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What's Your Halloween Costume?

Posted by Cliff on from the evening-wear-on-all-hallows-eve dept.

Mr. Penguin asks: "I'm wondering what other Slashdot fans are wearing today for Halloween. I didn't do the tech geek thing, but I did go all out. I'm sitting at my desk right now wearing chain mail, a leather brigadine, a beautiful leather cloak, and English riding boots. Girded at my side is my longsword, and after work, I think I'll head down to the tavern and drink some ale in my leather mug. What do you have on?"

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  1. Death... out of work by SuperMallen · · Score: 2, Funny

    In a fit of mostly desparation but a little inspiration, I decided to go as Death... after he lost his .com job (from death.com, of course). Basically it consists of all black clothes and a little face-paint, plus Death's resume (50,000+ years of death-related experience, 2 years as VP of Death Affiars at death.com).

    Geeks in the Valley seem fairly appreciative, but they keep telling me that my resume will be put "on file" and that they'll "get back to me" and I shouldn't call them.

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    -- What is this Earth thing you call "slow"?
  2. Do really you want to know? by orty.com · · Score: 2, Funny
    "What do you have on?"

    Man, does this sound like somebody hoping to get phone-sex like satisfaction? Sorry pal...you ain't getting that from a bunch of geeks...

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    Ignoranus: A person who is both stupid and an asshole.
  3. please... NO jpg by renehollan · · Score: 2

    Think of the HORROR, the HORROR!

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    You could've hired me.
  4. Jedi Knight by rgmoore · · Score: 2

    I'm currently dressed as a Jedi Knight. I have the shirt, vest, belt, robe, light saber, etc. One advantage of being a Jedi is that they're expected to have all kinds of techno-doodads on their utility belts, which provides a convenient excuse for including things like cellphones and pagers in a costume. Just try that with your medaeval outfit.

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    There's no point in questioning authority if you aren't going to listen to the answers.

    1. Re:Jedi Knight by pete-classic · · Score: 2

      Huh? Are you a Jedi or a Stormtrooper? Or Batman? I don't get it.

      The only thing I ever saw on a Jedi's belt (which doesn't look like any kind of "utility belt" to me, more like a strip of burlap) is a lightsaber.

      Not to say that they don't have cool shit with them, but I've never seen one with a utility belt. Maybe that happens in the books. I'm not into the books.

      -Peter

  5. Updated costume for me by The+Iconoclast · · Score: 2, Funny

    I used to go around on halloween as "Normal College Guy," but this year I decided to update my costume; I am now dressed as a grad student. :-P

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    Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati
    1. Re:Updated costume for me by clark625 · · Score: 2

      If you're anything like the rest of us grad students, your new look is much worse than last year. I used to think I was poor when I was paying my way through undergrad. Now, I'm getting paid to go to school and I find myself without a dime. $1400 a month sounds like a lot for a stipend; but it really doesn't go very far in the end.

      I actually used to wear button-up shirts and khakis/dockers every day for class as an undergrad. Now, I wear a Hanes T-shirt (6 in a pack for a few bucks), old worn out jeans, and a tattered hat. I just can't afford to go out and buy those $20 shirts anymore. Most grad students I know do similar things--it's our way of saying "we're hungry, feed us more please" instead of going on strike or something.

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      Long, cute, or funny Sigs are just another form of over compensation, used by geeks, nerdz, etc.
  6. The perfect costume by unitron · · Score: 3

    What could be scarier than looking like Jon Katz?

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    I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.

  7. The night sky by sulli · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I bought some of those stick-on glow-in-the-dark stars from the Discovery Channel store, and will attempt to wear a fairly accurate map of the night sky as of midnight tonight (incl. the blue moon). The only remaining task is to find lights to stand under from time to time, so it can continue to glow.

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    sulli
    RTFJ.
  8. Death. by terpia · · Score: 2

    Death/The Grim Reaper/Your Mother-in-Law, is my costume for the year...all i had to do was bust out my spare holocaust cloak, pickup some face paint and drove to the farm implement store to pick up a scythe. Simple, classic, and cool enaough to not completely embarass my son...

    (no Im not on the brute squad, i AM the brute squad!)

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    .sig wanted: Must be concise, funny, and display my cleverness.
  9. Re:I have no pants! by gnovos · · Score: 2

    I am pants-free man! The one brave enough to free himself of the confines of lower body clothing! Bow before me!

    I sure will be bowing before you do, because, frankly, when it's time for you to bow I hope to be out of the room!

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    "Your superior intellect is no match for our puny weapons!"
  10. tastelessness alert by K. · · Score: 2

    I wrote Tom Daschle's office address on a
    white t-shirt, drew on a stamp, and had hot
    chicks throw talcum powder at me on the
    dancefloor. Well, just off the dancefloor,
    it was more of a pit at the time.

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    -- Proud descendant of semi-nomadic cattle-herders.