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		Just how obsessed are you with Halloween? Would you build large full-body costumes? How about own a hearse? Get married in a cemetery? Or run a zombie walk? Bonus: One of these is a Farker (clclt.com)		71
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MaxxLarge

2012-10-24 4:33:42 PM

More than one. I've done two-and-a-half out of four of those.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat

2012-10-24 4:45:38 PM

Paging platKat to thread 7399027. Barbie Dream Hearseyou're wanted in thread 7399027.

Thank you!

brigid_fitch

2012-10-24 5:44:50 PM

My husband & I get dressed up for Halloween every year and hold a game for the kids. Usually carnival-type games--ring-toss, knock-the-kitty-off-the-shelf, get a ball into a basket, all Halloween themed. We make those kids work for their candy.

This will be our 12th Halloween in this house. Over the years, some of the kids have grown up & have little ones of their own and they'll occasionally drive them over to show them what we do. Halloween is bigger than Christmas at our house.

/We also give out candy and comic books
//And we have coffee, water, & aspirin for the parents

Pair-o-Dice

2012-10-24 5:45:08 PM

Or dress up in a really slutty costume?

/pic required to judge sluttiness

abhorrent1

2012-10-24 5:45:23 PM

My wife and I are gonna do this one next year. Link

Skyd1v

2012-10-24 5:47:27 PM

When I was younger I wanted to own a silver-grey hearse with vanity plates that said "MORTIS".

Got the plates, but they are on a black motorcycle. Really wouldn't have any place to park a hearse.

_{/wife HATES the plates...}

Mixolydian Master

2012-10-24 5:50:13 PM

I believe it's a safe bet that the Farker is the one with the large full-body costume

uncleacid

2012-10-24 5:50:43 PM

Each year I plan to bomb the candy corn factory.

John_David_Stutts

2012-10-24 5:51:17 PM

A friend of mine married her ne'er do well loser boyfriend last Halloween. To celebrate their one year anniversary, he's staying unemployed as he has been since the nuptials. Maybe one of you have a haunted house he could get lost in until he's declared legally dead.

RandyJohnson

2012-10-24 5:52:24 PM

Richard. This is your dad.

Odd Bird

2012-10-24 5:56:38 PM

Skyd1v: When I was younger I wanted to own a silver-grey hearse with vanity plates that said "MORTIS".

Got the plates, but they are on a black motorcycle. Really wouldn't have any place to park a hearse.

/wife HATES the plates...

Bob Down

2012-10-24 6:00:07 PM

Answer: As obsessed as with any faux holiday, like father's day or xmas.

Four Horsemen of the Domestic Dispute

2012-10-24 6:02:22 PM

indstrialvampyr: Oooh a contest I can win.

I had a zombie themed wedding in a cemetery chapel in Salem MA

[wendyrhystilldeath.com image 350x525]

We own a hearse
[wendyrhystilldeath.com image 525x350]

To top if off I used to own a store in Salem MA. Halloween capital of the world.

Did you do the Jackson Thriller dance?

/did not know there was a halloween captial.

thecpt

2012-10-24 6:03:09 PM

Bob Down: Answer: As obsessed as with any faux holiday, like father's day or xmas.

replace xmas with valentine's day and you've got yourself a quality comment

Hoboclown

2012-10-24 6:03:52 PM

abhorrent1: My wife and I are gonna do this one next year. Link

Nice! I'll be at the Baltimore one this weekend. Running on Saturday, Zombie on Sunday!

abhorrent1

2012-10-24 6:07:54 PM

Hoboclown: Nice! I'll be at the Baltimore one this weekend. Running on Saturday, Zombie on Sunday!

There aren't any close to us this year. We're doing the one in Byron IL next Sept. That's still 2 hours away. But it's okay cause I need time to get in shape. Will give me a reason to get off my ass for once.

Jon iz teh kewl

2012-10-24 6:11:42 PM

if u can be anything i'll be a naked meth head pedophile for haloween

Overused Expression

2012-10-24 6:13:42 PM

Every year I try to hit the Denver Zombie Crawl.

Always a fun time!

ModernPrimitive01

2012-10-24 6:20:46 PM

Bravo good sir. That is impressive indeed. I've gotta ask though, you own a hearse because you run a funeral home or because you wanted one to drive around in?

flamingboar

2012-10-24 6:22:16 PM

I always wanted to do a zombie run. I can not run very fast though :(

Hobo Jr.

2012-10-24 6:25:20 PM

I used to love Halloween but then I realized I could go buy the candy I wanted any time of the year.

ModernPrimitive01

2012-10-24 6:25:45 PM

This is me getting eaten by some zombies when my city did the world's largest game of zombie tag. I lasted about 45 minutes.

This is me killing someone last Halloween

This was taken by me at Unknown Hinson's annual Halloween party

M0nkeyp0x

2012-10-24 6:26:34 PM

flamingboar: I always wanted to do a zombie run. I can not run very fast though :(

No need. Do one. It's a blast.

Phaeon

2012-10-24 6:30:42 PM

I was going to be Cassidy from Preacher, so I ordered a denim jean jacket on ebay. I was going to cut the sleeves off of it and wear Wayfarers. Maybe a lil fake blood around teh mouth. Ta-Da

Got the package today, and this was inside:

Thinking about changing my costume to something more Brokeback

GanjSmokr

2012-10-24 6:31:32 PM

Literally everything you lose is always in the last place you look simply because you stop looking once you find whatever you lost.

GanjSmokr

2012-10-24 6:32:33 PM

GanjSmokr: Literally everything you lose is always in the last place you look simply because you stop looking once you find whatever you lost.

Whoopsie.. 1 thread off. Sorry!

W.C.fields forever

2012-10-24 6:33:36 PM

GanjSmokr: GanjSmokr: Literally everything you lose is always in the last place you look simply because you stop looking once you find whatever you lost.

Whoopsie.. 1 thread off. Sorry!

you must be lost.

Mr. Cat Poop

2012-10-24 6:34:03 PM

I want to build something like this Link. One of the neatest stilt costumes I've seen, but I can't find any info on this guy at all, just 2 shiatty youtube videos.

indstrialvampyr

2012-10-24 6:34:03 PM

I just always wanted one. Living the dream!

Bravo good sir. That is impressive indeed. I've gotta ask though, you own a hearse because you run a funeral home or because you wanted one to drive around in?

5monkeys

2012-10-24 6:34:31 PM

abhorrent1: My wife and I are gonna do this one next year. Link

Me and soon to be Mr.monkey are doing it too! in jersey. So excited.

corinthian66

2012-10-24 6:38:12 PM

My brother was married at an out door haunted house on Halloween a few years ago. He arrived in a hearse. All the groomsmen were pall bearers carrying his casket to the front. The reception was done up as a haunted house and everybody that attended the wedding had a free pass to the haunted house all night.

techbuzz

2012-10-24 6:41:56 PM

I used to build a pretty nice garage haunt Haunted Houses in my place near Atlanta. It started as a mini-haunt for our adult Halloween Party, but I started opening it for neighborhood kids the following year. I learned a lot building my own animatronics and pneumatic props. By the 4th year people were bringing van loads of kids from neighboring areas, it took 6 friends to help run the haunt and our door girl lost count around 200 kids. So much fun to create and run.

lemortede

2012-10-24 6:45:39 PM

Every year I turn my home into a crypt using giant foam panels and my front yard into a Grave Yard.
I spend the entire year building props in my free time.
I store my props and animatronics under the house in body bags. Freaks the repair men out.
There are some great Halloween forums to help you learn to build your own props and well as some groups to help you build your props and make you feel less crazy for loving this holiday.

techbuzz

2012-10-24 6:48:12 PM

Following the above zombie theme - me as a clown zombie at this years San Francisco Zombie Bar Crawl...

CtrlAltDestroy

2012-10-24 6:48:53 PM

My ex used to love Halloween. We'd spend several days decorating her house for it. On the day I'd hand out candy to the kids in costume. I was told that after we moved away, for the next couple Halloweens, the neighborhood kids asked where I was. The house stopped getting decorated and I wasn't at the door anymore. I guess I was memorable because I answered the door and handed out candy dressed like this -

Kazrath

2012-10-24 6:50:35 PM

techbuzz: I used to build a pretty nice garage haunt Haunted Houses in my place near Atlanta. It started as a mini-haunt for our adult Halloween Party, but I started opening it for neighborhood kids the following year. I learned a lot building my own animatronics and pneumatic props. By the 4th year people were bringing van loads of kids from neighboring areas, it took 6 friends to help run the haunt and our door girl lost count around 200 kids. So much fun to create and run.

And those are memories that will stick with the kids their whole lives. I still remember fondly the one house in my town that went all out. They had people on stilts, in the ground, A guy with a chainsaw (no chain) would crank it up, jump out of the bushes and chase people around. There was also a witch with a huge cast iron pot with smoke coming out of it. She would dip a giant ladle into it to get your candy. Sometimes things like finger bones would come up (fake of course). It was absolutely amazing.

Paintbox

2012-10-24 6:53:54 PM

Fellow Farker got ordained, so he could hitch up my brother-in-law with a lovely bride.
On Halloween.
In a cemetery.

Thanks Clyde.

KrispyKritter

2012-10-24 6:55:24 PM

bless you farkers, i love seeing this and reading about the 'weenie things you do. people that go the extra mile to make the neighborhood come alive, freak out the kids and get adults to dress up for a party - you make life worth living.

if you've never visited cockeyeddotcom you'll have fun visiting Rob's website and reading about costumes he's made over the years.

---and big raspberries to the churchs and schools that have seen fit to pretend Halloween is some major satanic cult bloodletting celebration holiday which steals your snowflakes souls. you hypocrites have all but ruined the joy of masquerade for the little ones and the big kids who love seeing kids in costume. go choke on your fall festivals and whatever you want to call your watered-down Halloween substitutes. how can you do this after you went out begging for candy as a child? you're all POS hypocrites.

SinisterDexter

2012-10-24 6:56:11 PM

I got the garage haunt bug last year. Kids like it, DW tolerates it. It's fun to plan and create props out of odds and ends. It'll be interesting to see if our turnout grows this year.

ConConHead

2012-10-24 7:06:13 PM

Our house is the 'scary house' even though we don't go all out. My husband puts ruined columns and vines around the patio, we put out a body on a spike and another from the gallows, and then we tend to set up some creepy altar display with fake flickering candles and one of our giant tomes or statues. It's all very dark and creepy without being gory or over the top. We get people looking down the driveway and deciding it's a bit TOO creepy.

Halloween is fun when you're married to a FX guy.

BlueJay206

2012-10-24 7:11:27 PM

I have been planning on programming a Halloween display that uses an array of hidden speakers to create some disturbing 3D-positional audio to scare guests.
Imagine knocking on the door and then hearing something creepy coming up behind you, and when you turn around to investigate, you see nothing...but hear everything.

fusillade762

2012-10-24 7:20:33 PM

Paintbox: Fellow Farker got ordained, so he could hitch up my brother-in-law with a lovely bride.
On Halloween.
In a cemetery.

Thanks Clyde.

Nice.

Getting ordained is pretty easy, though.

sten

2012-10-24 7:24:37 PM

Just a full body costume for me.

Jacobin

2012-10-24 7:29:01 PM

Just go to Frenchman Street in New Orleans on halloween night. Its fricking epic

Jozabad

2012-10-24 7:35:00 PM

What's the name of your store? I'll have to stop in and say hello next time I'm in town.

Jozabad

2012-10-24 7:36:10 PM

Jozabad: indstrialvampyr: Oooh a contest I can win.

I had a zombie themed wedding in a cemetery chapel in Salem MA

[wendyrhystilldeath.com image 350x525]

We own a hearse
[wendyrhystilldeath.com image 525x350]

To top if off I used to own a store in Salem MA. Halloween capital of the world.

What's the name of your store? I'll have to stop in and say hello next time I'm in town.

Oh, USED to. Reading comprehension FTW.

ManRay

2012-10-24 7:43:05 PM

I want a hearse. I want to outfit it for tailgating with a coffin/cooler.

Valiente

2012-10-24 7:49:03 PM

You're my wife now, Dave.

Zeppelininthesky

2012-10-24 8:04:49 PM

I am going to do a Zombie run in December. It is called Run for Your Life

StarshipAngel

2012-10-24 8:16:01 PM

I used to own a hearse. It was a 1982 Superior, black on black. I loved driving it - it was a very comfortable ride, it got surprisingly good mileage from the caddie 368 engine, and the looks I got from people were priceless. Unfortunately, hail damage revealed that water had gotten under the landau roof and the cancer had set in. I didn't have the money to redo the coachwork properly, so after much thought I ended up selling her to a father and son who promised (and who made good on the promise) to restore it properly and original rather than "pimp it out" as many people wanted to do.

My current project is a 1976 ex-Florida highway patrol Gran Fury with the 440. Someday, though, I will own another hearse...I think that was the one project car I got the most fun from. One of my best friends still owns a 1988 S&S funeral coach, but I've the feeling she's going to hang onto it.

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