Halloween arrives tomorrow and we here in the U.S. of A. won't be the only ones celebrating the event. A group of over 200 professors with gather tomorrow in Glasgow Scotland to discuss the history of Halloween. The meeting will last for two days, as some of the brightest minds in Europe will come from all around to discuss the ancient pagan holiday. Not only will they be attending the conference...but they'll also be dressed in Halloween garb!

That's right! Whoever said professors were too uptight to enjoy any holiday were dead wrong, as these high IQ euro types will come dressed in every Halloween costume you can imagine, and will be rewarded with treats for playing along. Similar to how kids in the U.S. are rewarded with candy for trapsing around all night in their various Halloween outfits. But you know who really benefits from all of this? The Students! Imagine if after this whole thing is said and done your professor tries to give you a hard time about missing an assignment. Well when you've got photos and video footage of your professor dressed as Aquaman for Halloween, let's just say that you've got more than enough leverage to make sure he never bugs you about homework again.

Of course while this whole event is all fun and games, most of these scholars would be absolutely mortified if their attendance at the event got out amongst the scholastic community. And would be even more mortified if it was revealed what costume they were sporting that night. There is a sort of cool side to all of this though. It certainly kills the notion that all teacher types are sticks in the mud with no sense of humor or not a single fun bone in their bodies. Sure they are all conviening to discuss the history of Halloween, which will probably end up being hours upon hours of boring chatter about how some people long for the old days when Halloween wasn't about just candy and costumes.

But atleast they'll be doing it while looking like superhero's, animals, movie slashers, and cartoon characters. And in the end...isn't that all we can really ask for? So the next time you look at your professor droning on and on about anything from liberal arts to psychiatry...just remember, that boring guy or gal in her mid to late 40's...might just be the spiderman, freddy krueger, or little dead riding hood that shows up to Glasgow Scotland next year for the annual Halloween conference.





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