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Talk of the Towne: This Halloween's sports attire
Kyle Towne
Issue date: 10/30/09 Section: Sports
10/30/09 - Here we are, one day before Halloween. The leaves are starting to change color, the temperature is dropping and we are all buried underneath a pile of term papers, presentations and mid terms.
Tomorrow, we get to leave all that hoopla behind, if only for one night. We can step outside ourselves and become somebody we aren't. It is very understandable that students, like myself, have been so busy keeping up with midterm craziness that we have just now realized it's October 30th. We still have no idea what we are doing on Halloween and what we are dressing as.
Well, my busy friends, this tri-weekly column is just for you. I will provide the best sports-themed costume ideas for the procrastinating college student.
Being Brett Favre won't be an easy task: he's a very complex character. If you have the ability to grow a stubbly beard, then you are in luck. Don't shave today or tomorrow. Either find or create your own purple jersey with the number four on the back. Ask around and find yourself a wheelchair, walker or cane. Throw on a pair of Wrangler jeans and work boots, and now you are all set to be the un-retired senior citizen that is Brett Favre.
Don't you just hate watching a game with officiating so bad you would think the referee is blind? Why not be that blind ref? Find a plain white T-shirt and take a Sharpie marker to it and draw stripes up and down the entire thing. Find a pair of sunglasses and a long stick to represent a walking stick. If you are really into it, find a dog to walk you around.
This may seem inappropriate, but here's a funny idea. Last winter the sad story of Plaxico Burress unfolded. For those who don't know, Burress was at a night club in New York when he fumbled his semi-automatic pistol in his pocket and it went off. He shot himself in the leg, so his sweatpants were bloody. This costume is easy to make. Grab a pair of old sweatpants and stain the thighs red. Then find a Plax jersey or just wear a nice sports coat.
In May of 2009 Manny Ramirez of the Los Angeles Dodgers was caught taking the female fertility drug human chorionic gonadotropin. I am no science major, but this hormone is produced by a woman in pregnancy. Major league hitters who have used steroids may use the hormone to cover up their illegal steroid use. Ramirez claimed to have never taken steroids, and was prescribed the hormone by his personal trainer. So that must make Manny…pregnant? Find or design your own Ramirez "99"jersey and run to your nearest iParty and get one of those Jamaican hats with dreads attached. Stuff your shirt with pillows or other T-shirts and there you have it. You are a pregnant Manny Ramirez.
I hope that you try one of these simple and quick ideas this Halloween. They may not win any costume contests, but they don't cost much, are easy to make and you are guaranteed some laughs from fellow sports fans. Enjoy.
Tomorrow, we get to leave all that hoopla behind, if only for one night. We can step outside ourselves and become somebody we aren't. It is very understandable that students, like myself, have been so busy keeping up with midterm craziness that we have just now realized it's October 30th. We still have no idea what we are doing on Halloween and what we are dressing as.
Well, my busy friends, this tri-weekly column is just for you. I will provide the best sports-themed costume ideas for the procrastinating college student.
Being Brett Favre won't be an easy task: he's a very complex character. If you have the ability to grow a stubbly beard, then you are in luck. Don't shave today or tomorrow. Either find or create your own purple jersey with the number four on the back. Ask around and find yourself a wheelchair, walker or cane. Throw on a pair of Wrangler jeans and work boots, and now you are all set to be the un-retired senior citizen that is Brett Favre.
Don't you just hate watching a game with officiating so bad you would think the referee is blind? Why not be that blind ref? Find a plain white T-shirt and take a Sharpie marker to it and draw stripes up and down the entire thing. Find a pair of sunglasses and a long stick to represent a walking stick. If you are really into it, find a dog to walk you around.
This may seem inappropriate, but here's a funny idea. Last winter the sad story of Plaxico Burress unfolded. For those who don't know, Burress was at a night club in New York when he fumbled his semi-automatic pistol in his pocket and it went off. He shot himself in the leg, so his sweatpants were bloody. This costume is easy to make. Grab a pair of old sweatpants and stain the thighs red. Then find a Plax jersey or just wear a nice sports coat.
In May of 2009 Manny Ramirez of the Los Angeles Dodgers was caught taking the female fertility drug human chorionic gonadotropin. I am no science major, but this hormone is produced by a woman in pregnancy. Major league hitters who have used steroids may use the hormone to cover up their illegal steroid use. Ramirez claimed to have never taken steroids, and was prescribed the hormone by his personal trainer. So that must make Manny…pregnant? Find or design your own Ramirez "99"jersey and run to your nearest iParty and get one of those Jamaican hats with dreads attached. Stuff your shirt with pillows or other T-shirts and there you have it. You are a pregnant Manny Ramirez.
I hope that you try one of these simple and quick ideas this Halloween. They may not win any costume contests, but they don't cost much, are easy to make and you are guaranteed some laughs from fellow sports fans. Enjoy.
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