What colour would you like?

I dressed up as Michael Myers at the weekend (for Halloween, obviously). Not the guy who gave Shrek the worst Scottich accent in the world but the other guy with the mask and the knife. Our whole family had a great horror movie theme going, I was Michael, my wife was the girl from The Excorist, my oldest son was Freddie Kruger and my youngest was SUPPOSED to be Jason from Friday the 13th until he changed to Obi Wan Kenobi at the last minute.

Stupid Force.

But I still went out trick or treating with my boys and had a great time freaking out the pre-teens even though I don't think they had a clue who I was supposed to be.

Then we went to a Halloween party and I discovered a piece of Halloween etiquette that I thought I would share:

When you go to a Halloween party, don't wear a costume that has a mask.

Sure, it sounds great and it is when you first arrive but then practicalities take over. You can't really spend the whole party with your mask on because half the people don't know who the hell you are and it's almost impossible to drink anything, although I did use a straw for a while.

There were some great costumes at this party, Gene Simmons, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Amy Winehouse, the girl from The Excorcist (hey, I'm always a husband first), to name a few.


And there was me, Michael Myers. Problem was, as soon as I put the knife down and took my mask off, I was just a guy with overalls on (or a boilersuit as we would say in Scotland). I could have been there to paint the upstairs toilet.




So, if you want to be a big party hit, get the facepaint out. I'm thinking of going as the U.S. President next year so I'll need plenty of the dark stuff...

"You want Magnolia or Cream?"