Halloween is getting close

"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone) 09/27/2014 at 17:01 • Filed to: None

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...and I've got invited to a costume party, my boss is throwing. The problem?

I don't know what to wear? I don't want to go without a costume, since people will think I'm a party crasher, but I don't wear something stupid like a giant pickle costume, or worse a giant dick.

Sir Halffast > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/27/2014 at 17:05

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Clearly the answer is a pickled dick.

Sweet Trav > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/27/2014 at 17:07

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easiest costume ever. Go to army surplus store. But fatigues. Go as soldier. Comfy and serves the purpose

Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/27/2014 at 17:08

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go as the stig.

Scary__goongala! > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/27/2014 at 17:09

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I plan on being William Wallace. But at the moment I can't think of any ideas for you.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion 09/27/2014 at 17:10

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Too much explaining to do, since most people there have no idea who the Stig, is.

Steve in Manhattan > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/27/2014 at 17:25

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Do what I did once - rent a wheelchair, get the right glasses, the glove, and a cigarette holder, and go as Dr. Strangelove. I had the voice down as well.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/27/2014 at 17:27

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This is what I'd wear.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Sweet Trav 09/27/2014 at 17:28

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Meh, girlfriend already ordered some kind of SW imperial officer costume, online. So if I want to go with military theme myself, I have to keep it SW, and I don't have too many options, things like Darth Vader and Storm/Clone troopers are already overused.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Sir Halffast 09/27/2014 at 17:47

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or a giant dick pickle

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Scary__goongala! 09/27/2014 at 17:53

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Hmm, I'm thinking a Pope costume but with the Joker's face would be a laugh.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/27/2014 at 17:56

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Go as Steve Jobs. Just jeans and a black turtle neck. It also might help sell the costume if you walk around showing off your iPhone like a hand model looking for work

CB > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/27/2014 at 17:57

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The art of it is to stand in a corner and not respond to people. Maybe attempt to drive the couch.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/27/2014 at 18:05

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Go with my top 2 pics, the latter of which I'll be doing for Halloween this year. :)

Well, I'm gonna try to make it work. :P

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 09/27/2014 at 18:09

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I kinda have too much hair for, iPhone era, Steve Jobs, maybe if I can find an old Mac in a bag, I can pretend to be younger Jobs. Also, I don't have an iPhone, I have an Xperia phone.

evil2win > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/27/2014 at 18:34

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Hmmm I was going to say a fat suit and a crack pipe and you could be Rob Ford, probably not for a party a boss's house though.

bob and john > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/27/2014 at 20:48

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just go in your pants

when someone asks say i'm a premature ejaculation.
when they ask how you say: I just came in my pants.

Architeuthis Ex Machďna > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 09/27/2014 at 21:20

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He said he didn't want to go as a giant dick.

dawnell > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/27/2014 at 21:40

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We need to narrow this down some.

Do you want to spend money on a costume or do you mostly want to wear clothes that you already have?

What do you look like?

Do you need a very impressive costume? Are you trying to win a contest or really get noticed?

I guess you do not already have pirate costume or Star Trek uniform top in your closet?

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > dawnell 09/27/2014 at 22:17

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Yeah, but not a lot of money, I've seen a pretty interesting Spawn costume on Ebay but it was $1.100. I'd like to spend no more than $600 or so, on the costume.

I'm average looking, I guess(so no big sizes for me), 28, white, brown hair(but I like quick dyes on occasions).

I don't want something to win contests, but since many coworkers and some of the more important managers will be there, I need something better than a silly hat or a wrestling mask.

Dr Emilio Lizardo > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/27/2014 at 22:40

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Box troll. Easy and timely.

dawnell > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/27/2014 at 23:37

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Googled Spawn and got this

http://www.snakepitstudios.com/

but I don't see prices.

Are you sure you want something that covers your face?

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/28/2014 at 00:12

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The last time I went to a costume party, I was a zombie bicyclist. I took an old T-shirt and cut the sleeves off, then painted an old car tire with black paint and ran it over the shirt, so it had tread marks going over it. I had an old bicycle helmet that I put a crack in and had brains/fake blood coming out of. I painted my face for the "Zombie" affect, put on the shirt and a pair of cycling shorts, and then for the final touch, put a bicycle tire over my shoulder. Simple, cheap and easy to get around in, especially after I ditched the tire.

a_blackpanther > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/28/2014 at 03:08

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Something like Starlord shouldn't be that hard to pull off and would definitely be recognizable. Or like, a browncoat.

JGrabowMSt > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/28/2014 at 03:37

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I'm going to a concert on halloween because I couldn't be bothered to dress up anymore and beg total strangers for tooth rotting candy.

Get off my lawn.

oldwomanyellsatclods > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/28/2014 at 11:18

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Long bathrobe worn over a knee length, belted bathrobe, pants boots; you're a Jedi. Boring? Yes. Easy? Yes.

antipodes > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/28/2014 at 13:25

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You could do a quick n easy comic-era Rogue Squadron pilot—easy to put together from scratch if you have a local army surplus. Cargos, tactical vest, maybe a unit patch.

John Bigbooté > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 09/28/2014 at 13:56

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A... "jherkin", if you will.

John Bigbooté > bob and john 09/28/2014 at 13:57

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http://www.sadtrombone.com/?play=true

Celia the Vampire Slaying Vampire > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/28/2014 at 14:02

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Put something on. Even if it's just a suit and a headpiece and you're Secret Service or a solider or just drape on a beige-ish robe to be a Jedi and match your girlfriend with a cheap toy lightsaber from Target. Being the guy in no costume isn't fun. At the very least, pull an Oz in Buffy and put a God nametag on. It just seems a little "too cool for school" when you're one of the people who refuses to do anything, especially since your GF is going for something.

Lannister Handjob > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/28/2014 at 14:05

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You can see if there is a rental place nearby for some fun options since you have some cashola to drop.

Otherwise: anything in your industry since it's a work party. Could be funny to go as a thing fitting your work.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > dawnell 09/28/2014 at 18:44

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This is that one. Not sure it's worth that much.

Not necessarily, but that's a good way of avoiding people you don't wanna talk to, lol.

dawnell > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/28/2014 at 19:13

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Some of the snakepit stuff like Captain America looks much more comfortable. You can wear it without a mask, or if you wear it with the mask it doesn't cover your whole face and you can still eat and talk and all that.

http://www.snakepitstudios.com/#!captain-amer…

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Celia the Vampire Slaying Vampire 09/28/2014 at 21:26

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Soldier? That's boring, unless you know where I can get uniforms like those.

Also, the Jedi thing is overused and the SW rebel costumes are goofy.

Hmm, still don't know what to wear, I wonder if they allow people in their birthday suits...

Celia the Vampire Slaying Vampire > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/28/2014 at 21:38

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Well, those I picked solely because they are indeed lazy costumes and it seemed you didn't want to expend much effort (understandable on Halloween). BUT if you are willing to get cool with the costume, then I can make suggestions if you want ;) Lots of great twists on SW universe stuff in the cosplay world too if you want something not as boring. Or you could just go as a minor character. Not a ton of people do Lando! Nothing always just seems like a statement to deliberately not be in the spirit of fun.

If you want birthday suit, you could do Adam with a fig leaf :P

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Lannister Handjob 09/28/2014 at 21:58

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Not gonna work, I'm a HR and purchasing generalist, working for the American arm of a Japanese construction company, so since I can't go as an excavator, I could go as a samurai. Or is this too obvious and there will already be others thinking at it?

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > antipodes 09/28/2014 at 22:01

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GDI patches on army uniforms sound more appealing, Presuming I can find any. Seriously, C&C merch. is rarer than gemstones.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > oldwomanyellsatclods 09/28/2014 at 22:03

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I'd rather get a carrot suit under that robe. Seriously, I bet every carrot dreams to be a Jedi, unfortunately for them, most end up in soups and salads.

oldwomanyellsatclods > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/28/2014 at 22:09

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Too bad that woman already came up with a death star costume;

Of course; this kind of thing is difficult to sit down in.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > oldwomanyellsatclods 09/28/2014 at 22:25

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You can bring a small chair, under that thing, lol.

oldwomanyellsatclods > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/28/2014 at 22:27

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You're right! I hadn't thought of the that! She could probably smuggle in a small portable toilet too, and that would solve the bathroom stall problem.

dawnell > oldwomanyellsatclods 09/29/2014 at 06:09

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A bathrobe and a newspaper makes you Arthur Dent, but you need a few British people around to get the jokes.

We did that for a contest. The British people got it, but it turned out that the British people were not the contest judges. Turned out okay, they explained it for us.

dawnell > oldwomanyellsatclods 09/29/2014 at 06:12

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We knew of a guy (who also went to that same contest) who went as the Death Star. This big Death Star thing was his mask, and then he was in this suit covered in MicroMachines. Then he'd wave his arms around so that the ships could fight each other.

Lannister Handjob > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/29/2014 at 07:05

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Mehhhh, samurai could be kind of offensive (it being a cultural representation not a costume kind of thing.)

Excavator is kind of hilarious, but no go. Dead end on that one, sorry.

oldwomanyellsatclods > dawnell 09/29/2014 at 10:42

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Ooh; good one!

oldwomanyellsatclods > dawnell 09/29/2014 at 10:43

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Brilliant!

dawnell > oldwomanyellsatclods 09/29/2014 at 11:01

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I decided the O Deck needed to hear all about it.

http://dawnell.kinja.com/this-was-back-…

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Celia the Vampire Slaying Vampire 09/30/2014 at 19:54

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I don't remember having any leaves on me, when I was born.

Celia the Vampire Slaying Vampire > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/30/2014 at 19:56

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AH BUT DO YOU KNOW FOR A FACT? DO YOU RECALL YOUR BIRTH IN LURID DETAIL? ;)

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Celia the Vampire Slaying Vampire 09/30/2014 at 20:06

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No, but my parents were annoying enough to videotape it, they never told me until I reached 16, then they showed me the tape. I was shocked.
I obviously know how kids are born by that age, but actually seeing it and knowing that I was so damn small and still so loud, was something else.

My mom wanted me to become a doctor, but that's a hard job for very responsible people. She hoped that seeing how I was born would inspire me, out of all thing. It didn't really.

Celia the Vampire Slaying Vampire > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/30/2014 at 20:09

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And that's how you developed your phobia of doctors. Your mom clearly edited the fig leaf out of the video.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Celia the Vampire Slaying Vampire 09/30/2014 at 20:21

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I have no doctor-phobia, I just don't have the guts to be a doctor. I respect them more, since I know that not everybody can be one, and the video made me respect women a lot more too, as giving birth seems like a seriously painful thing to do. In fact, if men gave birth, probably every kid would be the only child, since no man could do that twice.

Celia the Vampire Slaying Vampire > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/30/2014 at 20:24

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I was just teasing but yeah in reality I do think it's cool that your mom showed it to you. Not the most comfortable experience but seeing the tape of an actual birth is an important life step.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Celia the Vampire Slaying Vampire 09/30/2014 at 21:08

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Well, the problem is that I still don't have an idea for a Halloween costume that doesn't suck.

Celia the Vampire Slaying Vampire > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/30/2014 at 21:15

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How much effort you willing to pull in and what are some places you don't mind pulling from? Marty McFly can be pretty easy but that was a totally random thought I just had because I'm watching BttF.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Celia the Vampire Slaying Vampire 09/30/2014 at 21:53

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If it is to go as a guy with a funny voice and silly hair, I'd rather be Fry. It is easier to pull off and I can drink a lot of beer without having people thinking that I'm an alcoholic.

Or I could be Gambit, I can do a great French accent, ma chérie.

Either way I get to dye my hair in a pretty reddish orange.

Celia the Vampire Slaying Vampire > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/30/2014 at 22:15

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YEAH DO FRY!!!! Fry is super easy and comfy. And Gambit is just another fun as hell character. Both are good choices and not too hard to pull off.

GhostZ > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/01/2014 at 09:33

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El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > GhostZ 10/01/2014 at 09:37

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Not that dark orange, something brighter for Fry or with a little bit more red in it for Gambit. Ironically, I still don't know what to wear, but at least, I now only got 2 or 3 possible costumes, in mind.

GhostZ > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/01/2014 at 09:46

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No no, I was suggesting you go to the party as Conan O'Brien.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > GhostZ 10/01/2014 at 18:32

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Not sure I could pull him off, and we don't have the same eye area and nose.