Sweating and struggling to breathe properly in our cheap K-Mart vinyl costumes on Halloween night, 1985

I don't know what my idiot brain thought it'd be a good idea to dress up as Scorpion for Halloween was in Texas but I probably lost 5lbs of water weight that day.

Told my mom I wanted to be Scorpion (Mortal Kombat) she had no idea who the hell it was but thought it was just some ninja. Goes and gets me in all black sweat pants and shirt, a yellow vest and a spray panted surgical mask. She got me a few of those sticky hands that you throw and it flies back at you to be the harpoon.

It was the greatest night I've ever had until I realized how hot I was when I took off my mask and felt the breeze finally. Finally get home, mom gets me in the shower and she says I passed out the moment I touched my bed afterwards.

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