Why I don't do the dressing up thing…

I have blogged before about why I just don’t go for the geek vogue thing of dressing up as your favourite character.

This picture (grabbed via sentience) is my example of why … although I did also once stumble upon a Chinese guy dressed as one of the Doctors…

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about 1 year ago

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The guy went all the way with the hair but he’s got four claws. What’s up with that, he could at least be accurate?

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