WORST HALLOWEEN-COSTUME CONCEPT EVER?
We report; you decide.
(Thanks to DavCat14)
VAGUELY RELATED LINK: Why Dogs Hate Halloween
(Thanks to Barbara Condenzio)
UPDATE: Now dogs are fighting back.
(Also thanks to DavCat14)
UPDATE RELATED TO THE FIRST ITEM AND HAVING NOTHING TO DO WITH DOGS: Worst Halloween-Yard-Decoration Concept Ever
(Thanks to Nachum "Nachum Hurvitz" Hurvitz)

Ew. That is all.
Posted by: Clean Hands | October 23, 2006 at 01:21 PM
Crappy costume! EWWWWWW
Posted by: Siouxie | October 23, 2006 at 01:22 PM
Did I mention yet that work today is sucking moose a$$? Well, it is, and the fact that the firewall is protecting me is NOT making it any better.
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Chris | October 23, 2006 at 01:22 PM
I dunno - I kind of like the Man-Eating Shark costume.
Posted by: MOTW | October 23, 2006 at 01:23 PM
LOL love the Elvis and Spider Pup!!
that's why dogs HATE their owners...I won't even attempt it with my two...they'll chew it up..throw it up and I get to clean it! no thanks!
Posted by: Siouxie | October 23, 2006 at 01:24 PM
Dave, are you purposely picking links that get firewalled? Keep this up and I'll have to do work or sumpthin'.
Posted by: blurk | October 23, 2006 at 01:24 PM
The spider pup and the Harry Potter reference are my two favorites. The hot dogs ought to be in the running, too.
Posted by: Clean Hands | October 23, 2006 at 01:25 PM
OK. I can get to one of those three links. I gotta say that if your dog bursts into flame while taking a leak, there might be a problem.
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Chris | October 23, 2006 at 01:26 PM
If you want to see more animals in costume, go to the Petsmart site. They are having a costume contest. Sad (but funny) what folks do to their animals.
Posted by: estrogen centrale | October 23, 2006 at 01:29 PM
blurk, should I even attempt mailing you the links??? think they'll work??
Chris too...
Posted by: Siouxie | October 23, 2006 at 01:31 PM
Siouxie, thanks but I don't think that will work.
Damn gubmint censorship.
Posted by: blurk | October 23, 2006 at 01:34 PM
Oh, c'mon now - the yard decor IS funny, especially as it made the cops stop.
Posted by: estrogen centrale | October 23, 2006 at 01:35 PM
As always, this has been most enlightening & entertaining, but I must go. TTFN
Posted by: estrogen centrale | October 23, 2006 at 01:38 PM
"Click to embiggen"?
Posted by: Wendi with an "i" | October 23, 2006 at 01:39 PM
must be a British saying...
'rub to embiggen'
Posted by: Siouxie | October 23, 2006 at 01:42 PM
The dog, the dog, the dog is on fire!
Oh, and "embiggen" is a perfectly cromulent word.
Posted by: Bill | October 23, 2006 at 01:46 PM
that spider dog is the CUTEST thing i've ever seen....i'm definitely going to have to use it as my av on the msg board. ;)
Posted by: judi | October 23, 2006 at 01:47 PM
I have got to get me some airplanebits and human body parts. Especially since I live right under the take-off patern for the local municipal airport.
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Chris | October 23, 2006 at 01:47 PM
Aw man Count Chocula was sold out.
Posted by: Alfred | October 23, 2006 at 01:50 PM
You gotta admit it's very original and pretty cool too...I still have had NO time to decorate the front of my house but I have body parts and fake smog...& remote controlled eerie sounds ;-)
I love Halloween!
Posted by: Siouxie | October 23, 2006 at 01:53 PM
judi, that was my favorite!! SOOOOOO cute! I used to have a spider costume like that...my Mom made me and the ex for a contest - we won lol...
Posted by: Siouxie | October 23, 2006 at 01:54 PM
siouxie - and after the contest, you tore his head off and ate him?
Posted by: insomniac | October 23, 2006 at 01:56 PM
Siouxie:my Mom made me and the ex for a contest
Did she win the contest?
Posted by: markhh | October 23, 2006 at 01:56 PM
DPC, that only really works well on Halloween night if you can arrange to have the fire trucks and police vehicles there, lights flashing, and all.
Of course, do a good enough job of the decorations, and they'll show up. Smoke bombs will help with the realism, as will a Costco-sized can of catsup or three.
Posted by: Clean Hands | October 23, 2006 at 01:59 PM
Click to embiggen?
Posted by: ahh Clem | October 23, 2006 at 02:00 PM
shhhhhhhhh insom....
ok Mr. PICKY! so I shoulda said the ex and I ;-P
*learnt much grammar from the cuba*
Posted by: Siouxie | October 23, 2006 at 02:01 PM
does the condom costume come [ahem] in plus sizes too??
just askin.
Posted by: queensbee | October 23, 2006 at 02:05 PM
Smoke bombs and Costco catsup I can do.
I could probably also enlist the help of my volunteer fireman neighbor.
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Chris | October 23, 2006 at 02:06 PM
I made a Devilled Egg costume several years ago. Nobody got it, I had to explain it. It's tought here in the Bible Belt...
Posted by: baligurl | October 23, 2006 at 02:14 PM
IANMTU! My ex (yes, he who shall not be named), and I went to a party when we lived in California. He went as a penis (we wrapped a skin colored sheet around him. He made the 'head' out of paper mache,very detailed (him being an artist and all). The tip had a hole where he'd spray water out of. Needless to say it was the HIT of the party. I wish we would have taken pictures - everyone else did!
oh I went as an Alien Ho. Don't ask.
Posted by: Siouxie | October 23, 2006 at 02:29 PM
gee, my ex didn't need a costume to be a dick.
Posted by: crossgirl | October 23, 2006 at 03:07 PM
I wonder if Bailey, that little fireball of a dog answers to the name of Sparky?
Posted by: hd4mtns | October 23, 2006 at 04:42 PM
Speaking of the Holy Shit costume... My neighbors once went to a Halloween party dressed respectively as Holy Shit and Bull Shit. Or, as their little kids said, a brown angel and a cow.
Posted by: MyDaroga | October 23, 2006 at 11:00 PM
Bailey the Staffordshire bull terrier also cut power to 148 homes by cocking a leg against a faulty pylon.
I love dogs. I have two of them. I cried when I saw (like 10 minutes ago) that a dog across the street is now getting along on just 3 legs. But I don't know which is funnier... Bailey catching fire from peeing on a live wire or Bailey "cocking his leg against a pylon". Gary the owner should have been happy with Bailey cocking every other houseguest's leg, and then this wouldn't have been a problem.
Posted by: Brad | October 24, 2006 at 01:21 AM
Did anyone else notice that the guy with the airplane thing is from the same place as George Heaven (pilot of the Rubber Bandit, an article Dave wrote about in '97-i think.)? Does this tell you something about Van Nuys?
Posted by: Doc | October 24, 2006 at 02:36 AM