People have been sharing stories of fancy dress parties gone wrong and it’s a costume drama delight
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I threw a Come As Your Own Made-Up Superhero party at university. I went as Ennui Boy: tight black running gear, a grey bedsheet cape, and a pair of white kex on the outside. No one else dressed up. I ended the evening alone watching Barbra Streisand in Yentl.
— Gandalf_McØctopus (@HoundLizzy) September 2, 2018
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I went to a fancy dress party as a bunch of grapes. Brown tights, leotard, loads of green balloons attached. Within 10 minutes the balloons had been burst and I was just a fat lass in a leotard.
— Louisa (@loobeyloobey) September 2, 2018
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Once witnessed a scuffle at a darts match between Jesus and Batman. A shark was trying to break it up.
— Helen Joanne (@MrsHodge1978) September 2, 2018
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I once went to a fancy dress party as Sandie Shaw because I had a fab 60s dress from a jumble sale & no shoes to go with it. I remember getting off with a milkman.
— Jane Hill (@janehill64) September 2, 2018
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I once fell asleep at a party dressed as a tellytubby. My mates all left the place leaving me there. I woke up around 6am and started to walk the 5 miles home. I got a lift for the last 2 miles on a milk float…still in costume.
— Andy (@HaloedTwanger) September 2, 2018
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Was at a party where Darth Maul struck Big Ears with lightsaber, it ended up with fisticuffs outside.
Another time on pub crawl dressed as Oompa Loompa, I was lagging behind, went into pub, ordered drink, slowly realised everyone else in party had gone to diff pub. Swift drink!
— alan (@alanbews) September 2, 2018
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My wife (a Bavarian girl) and me (a knight) accidentally ignored a policeman’s order, making it look like we wanted to escape a breathalyzer test. The police came after us and we got a severe warning. In fancy dress. I never felt more like an idiot.
— De Luipaard (@deluipaard) September 2, 2018
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I once had an interesting conversation on New Year’s Eve about Spanish politics with Alice Cooper complete with snake… meanwhile his wife Tina Turner was chatting about cocktails with someone I thought was Myra Hindley (turned out she was meant to be Debbie Harry)
— Stephen May (@Stephen_May1) September 2, 2018
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One Halloween after a I spent a good 15 minutes watching a couple struggle to successfully hail a taxi home at around 2am outside a bar.
They were dressed as Fred and Rose West.
— Frank (@CaryG15945379) September 2, 2018
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A friend had an 18th birthday fancy dress at their house (brave of the parents). The original plan to meet at the local was changed. Unfortunately one lad didn’t get the message, and spent half an hour stood alone in an unfamiliar busy pub in a full body Pink Panther suit.
— Michael (@MickeyRourkeN) September 2, 2018
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At a party, Hugh Grant peeled off his beer label, rolled it into a ball, and seductively flicked it at me. I was dressed as Richard O’Brian from Crystal Maze, including bald wig.
— Tracy King (@tkingdot) September 2, 2018
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Hold on – the actual Hugh Grant, or someone dressed as Hugh Grant?
— MꙬse Allain (@MooseAllain) September 2, 2018
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Actual Hugh Grant, who had boringly not bothered to wear a costume
— Tracy King (@tkingdot) September 2, 2018
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Or had come as Hugh Grant.
— MꙬse Allain (@MooseAllain) September 2, 2018
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I should have pretended I thought he was someone dressed as a shit Hugh Grant
— Tracy King (@tkingdot) September 2, 2018
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I presume you’ve seen this, but always worth another outing IMO.https://t.co/exqiOJfrEm
— Bob Davidson (@Bob_ByTheBottle) September 2, 2018
And, just in case you were wondering, Moose Allain added two important PSs about his original tweet.
NB this is a hypothetical party. I would never dress as Mario.
— MꙬse Allain (@MooseAllain) September 2, 2018
Also, I’ve adjusted this tweet for an international audience. I would normally have said ‘fancy dress party’ and have gone as a more recognisable UK character such as Adrian Chiles or Hammy the Hamster from Tales of the Riverbank.
— MꙬse Allain (@MooseAllain) September 2, 2018
And another.
I don’t even know who Mario is.
— MꙬse Allain (@MooseAllain) September 2, 2018