• 26 Oct 2007 at 8:58 AM
  • Halloween

Halloween Costumes

Hey, what are you being for Halloween? Bess and I have been invited to a variety of Halloween parties and apparently Halloween falling in the middle of the week means that everyone feels entitled to tell you that you must wear a costume for, like, five days. Horrendous. Or even worse. So, we need your help. What should we dress up as this week.
We’ve got some conceptual ideas but we need your suggestions about how we should make these happen. Please let us know what you think the best ways to dress as the following.
• Credit Crunch.
• Oil roaring to record levels.
• Write downs.
• Ben Bernanke.
• Ben Bernake’s helicopter.
• Slutty Nasdaq.
• Slutty China.
• Slutty Warren Buffett.
• Slutty and Pregnant Becky Quick.
• Maria Bartiromo.
• Opec.
• Free furniture.
• Cheap chocolate.
• Proxy access.

Comments (42)

  1. Posted by captain crunch | October 26, 2007 at 9:31 AM

    I think there could be a play with Captain (Credit) Crunch

  2. Posted by I heart 1040s | October 26, 2007 at 9:33 AM

    Andrew Tong dressed as a man.

  3. Posted by HAM'05 | October 26, 2007 at 9:36 AM

    not sure if we first heard about it here or on los – but throw optimus sub-prime in there for ideas as well – i need to make this happen

  4. Posted by girl | October 26, 2007 at 9:38 AM

    How about you the old Suit and Crab Claws number carney

  5. Posted by Ben_H | October 26, 2007 at 9:39 AM

    Question for the peanut gallery:
    I have the dubious honor of, in addition to my “real” responsibilities, running the NY office of the fund I work for. A few people asked (or perhaps “importuned” is a better characterization) if I would object to people coming to work in costume on Halloween. While I usually don’t impose much discipline, order, or even organization, I found this request a little much. I mean — what do you call workers who work in costume? I think the technical term is “clown.” Where do clowns work? A circus. Should I let my office become a circus?
    Anyway, the question is: am I being unreasonable?

  6. Posted by SDH | October 26, 2007 at 9:42 AM

    HEY YOU FORGOT BECKY QUICK, WITH BIG BELLY AND ALL. oH YEAH AND WHAT ABOUT CHUCK PRINCE AND STAN O’NEAL? THOSE WOULD BE BIG HITS AT A WALLSTREET HALLOWEEN PARTY

  7. Posted by watchmen | October 26, 2007 at 9:44 AM

    To Ben _H……..Why in hell don’t you try to stick to subject at the top of this site….and keep your bullshit confined to Dealbreaker’s subject.

  8. Posted by Joe | October 26, 2007 at 9:44 AM

    I’ve been trying to get my best friend to be “The Donut” in Medicare Part D for a long time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donut_Hole_%28Medicare%29
    But he keeps refusing. He was, however, “runaway inflation” a couple years ago.

  9. Posted by Anonymous | October 26, 2007 at 9:49 AM

    as Tim Sykes for costume

  10. Posted by girl | October 26, 2007 at 9:50 AM

    Ben,
    it probably already is a circus, unbeknownst to you.

  11. Posted by D | October 26, 2007 at 9:54 AM

    Sexual Harassment Panda
    or cheap chocolate- an ethnic transvestite hooker

  12. Posted by mrpink | October 26, 2007 at 10:04 AM

    Pimp N Ho

  13. Posted by Anonymous | October 26, 2007 at 10:08 AM

    Michael Vick

  14. Posted by Anonymous | October 26, 2007 at 10:08 AM

    watchmen, i notice you don’t have anything to post on the subject of this topic either. so you just want to post to be a dick? or what?
    in fact nobody has had any comment on the subject “Please let us know what you think the best ways to dress as the following.”

  15. Posted by Anonymous | October 26, 2007 at 10:08 AM

    Haven’t even seen a halfway decent answer to Dealbreaker’s question… nice work everyone

  16. Posted by just me | October 26, 2007 at 10:09 AM

    @ Ben H – meet in the middle – let the people who lose money dress as clowns, the money makers get the day off

  17. Posted by anon anon anon | October 26, 2007 at 10:10 AM

    wear masks of ….any of the CEO’s of our financial firms. Scary shit seeing them come into a room especially if you have any cash in your pocket. “HI, I’m Stan O’Neil, let me give you some investment advice.”

  18. Posted by Anonymous | October 26, 2007 at 10:14 AM

    slutty china – John, we already know you know how they dress. Don’t pretend like you don’t.

  19. Posted by Could it be more obvious? | October 26, 2007 at 10:14 AM

    Are you kidding me? No Jeff Epstein?

  20. Posted by LBhO | October 26, 2007 at 10:15 AM

    Something both guys and girls dress up as is Maxamillia(n)

  21. Posted by Ben_H | October 26, 2007 at 10:16 AM

    John Devaney — just wear a captain’s hat without owning a boat.

  22. Posted by Nominate me | October 26, 2007 at 10:20 AM

    I tell a couple of them that it is okay, then openly mock them when they are the only ones that show up in drag.
    Between Bartiromo, Bernanke, and Becky Quick, there has to be some sort of face in lap/up investors ass type costume out there somewhere.

  23. Posted by Steve | October 26, 2007 at 10:33 AM

    Michael Vick anyone? I did the jersey with a little bloody dog.

  24. Posted by allovernow | October 26, 2007 at 10:34 AM

    Captain Credit Crunch; you could dress up as captain crunch and make a toilet paper roll of rating agency reports.

  25. Posted by bunky | October 26, 2007 at 10:41 AM

    I had a friend last year go as Facebook. Should ask what he’s going as this year and try and put money into it.

  26. Posted by LippyTex | October 26, 2007 at 10:42 AM

    Go trick or treating as Jeff Epstein’ s terrycloth towel.

  27. Posted by watchmen | October 26, 2007 at 10:45 AM

    Anonymous……..If you would take a walk to the mall or stick your head in the toilet……you would save a lot of space for someone with a brain to comment on subject. True I don’t have a comment but this is not potpourri time.

  28. Posted by Nominate me | October 26, 2007 at 10:49 AM

    Lippy Tex, expand on that theme.
    Go as Maxamillia’s (?) banana hammock.

  29. Posted by Anonymous | October 26, 2007 at 10:56 AM

    thanks for reiterating that you are a dick. if you are so concerned with saving space, maybe you should stop being the dealbreaker moderator hey?

  30. Posted by girth b. wonderful | October 26, 2007 at 10:58 AM

    I’m gonna just be a Big Swinging Dick…ladies get in line.

  31. Posted by Anal_yst | October 26, 2007 at 11:02 AM

    I think I’m going dressed as a Dick in a Box, which really just means I’m just going as me just wearing a box

  32. Posted by Sparky | October 26, 2007 at 11:12 AM

    I’m going as a NINJA loan.

  33. Posted by Cheddar | October 26, 2007 at 11:30 AM

    Jeffrey Epstein’s towel…Any takers?

  34. Posted by NasCrack | October 26, 2007 at 12:02 PM

    Going as Angelo Mozilo’s spray on tan would realy get the party started

  35. Posted by Give-up Agreement | October 26, 2007 at 12:06 PM

    (1) Todd Thomson with a life-size Maria Bartiromo doll attached to my crotch.
    (2) Dirty homeless guy with a Merrill, Citi, or BoA ID.
    (3) John Fitzgerald Page.

  36. Posted by Powell | October 26, 2007 at 12:13 PM

    I actually could dress up as Stan O’Neal by dying my hair grey, wearing my normal suit and tie, and walking around with a “Recently Lost Job and $8 Billion Dollars, Will Work For Food” sign…

  37. Posted by Make her open that box | October 26, 2007 at 12:18 PM

    Best Halloween costume idea? Dick in a box!

  38. Posted by Ian | October 26, 2007 at 1:37 PM

    I’m going to dress up as MLEC. Superman costume with a giant bottomless trashcan on my back.

  39. Posted by watchmen | October 26, 2007 at 2:15 PM

    Give-up Agreement………Hey, I like you first choice…..Happy Halloween

  40. Posted by watchmen | October 26, 2007 at 2:15 PM

    Give-up Agreement………Hey, I like your first choice…..Happy Halloween

  41. Posted by Willie Nelson | October 26, 2007 at 3:03 PM

    HEY CARNEY……HAVE YOU NOTICED EVERY TIME YOU MENTION BARTIROMO IN A PIECE HERE…….SHE DOESN’T SHOW UP TO WORK HER CLOSING BELL. THINK SHE’S PISSED?

  42. Posted by guest | October 7, 2008 at 7:35 PM

    benandhank.com
    now you just need to decide whether to be ben or hank

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