And I wondered why the wife would never let me hide in the bushes with a hockey goalie mask and the chainsaw on Halloween night...
Dan Tim C. wrote: > I seem to recall a study indicating more people are afraid of clowns than > anything else. Similarly the whole public speaking apprehension. Thus, I > figure you could dress up as a clown to greet people at the door, have a > couple podiums (podia?) in the living room, and hand out a schedule where > everyone was speaking about some mundane topic after dinner or snacks. > Or, did you mean to frighten children? Friend of mine proposed the following > to his wife but got shot down: halloween night, dress as a redneck (we're in > NC so it would work) and have a long round mailing tube in his lap > shotgun-style. Have a bottle of Jack Daniels and a lighter. When non-known > kids come around, shoot fire from mouth while screaming nonsense... > Statically, one neighbor fills their yard with cotton webby stuff. It's not > the web that's creepy, it's that it is surprisingly effective at blocking > flash light until you are right on top of something. Good in combination > with a winding path and interesting yard decor. > You in particular could say "you've been served" to every trick-or-treater. > Or get someone to dress like a cop and threaten to issue citations for > extortion to kids. That's more scare for the parents, of course, but who > said we can't have fun? > -Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Donald Snook <dsn...@mtsqh.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 8:56 AM > To: Mercedes@okiebenz.com <Mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Monkey-Masked Speeding Driver in Phoenix > Rich wrote: "When I was in college I was on my way to a Halloween party > wearing my > full Nixon outfit, rubber mask, Salvie Army old blue suit, white shirt, > tie, flag pin, the whole deal. Stopped at a traffic light by campus > next to a coupla cops in their car, who looked over, I gave them the > 2-finger V with both hands." > That's a hilarious story! My wife went to a charity (fundraiser) Halloween > party three years ago at a huge community party. A few blocks away as we > were going home, I looked up ahead and there were cops everywhere. It was a > DUI checkpoint. We were dressed as Smurfs - totally covered in blue paint > with the white pants and Smurf hats. The cop looked at me when I got to the > Checkpoint and said, "Hey Papa Smurf! Are you okay to get Smurfette home > tonight?" I said, "I have not been smurfing, so I should be okay!" He waved > us on through. > By the way, my wife and I are hosting a Halloween party this year at our > house. We expect about 50-75 people. We really want to decorate the house > and make it scary. I know this bunch is full of some very creative thinkers, > so if you have some creative, scary, and cheap ideas to decorate the house > let me hear them! > Donald H. Snook > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090910/f354a9f8/attachment.html> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
