In honor of the trifecta of Parent's Weekend, Halloween and the upcoming election, this week, the Grid Pickers decided to have a kinder, gentler outing: trick-or-treating throughout Durham in their costumes of choice.
Dan "ce Fever" Cohen decided to go as Se-ora Giddy's favorite animal: the moose.
"I'm going to search high and low for antlers for my costume. If I can't find any around here, I'll go back up to the woods of New York-worst case, I can see some naked Army guys while I'm there and get King a keg of beer."
Eric Friedman ", myth, legend" was dressed as one of his favorite Yankees, Cecil Fielder.
"Guys, don't I look exactly like Cecil? You know, I can hit like him too!"
"Yeah, right, Friedman, maybe if you put 200 pounds on your svelte frame," said "Matzah" Brian Harris, who decided not to wear a costume so as not to offend anyone.
"Raisin" Brandon Ehrhart decided to spend the day parading around as his favorite journalist, Dick Vitale.
"Hey, Baby! I'm rockin' and rollin'! This shaved head look is sure to land me some female athletes. No more pine time for me-I'm a PTP'er!"
Joel "The tooth fairy" Israel was wearing a fake mustache and beard, trying to look older than his actual 19 years of age.
"If those freshmen see me looking like I'm legal, I'll score more than Michael Irvin!"
Mike Gutknecht "Four" decided to dress up as his favorite golfer, Fred Couples.
"These knickers are a good look for me. Maybe if I keep wearing them, they'll let me go on tour-if not the PGA Tour, maybe the bagpipe tour."
"Mr. T-" Amber "ine Man" Isak was dressed like her favorite track star, Michael Johnson.
"With these gold shoes, I'm sure to finally get some respect from the Duke runners."
Across town, Mike King "Kong" was scaring the locals. When an elderly woman refused to give him candy due to his offensive Michael Jackson outfit, he broke into his best moonwalk while pouring beer all over himself.
Dave Berger "World" dressed up as everyone's least favorite presidential candidate.
"If I get this crew cut down right, perk my ears out a bit more and throw my money around aimlessly like George Steinbrenner, now one will be able to tell me and Ross Perot apart. Maybe he'll name me his vice presidential candidate!"
Byers Watt "'s happening?" also had a bit of a stretch in his costume, trying to portray Kentucky's most popular resident.
"If I crouch over a bit and throw my voice, don't you think I can resemble a short, Italian guy from New York?"
Jonathan "Missing essential or" Ganz, still depressed about the Braves' great collapse, couldn't accept that the baseball season was over.
"Look at me, I'm Dave Justice! If being a Brave got him Halle Berry, then some girl is going to have to respond to my flirting in my Junior Braves Club outfit and parachute pants."
UVa grad Herman "Don't call me Tony" Moore decided not to wear a costume for the holiday.
"I wear a ridiculous looking costume as a Detroit Lion every Sunday, why should I wear one today?"
By Dick Paparo
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