Halloween is a dark, twisted holiday, one that requires equally dark and twisted Halloween costumes. Some people turn to morbid costumes that depict zombies or other ghouls, but there are others that love to push the edge of social acceptance. For those edgy individuals, here’s a list of the top controversial costumes for 2011 Halloween. [...]
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Top Five Controversial Costumes for 2011 Halloween
Posted: 3rd October 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in CostumesTags: Top Five Controversial Costumes for 2011 Halloween
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The Unintentionally Racist Ice Cream Cone
Posted: 1st October 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in CostumesTags: racist ice cream costume
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On September 28, 2011, CNN reported that a Florida ice cream shop had to scrap its ice cream cone mascot because “passers-by thought it looked like a man dressed in a Ku Klux Klan outfit.†If you are wondering what the costume looked like, we actually sell it – as in, we sold it to [...]
How To Tell If You Are Becoming An Undead
Posted: 28th September 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in CostumesTags: How To Tell If You Are Becoming An Undead, zombie costumes
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The zombie apocalypse is going to happen. There’s no point denying it. To ensure that you’re mentally prepared, we created this trusty list of zombie symptoms. First, let’s look at what is not a zombie: a Wal-Mart shopper. There he is – all of his wide-mouthed glory spewing into the world worse than an open [...]
Humans Have Invisible Stripes
Posted: 28th September 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in CostumesTags: blaschkos lines
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Blaschko’s lines, also known as the Lines of Blaschko, are invisible lines that run all along a human’s body. Your face, head, back, arms, legs – right now, as you read these words – are covered with these invisible lines, which come in all sorts of shapes, patterns, and designs. (These are not Halloween costumes [...]
Keanu Reeves: Because Why The Hell Not?
Posted: 24th September 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in CostumesTags: immortal keanu reeves, vampire nicolas cage
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Since we had discussed Nicolas Cage’s vampirism yesterday, it only seems fit to disprove a similar rumor that revolves around Keanu Reeves. The Internet is an eternal rumor mill that can easily alter one’s life, either for better or worse. Glenn Beck, for example, was the receiver of the Internet’s attention when this question was [...]
eBay Seller Claims Nicolas Cage is a Vampire
Posted: 23rd September 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in CostumesTags: vampire nicolas cage
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On September 19, an eBay seller by the name of Jack Mord put up an auction for a photo that he claimed would prove Nicolas Cage is a “vampire.†The photo, which can be seen below, clearly depicts a Civil War-era individual who closely resembles the actor Nicolas Cage. (Now there’s an original idea for [...]
Run For Your Lives: A 5k Obstacle Course Race With Zombies
Posted: 19th September 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in CostumesTags: run for your lives, zombie costumes
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Combining the excitement of marathon races and zombies, Run For Your Lives is an intensely unique experience that is sure to get your blood pumping. At the core of Run For Your Lives are the basic marathon rules. There is a start, a finish, obstacles, multiple routes that you can follow, and competing racers. However, [...]
The Ultimate Trick
Posted: 9th September 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in CostumesTags: The Ultimate Trick
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Kids are always getting into trouble. Their young, rambunctious energy leaves them vulnerable to the effects of boredom. While television and video games have helped alleviate these dull, uneventful fits of youthful boredom, they have not completely done away with them. There are still kids out there that find themselves pulling pranks or, in today’s [...]
Origin of Candy: Candy Corn and Candy Pumpkins
Posted: 30th August 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in CostumesTags: candy corn, candy pumpkins
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First created in the 1880s, candy corn has consistently remained at the forefront of popular Halloween candies. The candy corn production process, known as “corn starch modeling,†has remained the same for most of candy corn’s lifespan, with the only change being machines taking over the original handmade production. Candy pumpkins were created in the [...]
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Not to be confused with the rapper, M&Ms are among the most beloved, cherished, and historic of American candies. Named after Mars and Murrie, the surnames of Mars Company’s founders, M&Ms were first patented in March 3, 1941. Forrest Mars, Sr., got the idea during the Spanish Civil War, when he saw soldiers eating chocolate [...]