Pictures to follow in a day or two.

Groovy, baby!

I'm telling you, hundreds of women were falling all over me. Mike Myers is a genius.

I will never wear another Halloween costume other than Austin Powers.

Halloween???

You mean Purim, right? It was Purim this week, not Halloween.

http://www.photoreflect.c...0012&po=12

Give it 10 - 15 seconds to load.

There are several pictures; feel free to scroll. Hell, buy a few - it'll help out my buddy John.

With a tinge of sadness, I am returning the costume today at lunch.

Could those picture scream "TEXAS" any louder??

Looks like you had great fun.

JustErin said:

LOL, it was at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. We put on this skit before the poultry auction. We raised about $1.1 million this year. You haven't lived until you've seen someone pay $150,000 for a chicken!

We had a ton of fun. Thanks for looking!

RodeoSchro said:

I had no idea that Texans actually do where cowboy hats.

You almost made me choke on my chickpea stew.

looks like you had a blast Greg.

JustErin said:

Of course we do! Although, it varies by city.

In West Texas/East Texas/South Texas/Fort Wroth, you hats all the time, in all socioeconomic spectrums. In Houston, you see them in a lot of places, and EVERYWHERE when the rodeo is in town.

Austinites only wear cowboy hats if they think it's the trend. And then, the hats they wear really don't qualify as cowboy hats.

People in Dallas NEVER wear cowboy hats. Dallas should seceed from the state, because they do everything they can to shed their Texas heritage and roots. It's like they'd rather be Chicago or even Seattle.

Stymie said:

YEAH, baby!

RodeoSchro said:

I think that they actually wear cowboy hats in Calgary too!

JustErin said:

I'm sure they do. The Calgary Stampede is legendary down here. I've never been but I'd like to make it up here some day.

You would look fantastic in a real cowboy hat. Black, with a shiny rhinestone band.

That looked like a total blast. You looked awesome and silly.

RodeoSchro said:

I remember when they were a hot trend for a bit.

I never wore one.

JustErin said:

You would rock in one, trust me. But a real cowboy hat with proper blocking.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Oh man, it was! People I'd known for 20 years didn't know that was me (but weren't surprised when they found out it was me).

It has taken me 10 years to fully appreciate the genius of Mike Myers. Austin Powers is the bomb!

RodeoSchro said:

I'd wear this kind to the beach

I think the Austin Powers costume is the only one I know that *anyone* can wear and look totally like the real thing. Everyone - man or woman - that I see wearing it is the spitting image.

Nah, I'm talking about a REAL cowboy hat, not an overgrown taco shell:

RodeoSchro said:

Yes, I know.

onenitealone said:

No derr! What surprised me was how well I got the voice down. Also, I almost fell off my shoes three times!

JustErin said:

I had this buddy wearing a high-blocked cowboy hat and he was giving this other friend of mine the business. The second guy paused, looked the first guy up and down, then said, "Did you get some taco meat with that hat?"

Funniest thing I'd ever heard.