Halloween costumes - going as a fencer?

[FenceToTheT]

No one's ever too old to dress up for Halloween so those that are planning to dress up, what do you have in mind?

Is anyone going as a fencer?

[noodle]

a fencer in a fencer costume is not dressing up.
why don't you just wear your regular clothes and go as fencetothet?

[RkfdFencer]

Not going as a fencer - I already am a fencer, so I don't feel like that would be a real costume (even though the public at large would).

I will actually do a different costume each day, at work, that week up to the holiday itself (only 3 total this year). Monday, I will do some sort of venetian masquerade style outfit. Tuesday is goth/punk day, which is pretty easy. I'm not decided yet on Halloween itself. I try not to do any repeats from the year before.

If I go to a party on the weekend, I will want another costume as well.

I'm running out of time to work on things...

[fencingfrog]

one of my friends went as a dead fencer last year. she gave herself a 'black eye' with black makeup and wore a sign that said 'i fenced _____' (another friend).
or you could go as a musketeer or zorro? my friend and i did 2 musketeers - the 3rd one bailed - but it was pretty fun.

[KD5MDK]

I was Dilbert two years ago I believe.

My backup is always to just wear a suit and say "I'm from the government and I'm hear to help you".


Scary enough?

[Neinteen]

You still dress up

[Go? Fencing?]

When I don't have time to get another costume ready, I just pull out my Jedi outfit. Don't know what I'll do this year though, didn't bring the Jedi stuff to France, nor do I have my fencing stuff with me.

[TangMan]

I'm thinking I'll be Quail Man.

[KD5MDK]

You still dress up

Hard as it may seem for you to believe, but grownups have fun too. In a long time, when you get there, you'll probably understand.

Leaving aside how many of the respondents are college aged or nearly so.

[Nicksmom]

I'm not, but Nick is going as Captian Jack

[Zasha]

i agree with others above, going as a fencer is not a real costume.

i took and old oversized white shirt and added velcro to make it into a strait jacket. add some eye makeup and mess up my hair, and spend the evening yelling randomness at people.

[magic_moose]

You could go carrying a keyboard to disguise yourself as an f.net poster. Not sure that would be a "real" costume either

[epeeforlife]

You still dress up

Yes, I like to scare the little kids and make them cry.

[matt9476]

My favorite costume was what I wore two years ago. I got a referee's shirt, ultra-dark sunglasses and a blind-person's cane. All the sports fans loved it.

[Right-Handed Lefty]

A kid asked me to help him with his cymbal monkey costume.

[lindajdunn]

I've gone as a fencer ONCE to a Halloween party but that was just because the people at the party had already seen our Star Trek uniforms. Besides which, my husband doesn't fence and he wanted to go as a fencer, which pretty much required me to be a fencer, too. [Although I considered making some cards, wearing a suit, and black carding people.] Another reason for wearing the fencing whites to the party: It was outside and not warm.

[jaroslav]

I'm going to be a ninja again. There is one difference though, I'm not a ninja-for-hire from the future this time.

[TangMan]

So apparently the fencing club is having a Halloween party, but I can't go as Quail Man because the rule is all costumes must involved a sword. Any non-zorro ideas?

Or I could just be this guy
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[KD5MDK]

Braveheart. Women love kilts.

Remember, what does a Scots Guard wear beneath his kilt? "Boots"

[Purple Fencer]

Remember, what does a Scots Guard wear beneath his kilt?

Either "Yer wife's lipstick, laddie." or "Nothin' but pride!"