Comments on: Halloween Sucks http://www.exploding-boy.com/2005/10/24/halloween-sucks/ A weblog about design, music, entertainment and life. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:45:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Joshua http://www.exploding-boy.com/2005/10/24/halloween-sucks/#comment-142 Joshua Fri, 28 Oct 2005 06:32:45 +0000 http://www.exploding-boy.com/2005/10/24/halloween-sucks/#comment-142 Get the most ordinary mask you can. Fasten the mask onto something round, like a small pillow or a stuffed t-shirt the same color as the mask. Set the fake head aside. Stuff a backpack with something light, like something inflatable, or maybe a fluffy blanket. Put a pair of pants on the bottom of the backpack, and hold them on with a belt. Button a shirt around the top of the backpack, tucking it into the pants. Wear pants that don't match the ones the backpack is wearing. Put on a button- or zip-up shirt which you can fasten halfway up. Leave the arms hanging down and put on the backpack. Put on the backpack. Put your arms into the backpack's shirt. Hang the mask/face/head from a necklace or belt, and fasten your shirt's collar around it. Stuff the sleeves of the shirt you're wearing and tuck them under the backpack's legs. At this point, the illusion should be almost perfect. It looks like you're riding around on someone else's back. Have someone stick some socks or something in the dangling pants legs. Walk with a slight stoop, and lean your head forward. For added laughs, talk to your "carrier" and/or apply encouraging whacks to go faster. You will get a <em>lot</em> of double takes. Get the most ordinary mask you can. Fasten the mask onto something round, like a small pillow or a stuffed t-shirt the same color as the mask. Set the fake head aside.
Stuff a backpack with something light, like something inflatable, or maybe a fluffy blanket. Put a pair of pants on the bottom of the backpack, and hold them on with a belt. Button a shirt around the top of the backpack, tucking it into the pants.
Wear pants that don’t match the ones the backpack is wearing. Put on a button- or zip-up shirt which you can fasten halfway up. Leave the arms hanging down and put on the backpack.
Put on the backpack. Put your arms into the backpack’s shirt. Hang the mask/face/head from a necklace or belt, and fasten your shirt’s collar around it. Stuff the sleeves of the shirt you’re wearing and tuck them under the backpack’s legs.

At this point, the illusion should be almost perfect. It looks like you’re riding around on someone else’s back. Have someone stick some socks or something in the dangling pants legs. Walk with a slight stoop, and lean your head forward.

For added laughs, talk to your “carrier” and/or apply encouraging whacks to go faster. You will get a lot of double takes.

]]> By: kristin http://www.exploding-boy.com/2005/10/24/halloween-sucks/#comment-130 kristin Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:40:05 +0000 http://www.exploding-boy.com/2005/10/24/halloween-sucks/#comment-130 LOL! my son is going to be a dracula... BUT.. he picked it! The other one is going to be a Knight. LOL! my son is going to be a dracula… BUT.. he picked it!
The other one is going to be a Knight.

]]> By: Christopher http://www.exploding-boy.com/2005/10/24/halloween-sucks/#comment-127 Christopher Tue, 25 Oct 2005 03:07:35 +0000 http://www.exploding-boy.com/2005/10/24/halloween-sucks/#comment-127 I have seen actual Napoleon Dynamite kits...complete with glasses and afro, but with my skin tone I might be able to pull off Pedro more than Napoleon. I have seen actual Napoleon Dynamite kits…complete with glasses and afro, but with my skin tone I might be able to pull off Pedro more than Napoleon.

]]> By: Tony Summerville http://www.exploding-boy.com/2005/10/24/halloween-sucks/#comment-125 Tony Summerville Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:48:26 +0000 http://www.exploding-boy.com/2005/10/24/halloween-sucks/#comment-125 Go get a cheap brown suit from Goodwill, a blondish afro, & some glasses and be Napoleon Dynamite. That's the only thing I could think of. I like Halloween because it's just another excuse to go to party and get really drunk. ...And I like the girls that wear a slutty nurse or maid outfit. Now where's my free candy corn? Go get a cheap brown suit from Goodwill, a blondish afro, & some glasses and be Napoleon Dynamite. That’s the only thing I could think of.

I like Halloween because it’s just another excuse to go to party and get really drunk. …And I like the girls that wear a slutty nurse or maid outfit.

Now where’s my free candy corn?

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