yesterday’s costume gems:

caller: "my son needs to dress up like a historical character.  do you have anything like that"

me: "we sure do.  what time period or person?"

caller: "he didn’t say.  what does it look like?"

me:  "can you narrow it down just a little?  there is a lot of history."

every year a couple throws a big party, and we help them outfit their guests.  this year’s theme is "go to hell."  guests can dress as anything you might find in hell.  we even made them a list of notorious people one would assume you’d find in hell.  and every day, someone comes in and can’t think of a single thing to dress up as.  they think this is the hardest theme ever.  they want us to suggest a costume.  then they reject everything we give them.  no want wants my pilgrim costume (an actual salem witch) or the roman dress (nero’s mother).  these older women want to be "sexy."  i gave one woman a medusa costume.  she bought it, but said, "i don’t even know who this is."

and, yes, some guy asked for a vampire.  no one believes me when i tell them they don’t need a costume…