Pluggers by Rick McKee for October 28, 2024

“How do tell a male chromosome from a female chromosome? Take down their genes!”

“How do you keep your bagels from being stolen? Put lox on them!”

“I’ve looked up your family tree—you’re the sap!”

—Murray Langston, AKA The Unknown Comic

Always good to see Sheila Roo. The one cute citizen of Pluggerville.

He bearly need costume.

Or a disgruntled New Orleans Saints fan.

daddy, what’s a ‘gong show’?

I’m going as my own clone- no costume needed

Have used a bedsheet with eye holes before ;-)

In my former life I used to dress up to take my kids trick or treating. We had friends and family that i would drive them to. My costumes were quite often elaborate. Nuclear scientist, glowing of course. Activated several chemical flares and sprayed the contents on lab coat and old clothes. Hunchback. Used a nylon stoking as a skull cap, and pulled several tuffs of hair out, old clothes one or two sizes too big. The scariest was a simple brown rob stitched together from an old bedspread. I braided a cross to wear along with it. Folks crossed the street when they saw me walking toward them. One year, I just didn’t feel up to it. I hadn’t shaved in about two weeks. One of our normal stops the resident looked at me and said “No costume, no candy!” I took a paper sack and wrote, “Will work for Candy”

It’s looking like cold and wet Thursday. We get few t’n’ts here and the weather will probably cut things further. My wife was talking about setting up at the foot of the driveway, we will see.

Back in the days when the New Orleans Saints were really bad, people were coming to the game with bags on their heads. The Aints!

Also a flashback to Cleveland Brown fans.

Or the Unknown Baseball/Football/Hockey/Basketball/Soccer Fan.

I once used a paper bag with some construction paper additions to be a One-Eyed One-Horned Flying Purple People Eater, complete with a little purple arm and hand stuck between two of the triangular teeth.

‘Mrs. Plugger’ DOES NOT look impressed ! ! !

I am usually just… nice… for Hallowe’en. That way NO one will ever recognize me :D

Wow. A “Gong Show” reference.

That’s a great idea!!!!

So, he’s going as a Carolina Panthers fan?

Everyone will recognize Andy by his ever-present red plaid flannel shirt.

Don’t wear a costume, go as “Apathy” (Thanks Ebag)

But their jokes are usually funnier.

First Halloween costume, I presume I was 4 years old that day, and I was dressed like “a mommy”. Nice dress, makeup and jewelry.

When I was in high school my boyfriend and I dressed as Ferd Berfel and “his wife” from Laugh In – and I had a doll wrapped up in a blanket. When someone asked who we were he would take out a cigar and say "I’m Ferd Berfel, and this here’s my wife (forget her first name something like) Myrtle Berfel “and her” – loud baby. I had a baby doll wrapped in a blanket and would pop her out and he gave his and my name and say “and HER”. (No, that boyfriend is NOT my husband – but a very nice fellow.)

Mostly Halloween parties I went to were birthday parties – which is why I hate my birthday.