Conventional Wisdom

…and this wasn’t even a very elaborate costume either, just a big jacket and an awkward prop. Try being in a costume with three or four interconnected layers and suddenly needing to go. I guarantee, the more awkward it is to get out of it, the sooner you’ll need to.

(Historical Notes: Just one of the many benefits to not a serious enough cosplayer to wear anything that can’t mostly be gathered up at Goodwill.  Also, one of the many reasons why the first thing I do after arriving at a convention center is figure out where the bathrooms are.)