Halloween etiquette is so contradictory. You never want to guess someone's outfit wrong but you also don't want to ask for fear that the costumed friend will be offended you couldn't just tell from looking.
Tonight I made just such a major violation of Halloween etiquette. I saw a friend with a green shirt with stripes and a nearby football. Of course I opened my mouth and said, "Jess! I get it! You're a football field with the football, right?" She wasnt. The fact that she was majorly pregnant (and probably felt like a football field) didn't help my blunder. She said she was Peppermint Patty from Peanuts. I tried to make some form of "Yes! You do look just like her!" (who is Peppermint Patty?) "Not a football field at all. You look like a human. How silly of me." Smile, smile, ha ha, and walk away.
What to do when you've just called someone a football field? I still don't know.
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