{"id":3176,"date":"2011-10-31T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=3176"},"modified":"2011-10-31T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T21:00:00","slug":"happy-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=3176","title":{"rendered":"Happy Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If anyone is still looking for last minute Halloween costumes, here are a few politically-themed ideas:<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>At the Party&#8230;<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Senate Page<\/strong>: Black dress, white gloves, and long braided pony tail. Be sure to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/politics\/ottawa-notebook\/stop-harper-placard-gets-senate-page-turfed-from-throne-speech\/article2046548\/\">hold up<\/a> home made &#8220;Stop Harper&#8221; stopsign at the most inoportune moments &#8211; when people are making out, going to the bathroom, etc&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gilles Duceppe<\/strong>: This may be your last chance to wear the costume (<em>or <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealgazette.com\/news\/Only+Duceppe+could+defeat+Legault+poll\/5629936\/story.html\"><em>not<\/em><\/a>), so pull out the hairnet for nostalgia&#8217;s sake. Start the night with 47 paper seats glued to your shirt, and gradually shed them until there are only 4 left.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ruth Ellen Brosseau<\/strong>: Long blond wig, and a Vegas t-shirt. The good thing about this one is you might win the Best Costume prize, even if you skip most of the party.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Going Door-to-Door&#8230;<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rob Ford &amp; Marg Delahunty<\/strong>: This year&#8217;s top couples costume. The woman ears a Xena-ish dress and barges into homes asking for candy, even if their lights are off. The man wears a suit and whenever parents ask &#8220;and who are you?&#8221;, <em>he fucking <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2011\/10\/duly-quoted-rob-ford\"><em>tells them<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thomas Mulcair<\/strong>: Wear a suit, with a fake beard. Complain about how unfair it is to be trick-or-treating in a low-candy neighbourhood and make it clear to your neighbours you will only knock on their door if they meet your candy <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/shed-tear-for-thomas-mulcair.html\">demands<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob Rae<\/strong>: Flash your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/politics\/thank-you-bob-rae-for-stealing-my-plane-seat\/article2105453\/page2\/\">super elite<\/a> card on the doorstep to get extra candy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rocco Rossi<\/strong>: Shave head and spend the evening telling loud bombastic stories about yourself. When trick-or-treating, do the first pass of your block wearing a red shirt then do a second pass wearing a blue shirt. Act surprised, if people refuse to give you candy the second time around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If anyone is still looking for last minute Halloween costumes, here are a few politically-themed ideas: At the Party&#8230; Senate Page: Black dress, white gloves, and long braided pony tail. Be sure to hold up home made &#8220;Stop Harper&#8221; stopsign at the most inoportune moments &#8211; when people are making out, going to the bathroom, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3176"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}