Laurel and Hardy (sort of)
This my sister Becky and me. I don't remember the exact year this was, but probably around 2000. I had been wanting to dress up for the Staff Halloween Contest with Becky. I wanted us to be Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. I even volunteered to be Dum but Becky suggested Laurel and Hardy which sounded good to me. Becky got her suit and our shoes (men's shoes) from Salvation Army. The hats were just cheapo Halloween stuff. I borrowed the shirt, tie and suspenders from my husband. The pants were mine. We went to the contest and won! We had rehearsed one of the cute little song and dance routines from one of their movies, Way Out West, I think. We performed it for my father and he was thrilled. We were too chicken to perform at the contest but Beck and I had worked out some mannerisms that made people laugh. You can get an idea of them here. I would twiddle my tie and dig my toe in the ground and Beck would fiddle with her hair and make a funny face. We were very popular.
After the contest we went to my sister's office, Academic Personnel. One lady wanted to know if I had added padding to my costume. I told her it was all me, unfortunately. I just wasn't holding anything in. :) When we went to the Classics Dept I was talking with one of the faculty for about five minutes before she recognized me. That gave us a good laugh.
After that we took a walk on the outer circle of campus. By the time we got back my temp hair dye was melting and running down my face and both of us had aching feet. I had no idea men's shoes had so little padding in them.
On our walk around campus we crossed paths with the Chancellor. Becky knew him from her work in Academic Personnel. He really liked our costumes and asked us where were our hard boiled eggs and walnuts. I really liked that because I had told Becky we should carry some but she thought no one would get the reference.
I thought she would be up for more cross dressing and suggested we be WC Fields and Mae West the next year but I couldn't talk her into doing costumes again.
This my sister Becky and me. I don't remember the exact year this was, but probably around 2000. I had been wanting to dress up for the Staff Halloween Contest with Becky. I wanted us to be Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. I even volunteered to be Dum but Becky suggested Laurel and Hardy which sounded good to me. Becky got her suit and our shoes (men's shoes) from Salvation Army. The hats were just cheapo Halloween stuff. I borrowed the shirt, tie and suspenders from my husband. The pants were mine. We went to the contest and won! We had rehearsed one of the cute little song and dance routines from one of their movies, Way Out West, I think. We performed it for my father and he was thrilled. We were too chicken to perform at the contest but Beck and I had worked out some mannerisms that made people laugh. You can get an idea of them here. I would twiddle my tie and dig my toe in the ground and Beck would fiddle with her hair and make a funny face. We were very popular.
After the contest we went to my sister's office, Academic Personnel. One lady wanted to know if I had added padding to my costume. I told her it was all me, unfortunately. I just wasn't holding anything in. :) When we went to the Classics Dept I was talking with one of the faculty for about five minutes before she recognized me. That gave us a good laugh.
After that we took a walk on the outer circle of campus. By the time we got back my temp hair dye was melting and running down my face and both of us had aching feet. I had no idea men's shoes had so little padding in them.
On our walk around campus we crossed paths with the Chancellor. Becky knew him from her work in Academic Personnel. He really liked our costumes and asked us where were our hard boiled eggs and walnuts. I really liked that because I had told Becky we should carry some but she thought no one would get the reference.
I thought she would be up for more cross dressing and suggested we be WC Fields and Mae West the next year but I couldn't talk her into doing costumes again.
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