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Today in Halloween: Dystopian ape?

hallow animal farm ape costume

Today in Halloween revives that long-cherished tradition in which I take an iPhone photo of some odd Halloween decor or costume and share it here with you.

Today: When  will the crass commercial exploitation of George Orwell’s dystopian and allegorical novel end? When, I ask you?

Oh. I guess the “Animal Farm” brand on this gorilla costume probably doesn’t really refer to George Orwell’s 1945 precursor to his classic “Nineteen Eighty Four.”

I personally can’t wait to see the “Brave New World” shark costumes.

iPhoneography: Halloween at the dollar store

It’s hard to believe we’re about a month out from our favorite holiday. So it’s a good time to take a look at some iPhone photos of Halloween stuff.

This time: Halloween at the dollar store. Because of the “everything for a dollar” pricing of dollar stores, Halloween masks, costumes, accessories and decor are decidedly more limited. But what these items lack in scope they more than make up for in creativity.

Take the product above for example. Body parts! And they’re artificially flavored. Uh … thank you?

Halloween and superheroes go together. And now you can buy candy cigarettes just like Superman and Batman smoke. Although I believe the candy cigarettes like Shaggy smokes are only available from specially licensed sellers.

How about these Boogers? They’re tangy!

And the box tells us the flavors! Mmmm … Snottermelon!

Okay, if you’ve had enough candy, how about some decor? I really rather like these little perched figures.

Last but not least, a staple of Halloween items at the dollar store, the bloody cloth. Although if you spend enough time digging for Halloween boogers, you can probably produce your own bloody cloth.

‘Til next time!