katie_sane Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Oh if the British get it why don't we? } Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 dunno, weird, isn't it? maybe they didn't use to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 I went as Clark Gable one year. For some reason my Dad had a rubber Clark Gable mask and I added a bow tie for effect. Frankly, did anyone give a damn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Since childhood I never dress for Halloween. The one time I did was back in 1988. I was an assistant coach on the school (grades 6-8) football team and was roped into being a supervisor at the school Halloween party. It was a Roman Catholic School so I decided to dress as a priest. Black hassock, white collar, dangling crucifix..all that. It was amazing how many parents addressed me as Father. 90 % of the parents and 60% of the kids thought I was actually a priest at the parish. This made for an evening of many laughs and many surprised looks on parents' faces when they heard some of the things that came from my mouth. LOL Especially my comments about some of the Moms. I also kept saying how I felt that RC Priests should be permitted to marry or at least have girlfriends and asking if anyone was interested. Of course my wife was there too so I couldn't get too radical. Oh, and one priest in attendance caled me Father, thinking that I was from a different parish. I no longer play a priest though I have become rather Godlike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Uncle Joe, I would have been scared to be standing next to you that night. Just incase the lightning bolt was sloppy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Our first year in Colombia, we for some reason hadn't gotten costumes, so at the last minute, my mother made paper costumes for me and my sister. My brother got a "real" costume, don't remember why. Anyway, I was a paper bunny and my sister and I wore regular street clothes underneath because it was chilly and of course, our costumes ripped. That was not my best costume. Probably the best one, because of the memories it created, was my sophomore year at college, where we made our costumes on the fly and I threw a black scark over my head and put my eyeliner on really dark and went as an Arab woman (actually, it was a terrorist, but that's not PC anymore, is it? Hey, it was 1989....way before all these tragedies happened). Nobody knew who I was and one man asked all of us what grade we were in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 I love all things Halloween and have dressed up every year for as long as I can remember. Some highlights... I was Alfalfa and my best friend at the time was Buckwheat when I was 12. I was a Madonna Wannabe in my early teens. I was the skanky Princess Leia with the gold lame bikini sometime in my late teens. I was a cavewoman with a fur leotard and a bone in my hair (simmer down) in my early twenties. I was a 70s chick in my early 30s, with a big afro and wicked cool bellbottoms. I was a nun when I was 7 months pregnant. My props were a cigarette, a half empty bottle of Jack Daniels and a huge cross. I was going to be Lil Jon (a rapper) last year, but they frowned upon that here at work...it may have been offensive. I thought it would have been funny. I ended up being an 80s rocker chick with big hair, leather pants and blue eyeshadow. Somehow I wound up looking like Dee Snider from Twisted Sister. I haven't figured out what I will do this year. I'll let you know when I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Peaches, it may be time to reprise the skanky Princess Leia with the gold lame bikini. Yep, I think it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 I'm afraid I'd look more like Jabba the Hut than Princess Leia at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Lil' Jon would've been a fantastic costume. You should really consider that one again. My wife is thinking about being Prince this year. She is also quite wee. We had a brilliant idea for a duo this year, but can't remember it. She's short (5 feet) and I'm tall (6 feet), so it had something to do with that. And she would be the guy to my girl. Anything ring a bell? What the hell were we thinking of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Sonny and Cher? That would be spec-freaking-tacular. Lil Jon would have been cooler last year, when the whole Dave Chapelle "What? Yeah! Okay!" thing was still fresh. All the students were looking forward to it, but the administration here felt that someone might be upset about me dressing up as someone of another race. It's not like I was going to paint my face or anything. I suppose I understand...it's just sad to live in a time where every single thing is so scrutinized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Possibly them, but I think it was a less tool-like pair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Carve your own Halloween pumpkin! (<) In the spirit of Halloween in the most digital way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Just be careful not to carve one of your digits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Digitally? Here's my pumpkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 How I've prayed to hear some girl say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 And there goes Uncle Joe, down the slippery slope once again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 "Ladies and gentlemen take my advice. Pull down your pants and slide on the ice". Alan Arbus in M*A*S*H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 I think I posted this one about the Pumpkin Gutter last year, but can't find the post. He's really good!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 Hey I don't even celebrate Halloween and I'm posting like mad here Halloween Hangman (<) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted October 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Got together with my nieces tonignt and brought some pumpkins to carve up. Musically, my nieces like to kid "Unca Kenny" about their choices of what to listen to. Tonight was no different.... One says "G-Unit" one says "Bling Bling" and the last one says "Jue", for Juliette, their exchange student friend from France. Fortunately, my Son didn't let me down... Carve 'em if ya got 'em.... Ken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 http://www.pumpkinglow.com/Patterns.htm We will hold off carving until next weekend, yesterday we went out and got alot done, including choosing the appropriate gourd, as many as we could afford. Next weekend we will dig in. Ken. Nice pics. It's just another fun, time honored tradition. I really enjoy watching the kid's excitement. The creativity! Amature sculptures!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Nice pictures, Ken. It is nice to see a family having a good time together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Wonderful, Ken. I love that you love Halloween so much. I've figured out my costume for this year... Grim Rapper: Wear a grim reaper costume, but accessorize with baggy pants, gold teeth, thick gold chains and a radio on your shoulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted October 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Kari, I love it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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