City Desk » gestation crates http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:53:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 This Halloween, Don’t Dress Up as Food http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/10/29/this-halloween-dont-dress-up-as-food/ http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/10/29/this-halloween-dont-dress-up-as-food/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:11:26 +0000 Tim Carman http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=8293 Does anyone really think dressing up as a taco or a banana or a PEZ dispenser is a good idea for a Halloween costume? Halloween is all about creativity–and free candy. C'mon, folks. Use your imagination. Going as a piece of meat is just a bad idea on all fronts. Going as a walking product placement for McDonald's or Wonder Bread without remuneration is even dumber. (Yes, I say that even though I'm wearing an Adidas hoodie as I type; but I'm not wandering from house to house either.)

If any of your kids want to go as a food product, veto that idea with extreme prejudice. Help them make their own costume instead—maybe go as gestation crate pig. At least they'll be making a bigger statement than that they support a faceless multi-national corporation.

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