Halloween revisited

I was looking at a Web site of a former employer (a newspaper), and on its sidebar was a mini-slideshow of photos taken on Halloween night in one of that city's booze-n-crooze districts. Being a college town, there were many boozers and croozers unafraid to lift cocktail to the sky and throw caution to the wind. Funny how some of us prepare for a "holiday" or event, get excited, it comes and goes, and that's it.

The Petite Filet and I didn't dress up this year, as more time was spent manufacturing a "Herbie the Love Bug" costume for the Cutlet. Maybe next year. Although the last time we costumed up, I was the Skipper, she was Mary Anne and the Cutlet was Gilligan. But none of the kids at church (where we spent most of our time that year) knew who we were. "Are you a farm girl?" "I get it! You're a captain!" "Who is the Cutlet supposed to be?" Society as a whole is failing these kids by not exposing them to classic TV reruns, laugh tracks and corny jokes. In a few years, nobody will remember who the Brady Bunch was, either.

So we don't know what will happen next year. Options for adults are pretty limited anyhow. Look at the most popular get-ups this year ...

For men:
Pirate
Doctor
Devil
George W. Bush (scary!)
Abe Lincoln
Full-size whoopie cushion
Fred Flintstone
Gladiator dude
iPod
iPhone
iMoron

For women:
Slutty witch
Slutty prison guard
Slutty prisoner
Slutty devil
Slutty cheerleader (is that redundant or what?)
Slutty secretary
Slutty cowgirl
Slutty slut