Mad Hatter at Work: A Halloween Costume with iPads & Red Hair!

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The discussion revolves around Halloween costumes and experiences, including personal anecdotes, costume creativity, and trick-or-treating outcomes. Participants share images and stories related to their Halloween celebrations, focusing on costumes, candy distribution, and community events.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant describes their Mad Hatter costume, noting the use of iPads and humorously comparing it to a Teletubby.
  • Multiple participants share their own Halloween costumes, including Tinkerbell and Captain Hook, with varying degrees of enthusiasm and humor.
  • Several participants express disappointment over the low turnout of trick-or-treaters, with one noting they had prepared a significant amount of candy.
  • One participant recounts a heartwarming interaction with a young trick-or-treater, offering healthy snacks and a flashlight.
  • There are mentions of community pumpkin carving events, with one participant sharing their wife's contest win featuring a Steve Jobs-themed pumpkin.
  • Discussion includes playful banter and compliments regarding costumes, with some participants joking about the nature of their costumes.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally share personal experiences and anecdotes, but there is no consensus on the effectiveness of their Halloween celebrations or the reasons for low trick-or-treater turnout. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the overall success of Halloween festivities.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express nostalgia for Halloween as children, contrasting it with their current experiences. There are references to community events that may influence participation in Halloween activities.

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Readers interested in Halloween traditions, costume ideas, and community engagement during holidays may find this discussion relevant.

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I'm at work with the Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter's hat, complete with red hair coming out of the sides and back. But that's nothing compare to the creativity of this costume. Of course, it helps to have two iPads to play with.



He just needs to line up the front and back a little bit more.

I also had a chuckle with one of the comments that said that it made him look like a Teletubby! :)

Zz.
 
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Nice ZapperZ! Here is I am on saturday as tinkerbell!
 

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Holy Captain Hook, Greg. That's frighteningly scary! :)

Zz.
 
That's awesome Greg!
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
Nice ZapperZ! Here is I am on saturday as tinkerbell!
Zombie tinkerbell?
 
I plan to offer this delicious dish to the little imps!
[PLAIN]http://www.hisf.no/var/no/storage/images/media/images/smalahovud/81974-1-nor-NO/smalahovud_medium.jpg
 
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Here are my daughter and son.
https://picasaweb.google.com/jsnyder527/Halloween?authkey=Gv1sRgCKaJivSVkIDMDw#5669827278947319330"
 
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Jimmy Snyder said:
Here are my daughter and son.
https://picasaweb.google.com/jsnyder527/Halloween?authkey=Gv1sRgCKaJivSVkIDMDw#5669827278947319330"

Nice :smile: I'd give 'em candy if they came to my door!
 
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Jimmy Snyder said:
Here are my daughter and son.
https://picasaweb.google.com/jsnyder527/Halloween?authkey=Gv1sRgCKaJivSVkIDMDw#5669827278947319330"
Why were they dressed up for today on New Years Eve three years ago?
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Nice ZapperZ! Here is I am on saturday as tinkerbell!

And people wonder why I insisted on adopting you.

But like all great (wannabe surrogate) parents, you have exceeded all that I ever was.

Which is of course, our goal in life. :smile:

Oh wait. I'm hearing cosmic voices, in response to my comment... :confused:

hmmm...

Here is the image I see in my minds eye...

Barfing_Pumpkin_by_Jiyae.jpg
 
  • #11
zoobyshoe said:
Why were they dressed up for today on New Years Eve three years ago?


That mystery is unraveled in the film 'Spaceballs".
 
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Jimmy Snyder said:
That mystery is unraveled in the film 'Spaceballs".
I see. I think I'll save that viewing experience for when I'm feeling unraveled.
 
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This is my first Halloween in my apartment, and I thought I'd get dozens of trick-or-treaters. None, not a one so far! It's 8:00, I should be at the peak rate of trick-or-treaters-per-hour .

Four bags of candy - the good stuff! Milky Ways, 3-Musketeers, Snickers, and Reese's cups (aaaaah, Reese's :!))...wasn't cheap!111

I guess now I have bribes for the guys at work.
 
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Nothing to see here. Move along, ma'am.

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Ready to spring into some sort of action.

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Even our greatest heroes are just men.

Flex's Party ArmorTM
 
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lisab said:
This is my first Halloween in my apartment, and I thought I'd get dozens of trick-or-treaters. None, not a one so far! It's 8:00, I should be at the peak rate of trick-or-treaters-per-hour .

Four bags of candy - the good stuff! Milky Ways, 3-Musketeers, Snickers, and Reese's cups (aaaaah, Reese's :!))...wasn't cheap!111

I guess now I have bribes for the guys at work.

Did you ever end up seeing a trick-or-treater? We didn't get a single one. :frown:

FlexGunship said:
Nothing to see here. Move along, ma'am.

Ready to spring into some sort of action.

Even our greatest heroes are just men.

Flex's Party ArmorTM

That's an excellent costume. Well done, sir. Well done. :approve:
 
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lisab said:
This is my first Halloween in my apartment, and I thought I'd get dozens of trick-or-treaters. None, not a one so far! It's 8:00, I should be at the peak rate of trick-or-treaters-per-hour .

Four bags of candy - the good stuff! Milky Ways, 3-Musketeers, Snickers, and Reese's cups (aaaaah, Reese's :!))...wasn't cheap!111

I guess now I have bribes for the guys at work.

Motivation problems?
[PLAIN]http://massassi.hobby-site.com/massassi/pictures/episode_6/img/shuttle_bay05.jpg
Perhaps I can find new ways to motive them.​

Yeah, I have like $20 worth of candy lying around now (and animal crackers... for the young'in's). I guess I'll have to eat it all before it spoils. It's a weird feeling... when I was a child, the few days after Halloween I was so excited to have such a giant bag of candy! But, now, having a giant bang of candy is kind of a bummer.

Dembadon said:
That's an excellent costume. Well done, sir. Well done. :approve:

Glad you approve. Because of an unforeseen BLIZZARD (WTF?! Apparently the climate is a climate change skeptic.), we are trying for another party this weekend. You can't tell from the pictures (because of the camera flash), but there are slots for glow sticks on each piece of armor. A total of 27!

(IMG src: http://massassi.hobby-site.com/massassi/movies/movies/06_return_of_the_jedi/m6mov01.htm )
 
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Only about a dozen kids came by this year. Most years we get four times that. I was telling the kids to take a handful from the bowl instead of just one. Even so we ended up with a load of unclaimed sweets. There was a three year old. When I told her to take a handful she did her best, but could only get 2 in her tiny hand. Meanwhile her mother told me that all the houses were doing the same thing.
 
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Jimmy Snyder said:
There was a three year old. When I told her to take a handful she did her best, but could only get 2 in her tiny hand. Meanwhile her mother told me that all the houses were doing the same thing.

Aww... my only visitor was a 3 or 4 year old in a penguin costume. I asked her if she wanted a healthy snack instead and she got excited (which made her parents excited), and I told her to take a bunch of Teddy Grahams and animal crackers. Then I gave her parents a flashlight because they were walking around in the pitch black in a neighborhood without power with a little girl in a BLACK costume.
 
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My wife won a pumpkin carving contest in our community. Attached is the picture. (apple with Steve Jobs face theme)
 

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Every year, my neighbor buys a truckload of pumpkins and invites all the kids to carve Jack O'Lanterns. Here are a couple of snaps of this year's batch.
https://picasaweb.google.com/jsnyder527/Halloween#5670184210424095426"
https://picasaweb.google.com/jsnyder527/Halloween#5670184218042035330"
 
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jobyts said:
My wife won a pumpkin carving contest in our community. Attached is the picture. (apple with Steve Jobs face theme)

That's very nice!
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Nice ZapperZ! Here is I am on saturday as tinkerbell!

You look very beautiful...for a guy :biggrin:
 
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arildno said:
I plan to offer this delicious dish to the little imps!
[PLAIN]http://www.hisf.no/var/no/storage/images/media/images/smalahovud/81974-1-nor-NO/smalahovud_medium.jpg[/QUOTE]

Cool. Cow's tongue is a nice delicacy, too.
 
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