply to any other house of the dead as well. 10. - If you're searching for something which caused a loud noise and find out that it's just the cat, don't stand there sighing with relief, GET OUT! 11. - If appliances start operating by themselves, don't check for short circuits; JUST GET OUT! 12. - Do not take ANYTHING from the dead. 13. - If you find a town which looks deserted, there's probably a good reason for it. Don't stop and look around. 14. - Don't fool with recombinant DNA technology unless you're sure you know what you're doing. 15. - If you're running from the monster, expect to trip or fall down at least twice, more if you are of the female persuasion. Also note that, despite the fact that you are running and the monster is merely ambling along, it's still moving fast enough to catch up with you. 16. - If your companions suddenly begin to exhibit uncharacteristic behavior such as hissing, fascination for blood, glowing eyes, increasing hairiness, and so on, kill them immediately. 17. - Stay away from certain geographical locations, some of which are listed here: Amityville, Elm Street, Transylvania, Nilbog (you're in trouble if you recognize this one), the Bermuda Triangle, or any small town in Maine. 18. - If your car runs out of gas at night on a lonely road, do not go to the nearby deserted-looking house to phone for help. If you think that it is strange because you thought you had a full tank of gas, shoot yourself instead. You are going to die anyway, and will most likely be eaten. 19. - Beware of strangers bearing strange tools. For example: chainsaws, staple guns, hedge trimmers, electric carving knives, combines, lawnmowers, butane torches, soldering irons, band saws, or any devices made from deceased companions. 20. - If you find that your house is built upon a cemetery, now is the time to move in with the in-laws. This also applies to houses that had previous inhabitants who went mad or committed suicide or died in some horrible fashion, or had inhabitants who performed satanic practices in your house.

Edgy DC Oct 31 2007 10:32 AM

I can't believe her. I'm always the slutty bat. The slutty bat is my thing. Ask anybody.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 31 2007 10:34 AM

S. Need a report on S. Is she a slutty bat too?

Edgy DC Oct 31 2007 10:42 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 31 2007 01:48 PM

S is not in today. Mourning the Torre-less Yankees, no doubt. The place is dead. Even the gay guys aren't dressing up.

Iubitul Oct 31 2007 10:54 AM

I'm dressed as an underpaid web-developer... My 9-year old is dressed as Dorothy from the Wizard Of Oz. My 15-year old is dressed as Edward Elric from Full Metal Alchemist

metsmarathon Oct 31 2007 01:34 PM

i'm dressed as clark kent today, (though i forgot this morning and put in my contacts like a doof) with my superman shirt (sorry, no cape) under my button-down dress shirt. i am such a dork.

Valadius Oct 31 2007 01:42 PM

There's a party in Georgetown tonight. I'm going as Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.

metsguyinmichigan Nov 01 2007 09:47 AM

My 15-year-old son went as Oscar, the cat in the nursing home that hangs out with people who are about to die. He was like a reaper with cat ears. My 10-year-old daughter was Nancy Drew, but no one figured it out.

metirish Nov 01 2007 02:38 PM

Valadius wrote: There's a party in Georgetown tonight. I'm going as Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. How did that go, what did you wear?

Frayed Knot Nov 01 2007 02:56 PM

Unfortunately, in an attempt to carry the character to the utmost realism, he shot himself during the party and will be unable to answer your question.

Edgy DC Nov 01 2007 02:59 PM

Tee ball. You're playing tee ball.

Valadius Nov 01 2007 03:39 PM

It went well. I wore a bucket hat, yellow aviators, a hawaiian shirt, and shorts.

metsguyinmichigan Nov 01 2007 07:14 PM

I once attended a "lecture" from Dr. Thompson in New Haven, Conn. It was one of the most amazing nights of my life -- and the most strange.