| Once upon a time, in junior high, just after I'd finally finished growing out my huge early 90's mall bangs, I watched the movie "Coneheads" for the first time. And OMG, did I love it. I was instantly obsessed, quoting lines from the movie constantly, the whole bit. The only thing cooler to my 14 year old self was "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". So, when Halloween came around that year, it was a hard choice. Conehead? Or victim of the Rabbit of Caerbannog? I had a friend whose dad used to be a taxidermist and had access to a pretty lifelike looking bunny, but I decided the pink eyes freaked me the hell out and would probably freak the rest of the eighth grade out as well, so I'd better stick with the Conehead if I hoped to preserve my moderately cool status. And that's how I ended up dressed as a giant penis. Of course, in my relative innocence, I had no idea I looked like a giant penis until I got to school and the giggles started. No, I proudly walked into class on Halloween dressed in my stuffed skull cap, with my gold scarf wrapped around my forehead to hide the place where skull cap met head. I think I also had on some sort of gold cape and an alien spacesuit. Thankfully, however, my mind has largely supressed the memory in the interest of preserving my sanity. My reputation eventually recovered but...the Halloween scars remain. I never took such a giant leap with a costume again, and I refuse to write about Junior High. Killer zombies are nothing compared to the trauma of being called penis head for an entire semester. Stacey Jay author of "You are So Undead to Me" A Megan Berry Zombie Settler novel January 22nd, 2009 from Penguin Razorbill Learn more at www.staceyjay.com |
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Oh sweet Jesus! I think you've started something...Penis-head!
It reminds me of a joke Jack Hannah (yes, THAT Jack Hannah) told on the radio today:
"Why doesn't a rooster wear pants?"
"Because his pecker's on his head."
Haha...pecker-head...I think it's funnier coming from Jack Hannah.
Oh good gosh, that made me laugh out loud....
Thank you!
Darby
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Though it could have been much worse. What if you had gone as an Arthurian knight getting killed by a rabbit and all the other eigth graders had still called you Penis Head?
At least with the Conehead thing, you know that the costume is to blame.
Blahahahahaha. I have a better one. One year in Carbondale, my boyfriend made himself an abominable snowman costume for Halloween. Halloween was on saturday. For the SIU football game, he dressed up in a frilly shirt and tuxedo. Later that evening he was a little worse for drink so he decided to stick with the tux. So his friend wore the abominable snowman costume, which apparently looked like a giant tampoon. Imagine being a giant tampoon in the midst of thousands and thousands of college students.
penis breath would've been worse.
I see that our Penguin YA division is recycling parts of my Dead To Me title..
OMG, that was too funny. You had me crying from laughter. Scarred for life? You betcha. LOL
Jackie, that joke kills, too!
Tom Gallier
That was so funny and embarassing all at the same time. I would still have emotional scars.
you heard about the teen who went to the dance. didn't you? didn't you?
I can understand the need to block some of the exact details of this glorious school experience. At least you were only Penis Head for a semester...for God's sake it could have followed you for years!
And after reading Mark's post...it could possibly come back to haunt you now.
LMFAO. GOod one Stacey...Tell me there are pictures?