TheDickMick
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Okay, to start, I have this real issue with taking progress pictures. Taking pictures in general is a pain in the ass to me so normally, I don't really do so.
A little background. Back in 2009 when Castrol released this commercial, I was thoroughly entertained by the simple premise all while making me laugh my ass off.
Castrol EDGE - Think With Your Dipstick - YouTube
Basically, I just wanted to dress like this.
I had this hairbrained idea and I know there are a lot of people who are going to tell me not to, but I wanted to go to a convention and just randomly run up to people. I'd whack them with a piece of weatherstripping, scream the line, and just run away. No context, no warning.
I know, I'm stupid. :facepalm
Well, I was a little short on a money, but lucky for me I already had a khaki flightsuit I was gonna make into a Ghostbuster uniform.
Instead of making it a permanent costume, I took one of my old AT&T work shirts, cut the collar off, took off the cuffs, and used the rest of the shirt as raw material to tack-stitch the pieces on.
I got really lucky with the hat. I was just about to give up on it when I ran across this on eBay:
It was almost EXACT. The knitting on it was navy blue instead of brown, but screw it! I was lucky to find one in a Stewart Royal tartan with the same basic pattern. SOLD!
The tartan tie hasn't come in yet. Nevertheless, with a trip to the thrift store (and my wallet becoming $2.50 lighter) I got the blue dress shirt.
Okay, enough with my bantering. LETS LOOK AT THE FINISHED PRODUCT, JEMMEH!
I swear when I'm not broke I'll get a more accurate suit, but otherwise I'm pretty happy with it. Now all I need is the dipstick!
A little background. Back in 2009 when Castrol released this commercial, I was thoroughly entertained by the simple premise all while making me laugh my ass off.
Castrol EDGE - Think With Your Dipstick - YouTube
Basically, I just wanted to dress like this.
I had this hairbrained idea and I know there are a lot of people who are going to tell me not to, but I wanted to go to a convention and just randomly run up to people. I'd whack them with a piece of weatherstripping, scream the line, and just run away. No context, no warning.
I know, I'm stupid. :facepalm
Well, I was a little short on a money, but lucky for me I already had a khaki flightsuit I was gonna make into a Ghostbuster uniform.
Instead of making it a permanent costume, I took one of my old AT&T work shirts, cut the collar off, took off the cuffs, and used the rest of the shirt as raw material to tack-stitch the pieces on.
I got really lucky with the hat. I was just about to give up on it when I ran across this on eBay:
It was almost EXACT. The knitting on it was navy blue instead of brown, but screw it! I was lucky to find one in a Stewart Royal tartan with the same basic pattern. SOLD!
The tartan tie hasn't come in yet. Nevertheless, with a trip to the thrift store (and my wallet becoming $2.50 lighter) I got the blue dress shirt.
Okay, enough with my bantering. LETS LOOK AT THE FINISHED PRODUCT, JEMMEH!
I swear when I'm not broke I'll get a more accurate suit, but otherwise I'm pretty happy with it. Now all I need is the dipstick!
