Halloween Cometh and Goeth (Thank God for That)

Now we all know that we Kiwis don't really get into the spirit of Halloween.

Most of us see it as an Americanised thing that only comes about because we watch so much Americanised garbage on the box. But it's precisely for that very reason that there are now a whole generation of kids up and down the country who love the whole idea of dressing up, knocking on strangers doors and begging for shit. Or lollies. Depends what you're into I suppose.

Of course the scaremongers amongst us love this time of year because they can crank up the myth that there is a paedophile behind every door. Thankfully we haven't reached the state of paranoia about kiddie fiddlers that they have in the UK where an online newspaper heading this week read "Parents Are Warned Not to Watch Their Kids at a Park - In Case They Are A Paedophile".

Anyways, we don't really do the 'Ween here at ClubDes but we got many at our door who did. Here are a select few who, despite interrupting us from our streaming kiddie porn each and every time, did earn themselves a sweetie for making us laugh.

Halloween Cometh...

That classic Kiwi tradition – Halloween – is just around the corner and that’s usually the cue for a mega piss up with your mates. Sometimes that even involves getting in costume for the night and in case you were dead set devoid of ideas we’ve rustled up a few that should cut it on the night and a few that probably won’t…..

Superheroes – always a crowd pleaser.





Pulp Culture – movies & comics, the classic geek look.





Freaks & Geeks – there’s freaky and there’s naughty, sometimes you can even pull off the much desired ‘freaky naughty’ look. But it’s a fine line between success and failure with this one.





Goth – No explanation required.




Risqué – There’s nothing quite like being anatomically correct.




Just Plain Wrong..






Just Plain Right..



Full Retard – no one ever won an award for going full retard. Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, Rainman, look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Count toothpicks to your cards. Autistic. Sure. Not retarded. You know Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump. Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and he won a ping-pong competition? That ain’t retarded. But this guy has gone too far…