“Sure, Big Foot, I’d love to dance with you…

The Dancing Pony pickup line of the week is…

This weekend’s Dancing Pony Halloween Party had a great turn out.

We had a costume contest and door prizes and it was a lot of fun. In attendance were some of the regulars like Dracula, witches, a mummy, princesses, etc…There were also some characters in costume that we had a hard time figuring out.

One of our bartenders, who had the night off, bet our other bartenders that they wouldn’t recognize him in his costume. They lost 20 bucks to him. He was dressed as a rodeo clown but his makeup was so well done nobody could tell it was him all night. There was even a couple dressed as a chicken and an egg. That led to some interesting conversations about who came first.

The anonymity a costume offers allows the shy ones to shed some of their inhibitions.

One such young man, who comes in occasionally, was dressed up as Big Foot. He had to take his mask off to order a drink, which was the only reason we knew who he was.

Big Foot was sitting at the bar when a young lady came up and ordered a drink. She had on a revealing black, skin-tight body suit with several large papier mache chain links wrapped around her from shoulder to ankle, with one broken out in the middle.

One of our bartenders pointed her out to me and said,

“Talk about a match made in heaven.

We’ve got to get those two together—the Missing Link and Big Foot.” He went over to Big Foot and said, “You’ve got to ask her to dance, dude. It’s like the gods want you two to meet.”

Our hero, being a little slow on the uptake, said, “Man, she’s really beautiful. I don’t know if she’d go for a guy like me, though. What’s she supposed to be anyway?”

The bartender shook his head in disbelief. “You’re kidding right? She’s the Missing Link and you’re Big Foot. Come on, it’s as good a conversation starter as you’re ever going to get. Go ask her to dance. If you’re shy about it, keep your mask on.”

“Well, I guess it’s worth a try. Here goes nothing.” Big Foot walked up to the Missing Link, which was quite a sight in itself since he was about six foot five and she was barely 5 feet tall.

She turned to him, evidently saw the irony, and laughed—which I’m guessing wasn’t good for our hero’s ego—because he froze. You could almost see him turn red behind his mask. Then she said, “Wow! Your costume is really life-like.”

Bigfoot replied, “H-Hi. Uh, thanks. I was wondering if you’d” –he pointed a hairy arm at the dance floor— “like to dance with me.”

She laughed again and said, “That should make for some interesting bar talk. Sure, Big Foot, I’d love to dance with you. But afterwards you have to do me a favor.”

“Okay. What kind of favor?”

The Missing Link said, “You have to take your mask off so I can understand you better. I can barely make out what you’re saying.”

He nodded and she took his hand as he led her to the dance for. After the dance was over they returned to their seats at the bar and she said, “Okay, Mr. Big Foot, you have to let me see who I was dancing with.”

He reluctantly took off his head mask and laid it on the bar.

The way her eyes lit up spoke volumes.

I thought she was going to kiss him right then, but she reached out and gently removed some of the loose costume hair from his face and said, “Wow, talk about contrast. I think the costume is awesome but what made you want to dress up like Big Foot?”

“Well, social situations have always been hard for me, being kind of shy. I thought this would be good because then nobody could see who I was. It made me feel more at ease. What about you? You could make any costume in the world look good, why this one?”

She blushed bright pink as she replied, “Thank you. I just wanted to do something out of the ordinary. The idea for the Missing Link costume came from a friend and figured it would be fun to try. I was tired of the same old witch and princess outfits that I’ve worn in the past. Figured I could give people a laugh anyway.”

Big Foot said, “I have to admit I didn’t get it until the bartender explained your costume to me. But in all fairness, You’re so beautiful that it’s hard to concentrate on your costume.”

Her jaw dropped and then her smile practically lit up the room. She palmed his cheeks and kissed him. He turned beet red and stuttered. “W-Wow! What was that for?”

“You are just so sweet. I’m sorry if I seem forward but for some reason I feel comfortable with you. Would you like to dance again?”

“Sure!” Big Foot and the Missing Link danced together the rest of the evening and they also won our most creative couple award. Even though they didn’t come in as a couple, they did leave together. Since I’m the boss, and one of the costume judges, I can do that. LOL.

©Heather Rainier 2018