Halloween

We had a fabulous night. Not as many kids as we used to but a pretty good turn out. This is a picture of me (as Strongbad, hopefully you know who he is. If not, google it.) and Sonic as Duff man. (my mom dressed up like the crazy cat lady from the Simpsons- also awesome.) I scared so many little kids, it was amazing. I had the older kids confused but I stayed in costume the whole night and now my throat is hurting from trying to imitate Strongbad's voice the whole time. Found 5 people who actually knew who I was- made my day. You may see this costume at the next Challenge or a LeMons race near you.

Around 150? Blew through both bags of candy and a couple pounds of Jolly Ranchers (handed out by handfuls though). Some good costumes this year! Saw a homemade Rubic's Cube.

We went to an adult party on Saturday night and went as an "electrical plug and socket". It went well

150 is pretty epic. I had 45, IIRC.

This was my pumpkin:

In reply to Chrissy:

Throw a lightswitch rave!

Joey

I got stuck working. I guess there are worse places to have to work on Halloween though

slow start but picked up between 8 and 9. we made a last minute decision to get scary and set up a witches cauldron , dry ice. strobes and all, along with the scary spiders, hanging bats, and sound effects.

230 kids total. 100 people the first hour. My wife actually kept a tally sheet since she is one of those accounting people. This is my barf pumpkins.

Mrs and I scared so many kids it was awesome, Zombie FTW

I went a little overboard on this year's costume. It was my wife's idea, I think she just wanted to see me in tights. I can now fabricate cosplay armor.

We had a lame turnout - maybe 12 total all night, and we live on a really easy street to trick-or-treat. I guess it's good we bought candy we don't like so it's easy to get rid of. Only decent costume was a 5-6 year old kid in a homemade robot outfit.

We sat in the living room watching a bunch of cheezo spaghetti horror movies like "The Bloody Pit of Horror" and "Terror Castle" and "Dementia 13".

We had no trick or treaters... then again I had no sign out, as the wife did not approve of me chasing children down our apartment hallway with a saw of some fashion.

I had a ton of fun Saturday night. Friends and I hit up some bars and outdoor concert.

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Shaved my beard, so i wasn't able to go a Keith Stone. Threw a costume together quick to take my daughter around the neighborhood. Found a race suit that belong to Dider Theys, threw on some Simpson gloves, my old Snell 95 Simpson helmet and Puma race shoes - Instant Race Car driver! And kept me warm thru out the night too... Pics to follow...

We didn't have a single kid stop by our place. We had figured at least we would get the neighbor across the streets kids but their lights were off outside and we never saw the kids in costume.

Kinda sad I remember being a kid and always looking forward to Halloween and what a huge deal it was. Seems like many kids these day just don't get it.

David S. Wallens wrote: Smarties rule. And yes, we're handing some out, too.

In Canada, Smarties are chocolate treats like M&Ms, except they most definitely melt in your hand. What the US knows as Smarties are called Rockets. And the weird thing is that the US Smarties are made in Canada.

Regardless, they do rule. My favorite Hallowe'en candy by far. Much better than the nasty stuff usually given out in Canada:

As for us, we had no kids stop by. There are no kids in the neighborhood and our houses are too far apart to tempting to the parents that truck their kids in. Fine with us.

We did go to an adult party on Saturday night after spending the day at the track. A couple of the usual slut outfits, but most people were really fun and creative. One guy showed up as his dirty laundry, including a few extra exhibits tucked into the basket around his waist. I wore my gorilla suit and my wife dressed up as a banana. What worried me is that three other guys showed up as safari guides, which makes gorillas nervous.

Dresed up as a zombie, maybe 40 kids. Now it is Halloween, soooo. After closing the door, I fired up the chainsaw, sans chain, reopened the door and walked out. Adults laughed, kids ran and laughed. It was fun. I feel awful in retrospect.

This was at my daughter's school on Friday. This was the coolest costum...........

haha some cool costumes. we didn't have a whole lots of kids, maybe 3 or 4 groups of 10 kids each. We live in a sparse neighborhood with a bunch of weird a-holes...If I had kids I wouldn't let them trick or treat in this hood.

I went out as Dexter Saturday night. People who knew who I was loved it, other people just didn't get it. oh and i had a friend dress up as my victim since he had to money for a costume.

I learned that Halloween is THE holiday in DC. I think every person within a 100mi radius above the age of 16 was in the district on saturday.

we were going to go as Juno/Bleeker but we couldn't find me some yellow shorts in time and my gf wasn't jazzed about dressing up as preggo so we decided to bunt. she went as a tarted up bumblebee and I was a whoopie cushion. this was genious. after braving the costume store, it took me exactly 20 seconds to get dressed for the night and i was super comfy.

whoopielinked for your pleasure:

Keith wrote: ... Much better than the nasty stuff usually given out in Canada:

Seriously, what is that stuff supposed to be? I think I tried these once when I was 3 and never ate one again for the next 13 years of trick or treating, but I always had a ton left over. I haven't seen them for sale in a while though so maybe they've stopped making them.

A friend of mine likes to have themed halloween parties. I find that ridiculous because everyone ends up dressing as the same thing so I usually try to screw with him (I think its actually his wife's idea). One year it was 'everyone dress as a biker' so I dressed up as Lance Armstrong and faked surprised when everyone else was wearing leather jackets and Harley gear. Another year it was "scary monsters" so I dressed up as Count Chocula and brought a huge bowl of cereal and a carton of milk with Frankenberry as the 'missing' person on it - seriously, what ever happened to Frankenberry and Booberry? Anyways, this year he tried to class it up and decided everyone must dress as a fancy historical figure. He wanted things like Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Marie Antoinette, Louis XIV, etc. I dressed up as "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter". One other person had read the book and got it, the rest thought I didn't understand the theme.

Bob

Keith wrote: A couple of the usual slut outfits

My favorite part of Halloween! Too bad I haven't been to a good Halloween party in years

Wait, what? Smarties aren't chocolate in the USA?

I know, it's the weirdest thing.

Yep, that's the USA version of Smarties and they are made in Canada. I loved them as a kid.

I figured out where the whole 'soaping the windows' thing came from. Send kids home to their parents all sugared up and they are just lookin' for some kind of revenge.

DukeOfUndersteer wrote: Shaved my beard, so i wasn't able to go a Keith Stone. Threw a costume together quick to take my daughter around the neighborhood. Found a race suit that belong to Dider Theys, threw on some Simpson gloves, my old Snell 95 Simpson helmet and Puma race shoes - Instant Race Car driver! And kept me warm thru out the night too... Pics to follow...

Heh, I actually was a race car driver :) ChumpCar Race at Portland over Halloween. Best way I've found to spend Halloween so far!

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