Halloween Fun

RideMax writes "Forbes today has posted a nice selection of printer-friendly halloween masks, including those of several dead celebrities, and of course, this famous billionaire." An anonymous reader sent in a strange Halloween Geek Test. And another reader sent in the iPod-O-Lantern.

Comments

Nader

[ifreakshow]

Disappointed that there was no Nader mask. Very scary to us Democrats.

Re:Nader

[jfengel]

Nader's easy. You just go to the party then stand out in the cold.

Re:Nader

[aacool]

You dont need a Nader mask - just close your eyes, squint and imagine an old man tolling a warning drum and marching towards a gaggle of union activists & capitalist fatcats - pretty scary, I guess.

More scary though, look at http://www.boingboing.net/2004/10/28/the_strangers _scarie.html for a truly scary Halloween costume, that's all too real

The Littlest Prisoner at Abu Ghraib: So easy, so quick, and so terrifying!

Lyndie England (Candy cigarette optional.)

Yes, flimsy paper masks!

[mixtape5]

I can just picture swarms of kids running around with printer generated masks. Ink running off the page because its raining.

Rubber is definately the way to go.

Re:Yes, flimsy paper masks!

[Anonymous Coward]

Rubber is definately the way to go.

I thought we were only allowed to teach abstinance to the kids?

Re:Yes, flimsy paper masks!

[carpe_noctem]

Good point. Remember kids, November 2nd is national abstinance day... no Dick, no Bush!

Ha ha!

[eathan13]

Bush's vacant stare looks vaguely familiar. Without the hat, I wouldn't know it was a mask...

And ofcourse,

[GillBates0]

no halloween would be complete without a Darryl McBride mask.

Just don't forget to wear a bullet proof vest when you venture out.

Gates looks good!

[Greg Larkin]

The funny thing is, they didn't have to change the hair or skin tone much to make this mask...

http://images.forbes.com/media/halloween/gates.jpg

Missing option

[RedShoeRider]

goatsie.cx printable mask.

They never said it had to be for your face.

Don't forget Homestar Runner!

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.homestarrunner.com/ween04.html

Careful on the mask you pick.

[Juvenall]

Needless to say, I'll have the knee-jerk reaction of smacking the crap out of the first kid that comes to my door in a Daryl McBride mask..

Re:Careful on the mask you pick.

[eathan13]

That is the funniest thing I've read all day!

Now who's Daryl McBride...?

Better Pod-o-lantern

[SpamJunkie]

I like this pumpkin better.

Extreme Pumpkins

[julesh]

This is cool. Or rather hot. Particularly where the flames are coming out.

Election Results Predicted by Candidate Mask Sales

[lecithin]

"It's as unscientific as it gets, but the theory, according to some people in the costume business, is that the winner in every election since 1980 has been the candidate whose masks were most popular on Halloween."

See:

http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/21/news/funny/prez_ ma sks

This Year

[clinko]

This year i'm going as Justin Timberlake and My GF is Janet. My best costume was the priest. Although atomic wedgie is sounding best this year.

Now THESE are scary

[scaaven]

Check em out 2004's Scariest Halloween Costumes

halloween geek test

[aberson]

any good geek knows that halloween and christmas are the same thing:

OCT 31 == DEC 25

Re:Hasn't Halloween passed its useful life?

[lothar97]

With all the paranoia about kids trick-or-treating

Paranoia? About what? Adulterated candy? People still believe this crap? Hoaxes for the most part, and when true- often it's family members.

But don't take my word for it.

The link on Moore's website is for the book "Culure of Fear- Why Americans are Afraid of the Wrong Things" by Barry Glassner. Highly recommended, and it attacks both the right and left politicians, and the right and left media, for ignoring the real issues facing our country, and whipping up hysteria.

Mask sales predict presidential election?

[discontinuity]

I recall back in 2000 a news story about how the sales of Halloween masks for the presidential candidates predicted the election outcome (candidate whose mask sold more won the election).

Found this site keeping tabs on sales this year. W is in the lead right now (though I expect their numbers to be somewhat less than scientific).

In a similar vein, Washington Redskins home game wins have correlated with the outcomes of presidential elections. This has held true sine 1936! When they loose their last home game before the election, the challenging party wins the election. This year: Green Bay is favored to win in Washington this Sunday.

Unfortunately, the popular vote has proven to not be an accurate predictor of who wins the election...

Re:For Halloween..

[RealAlaskan]

Problem is, I don't know how to dress like a virgin.

Here's how Madonna did it.

(Image from here.

iPod Variants

[Gallenod]

Yeah, just what we need! More iPod flavors!

The GOP Presidential iPod: comes in a red, white, and blue case. Only plays Pat Boone, Mel Torme, and John Phillip Sousa. Invades you're active applications on the desktop when you sync it, attempts to download and then fight as many viruses as possible, and then claims you need to keep it installed to finish what it started.

They Kerry iPod: Will play any tune, but never the same way twice. Married to a rich file-serving application that can get it any song it wants. The case is painted to look like a waffle.

The Red Sox iPod: Plays the blues for 85 years before finally blasing out "We Are the Champions."

I'm going as a pirate this year

[BandwidthHog]

Making a sword out of blank CDs was harder than I thought.

Dremel: the vibrator for men.

H*R goodness

[niteice]

Don't forget these Homestar Runner pumpkin stencils.

Re:Hasn't Halloween passed its useful life?

[Anonymous Coward]

Unless he lives in Nevada or Amsterdam, he'll get arrested for that.

Ballmer Pumpkin is the SCARIEST!

[Snaggy]

Need I mention our very scary Ballmer O' Lantern?

Nitrozac has also made a nice tutorial for those who want to try making one these very cool Jack O Lanterns.

Office Party Fun

[blackmonday]

We had a pumpkin carving contest at work - and I won with my Gene Simmons Pumpkin. Geez, I used to be cool.

Re:Hasn't Halloween passed its useful life?

[freshman_a]

Samhain - pronounced 'SOW-in' or 'SOW-een' or something... First quarter of the Celtic calendar, began around November 1st. Preperations for the winter were made and a feast was had to honor the dead. Became known as Halloween after the Celt's Samhain was combined with the Christian days of All Hallow's Eve and All Saint's Day.

...or something like that...

for more info, see the wiki

wtf? Printing instructions?

[sl4shd0rk]

Kinda scary that the demographic Forbes is making these masks for needs directions on clicking the little printer icon. I can't wait to see all the lawsuits when these CEOs run into the street with their fancy new masks and get slaughtered because they didn't get directions to cut the little eyeholes out.... hmmm..think I'll forward the article to my PHB...