People have been sharing stories of fancy dress parties gone wrong and it’s a costume drama delight
It began when the always followable Moose Allain shared the reason he doesn’t like fancy dress parties.
The reason I don’t like costume parties is the bit two hours in when you’re listening to your friend talking about her mum’s dementia and you’re dressed as Mario.
— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@MooseAllain) September 2, 2018
Stands to reason. But the best thing about it was it encouraged other people to share the reasons they don’t (and occasionally do) like costume parties.
And the thread is a lot more fun than dressing up, by the looks of it.
1.
My abiding memory of working night shift in a Glasgow bakery on Halloween, which also happened to be a Saturday night, was watching Jesus knocking seven bells out of Scooby Doo.
— PrettyFlamingo (@PrettyFlaming10) September 2, 2018
2.
I had to break up a fight between Brian May and one of the Jackson 5. It was harder than it should have been because I was the drummer from Def Leppard.
— Dave Bromage (@davebromage) September 2, 2018
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I once walked into a room at a party to find George from Rainbow sniffing cocaine with Basil Brush. My childhood remains ruined.
— Chris Davie (@chrisdavie79) September 2, 2018
4.
My husband (Popeye) & I (a clown) borrowed a bike with dodgy brakes to go home from a party. Narrowly missed a neighbour’s wall & crashed in a heap on his driveway. Neighbour woke up, looked out of the window & thought he was hallucinating.
— Rachel Cannon (@Hoffs28) September 2, 2018
5.
Couple opposite dressed as bears on a carnival float, to advertise their hand-made faux fur goods. Drove home still in costume to find themselves locked out. (No pockets) Laughed myself silly watching 2 bears trying to break down the front door.
— Avril (@_AvrilH_) September 2, 2018
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A friend’s parents unavoidably hit a small cat whilst driving to a fancy dress party in a major thunderstorm. They stopped and went from door to door with it wrapped in a blanket, trying to find the owners. They were dressed as Vikings.
— Ella Muir (@ellajmuir) September 2, 2018
7.
Funniest thing I ever saw, fight outside a fancy dress party, tarts and vicars involved in the punch up being pulled apart by 70’s jumpsuit Elvis and blue Hawaii Elvis, complete with tiny guitar
— KungPowBao (@KungPowBao1) September 2, 2018
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I was helping out on the door at the art school union one Glasgow Halloween and saw a leopard being sick into the gutter while Jesus held her hair back (which is a bit more on brand…)
— Izzy (@isobelburton) September 2, 2018
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I once won a Teletubbies fancy dress competition as Po despite the fact that I was the only person there not dressed in a Teletubbie costume.
— Paul Stephenson (@PRSBooks) September 2, 2018
10.
Once was at an Xmas party where Scrooge and an elf had a serious punch up. It was broken up by a pimp santa and, kind of appropriately, jesus. The Grinch who was related to Scrooge had a minor panic attack afterwards
— Rolphsterfer (@rolphey) September 2, 2018
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Went to a Biblical themed fancy dress party (it was Easter) as a plague of frogs. The host opened the door, clocked my costume and said “come on in, a plague of boils is already here”… and he was!
— Sandy Roberts (@SandySandyreed) September 2, 2018
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Passing by Students union,a night lots of people dressed as Wally from where’s Wally. By the end of the evening it was a very adult version of the books. Vomiting Wally, drink Wally, snogging Wally, fighting Wally.
— Cait (@MakeBreakFix) September 2, 2018
13.
After years of bullying at school, I realised I didn’t give a shit what anyone thought in my last year, and turned up to the end of term Fancy Dress Day in a full body (plus head) furry Womble costume. I danced down the corridors and got more approval than I’d had in 5 years.
— Elsie Trubshaw (@ElsieTrubshaw) September 2, 2018
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I once went to a Villains party as a libertarian. Someone there took my “I ❤️ Ayn Rand” badge at face value and dribbled his take on Objectivism at me for much of the evening and then tried to mail me his e-book. It was terrifying.
— lisa van wyk (@swimlittlefish) September 2, 2018
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Once checked a guy’s train ticket and congratulated him on his Bishop costume. Turned out it wasn’t a costume.
— Jon Patience (@smoulderstoat) September 2, 2018
16.
I’ve gigged at a fair few fancy dress parties – I’m not sure anything is going to top the sight of Skeletor and a 6ft Tinkerbell squaring up to one another, whilst Fred Flintstone was happily married to Andy Pandy, and the Oompah-Loompahs tore up the dancefloor…
— Siân K (@sian_bass) September 2, 2018
17.
Me & ex went to a local bar on our way to fancy dress party (early 90’s). I was Carmen Miranda. He was a clown riding an emu (like Bernie Clifton). Red nose, curly wig etc Bouncer stopped him going in ‘cos he had jeans on his real legs & jeans weren’t allowed on a Saturday night.
— Lisa (@needswittyname) September 2, 2018