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Christmas party.

I have an invitation to a Christmas party, the theme for which is 'Las Vegas'. Why? I've got no idea, but I do know I can't stand parties with themes. They get in the way of the conversation, like loud music. I went to a party once that had a Hollywood theme. You had to go as a movie. Fortuitously, my next-door-neighbour at the time, an actor with Polyglot Theatre, had a full size shark suit in her shed, and I went as Jaws. No-one knew who I was and I didn't get a thing to eat.

Yes, I know Las Vegas is a city in the United States and I think of gambling and Wayne Newton and flashy buildings.

But do I go dressed as the punter or the floor show?

Or one of the buildings?

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  1. Dr. AliceThu Dec 13, 03:02:00 AM GMT+11

    You could go as a slot machine.

    Or a hooker. (Oh no wait I did NOT say that.)

    Or... hey! A showgirl! With fishnet stockings and feathers... well, maybe not. (I'm not being much help here.)

    Wait, I know. Just go as a card dealer, with a green eye shade and little bands around your sleeves. My motto for costume parties is always "wear something comfortable."

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  2. AnonymousThu Dec 13, 04:29:00 AM GMT+11

    Oh, come now--obviously as Elvis, 1968 Las Vegas Comeback Version!

    Thankyouverymuch.

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  3. AnonymousThu Dec 13, 04:33:00 AM GMT+11

    Oh, wait--I just read the entry and see that it was filmed in Burbank, California.

    I guess you'll have to go with the sweaty, white jumpsuit version we all know and love and still see occasionally.

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  4. AngeThu Dec 13, 08:07:00 AM GMT+11

    Or you could go as an actual casino!!!

    Sorry to have to admit, I love a good theme party & have even hosted a few in my time which always seemed to be my best parties too sad that you may think that is!

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  5. paul kennedyThu Dec 13, 02:59:00 PM GMT+11

    All great suggestions, Dr. A. I could borrow ex-Foreign Minister Alexander Downing's fishnets.

    Terry, I remember that later concert. Was it Hawaii? It must have been 1972 or thereabouts. There was a helicopter.

    Ange, theme parties remind me of the famous Hamlet cigar commercial in which a man dressed as a hen makes a grand entrance to what he thinks is a theme party, only to be confronted with a hundred frozen stares from dinner-suited guests.

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  6. AnonymousFri Dec 14, 03:46:00 AM GMT+11

    Go dressed as a pimp. Las Vegas has lots and lots of those! PLUS - you'll get to eat! Simply wear some big gold chains around your neck, put on lots of rings, carry you cell phone on your belt, and wear a dress shirt that has only a few buttons done up the from. Finally and leather jacket. It'll be so funny!

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  7. neilFri Dec 14, 09:31:00 AM GMT+11

    You could go as James Packer, didn't he just buy Vegas?

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  8. paul kennedyFri Dec 14, 02:34:00 PM GMT+11

    Thanks, lilartist.

    Neil, Packer is buying everything Murdoch doesn't already own. (Although personally I'd rather own the Wall Street Journal than a casino.)

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  9. BeckyThu Dec 20, 07:55:00 AM GMT+11

    You could go as Sigfreid with a stuffed tiger attached to your "bloody" arm...or was it Roy? In any case, one of them got attacked by one of their tigers. I think its been enough time to where that could be funny, but then I have a strange sense of humor.

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  10. paul kennedyThu Dec 20, 09:54:00 AM GMT+11

    Yes, Becky, I remember that case. Enough time has elapsed although I think it would be funny even a day later.

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