Fancy Dress: Theme is Green

Slaanesh

So Paddy's weekend is upon us and I'm attending a fancy dress party where the theme is green. Normally I tend to go to these things as that mundane ****e who makes no effort. However this year I'm determined to dress up.

What am I going as? .......... a pool table.
Yes that's correct I'm going to dress up as a pool table.

I should be able to get some green felt (used to work for a pool table company). The logistics of the rest of the costume are a bit up in the air. Myself and some colleagues did a bit of brain storming and here's what we came up with.

• It will be an apron style costume with a bit of string going around the neck.
• Use wire coat hangers at the top and sides to keep a bit of structure.
• In order to give a cushioned effect, wrap the sides of the felt around newspaper or some such material
• Leave the corners a bit sparse so I can colour in black pockets
• The D area will be on my chest, simple black marker.
• Print out a racked set of pool balls on glossy photo paper and attach to the felt somehow.
• Attach a small bit of chalk to the cushion
• Either bring a cue or print out a queue striking a queue ball from the top down.
• Use cardboard to reinforce the back of the apron.

These are the list of ideas so far.

Can the enlightened individuals of boards.ie provide some innovative ideas for this unique costume?

Professey Chin

Slaanesh wrote: »

So Paddy's weekend is upon us and I'm attending a fancy dress party where the theme is green. Normally I tend to go to these things as that mundane ****e who makes no effort. However this year I'm determined to dress up.

What am I going as? .......... a pool table.
Yes that's correct I'm going to dress up as a pool table.

I should be able to get some green felt (used to work for a pool table company). The logistics of the rest of the costume are a bit up in the air. Myself and some colleagues did a bit of brain storming and here's what we came up with.

• It will be an apron style costume with a bit of string going around the neck.
• Use wire coat hangers at the top and sides to keep a bit of structure.
• In order to give a cushioned effect, wrap the sides of the felt around newspaper or some such material
• Leave the corners a bit sparse so I can colour in black pockets
• The D area will be on my chest, simple black marker.
• Print out a racked set of pool balls on glossy photo paper and attach to the felt somehow.
• Attach a small bit of chalk to the cushion
• Either bring a cue or print out a queue striking a queue ball from the top down.
• Use cardboard to reinforce the back of the apron.

These are the list of ideas so far.

Can the enlightened individuals of boards.ie provide some innovative ideas for this unique costume?

Bring pool cues and run any time anyone says black in corner pocket

thorbarry

for a simpler pool table you could dress in all black/ brown... and wear a green sweater vest, black marker in the vest with the markings.. so your arms and legs are the legs of the table

stovelid

/mandatory 'large rack' joke.

RATM

A mate of mine dressed up as a pool table at a party last year. Good set up and cheap to make. He did it like an apron with green felt, then he coloured some ping pong balls in red and yellow. Classy:pac:

Slaanesh

RATM wrote: »

A mate of mine dressed up as a pool table at a party last year. Good set up and cheap to make. He did it like an apron with green felt, then he coloured some ping pong balls in red and yellow. Classy:pac:

Brilliant!

I thought I was unique, it's always been done before, *sigh*.
Might rob that ping pong ball idea though, nice.

ejmaztec

Most cost-effective costume is to wear a giant hanky covered in runny blobs of green snot.

Turd Ferguson

Dress up as a green.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Paint yourself green and rip your pants, go as the incredible hunk. job done.

Mr.Lizard

Just put a pint glass on your head and you can be the Stephens Green Shopping Centre.

Sofaspud

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Dress up as a green.

This one time, I accidentally a green.

Turd Ferguson

Sofaspud wrote: »

This one time, I accidentally a green.

I know. Green is a pretty cool guy. eh kills all the aliens and doesnt afriad of anything.

UnderpantsGnome

You could go as

The Incredible Hulk

Borat

Peter Pan

Yoda

Shrek

a Pimp

or, if time and money are options you could make your own costume and go as

The Jolly Green Giant - wear all green clothes, paint your face green, wear green gloves. Bonus points if they're all different shades of green. Double bonus points if you are under 5ft 5" tall.

A Pea Pod - Collect 5 or 6 beachballs. Paint green. Attach them to yourself (front or back). Preferably with velcro, not superglue.

stovelid

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ecards/cards/films_green_x_man.jpg

Problem is, you may have to surround yourself with an entourage of impulsive, foolhardy schoolchildren for authenticity.

Zadkiel

Buy a giant nappy and go as baby poo

Roadend

You could wear a naff 80s slazenger sweater and beige Farah slacks and go as Tony Green

For added effect you could bring really crap prizes with you

MoveOn

Stick one of those energy saving lightbulbs to your head or a cap or something - then you ARE green, all the way through, not just on the surface. Cue drunken philosophical rambling party conversation at 4am about what being green - the colour or the global viewpoint - actually might mean.

stovelid

MoveOn wrote: »

Stick one of those energy saving lightbulbs to your head or a cap or something - then you ARE green, all the way through, not just on the surface.

Quite a lot of effort, tbh.

Simply projecting an overwhelming aura of smugness would suffice.

LouOB

Cant believe no one has said it yet

Wheely Bin

Wurly

Do you think you'll get to pot much pink in that costume?

Roadend

LouOB wrote: »

Cant believe no one has said it yet

Wheely Bin

Why go to a Green themed party dressed up as a black wheely bin?

Zadkiel

Roadend wrote: »

Why go to a Green themed party dressed up as a black wheely bin?

Recycling ones are green.....

AnonoBoy

Can Green be a theme?

Turd Ferguson

Roadend wrote: »

Why go to a Green themed party dressed up as a black wheely bin?

Racist

CreepingDeath

Bring a bike, a pair of glasses and dye your hair white... to say you're John Gormley from the green party.

LouOB

Wheely bins come in all sizes and colours like humans

But I was refering to Green Wheely bin
As the theme is GREEN ??!!!??<<>>

Was thinking you could ask your friends to bring cans
If anyone accuses you of stealing the cans (when full)
You can say its just your nature

Mr.Lizard

Why go to a Green themed party dressed up as a black wheely bin?

They prefer to be called African American wheely bins.

biko

Go as a Shamrock shake
Shake while listening to rock and say you're doing a new dance from Tuam

Captain Darling

Trí wrote: »

Do you think you'll get to pot much pink in that costume?

Could always try for the difficult brown.:eek:

Roadend

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Racist

Can't get a cracker wheely bin these days for love nor money

MoveOn

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Bring a bike, a pair of glasses and dye your hair white... to say you're John Gormley from the green party.

Or if you ARE John Gormley, just show up.

biko

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Racist

"I don't hate you because you're black, I hate you because I'm white"

positron

Giant prick! Green too!