Politically Incorrect Costumes

Last night's post Halloween party was fun. It is always nice to see this group of friends. Life often gets in the way and we usually only see this particular group at this annual party. Attendance at this annual event has slowly dwindled as we are all getting older, yet this year the host's sons (who are now adults) had a bunch of their friends attend, bringing a crew of young blood to the festivities. Yet as this party has evolved over the 13 years we have attended, one thing has remained constant, an inevitable politically incorrect costume.

The first of these I remember was the year that Sony Bono died in a ski accident. That year a couple showed up as Sony and Cher, yet Sony was dressed in ski gear accessorized with tree leaves and branches. There was the year of Hurricane Katrina when a group dressed as refugees. The refugees were wrapped waist high in a blue shower curtain that made them appear as though they were waist high in water , while holding signs for help, lawn chairs, etc. This year, the "Katrina Group" did it again.

Last night's politically incorrect costume was rooted in local news (click here to read full story). It was discovered that a Chinese restaurant in Hamburg, NY (south of Buffalo) was closed by the health department because they were witnessed dragging a dead deer into the restaurant. When the police arrived to investigate this report, the restaurant worker was in the midst of butchering the road kill in the kitchen. UGH! So, with this story in mind, three guys dressed as Chinese Restaurant workers, wearing shirts with the restaurant's name on them, carrying Chinese take-out containers, Chinese take-out menus, wearing bloodied (fake) shirts etc. Of course, the best prop to the threesome's costume was the fact that they burst into the party, equipped with the fake butcher knives, chasing after their dog that was wearing costume deer antlers on its head. Politically incorrect? Sure! But it's okay to admit that some sick side of you laughed. I did.