Nov 27, 2004 22:55
okay so there are about 800 of these but this is too
funny.. anyways the bolded ones are the ones i find the most
humerous!!!.. hehe this is #'s 1-50
1. You hear music on the radio and you start marking time.
2. You're walking behind someone and you're in step with them.
3. You try to guess the tempo of your favorite song.
4. All your friends are in band.
5. You don't mind changing clothes on the bus (see below).
6. You know how to change on the bus without revealing anything.
7. People ask you about your social life and you say "Oh you mean
my flute?"
8. You've had a "trombone-ectomy"
9. You practice your instrument more than you talk to your dog.
10. Being mauled by a drum is a normal part of life.
11. "Armed guard" means a girl with a pole, not a guy with a gun.
12. You remember sharps and flats more easily than you remember the
name of the president.
13. You've named your instrument.
14. You see your section more than you see your family.
15. Everyone wants to kill the other football team...and you want
to kill the other band.
16. You have dreams about selling band candy.
17. You accidentally call your band director "Dad".
18. Reeds taste good.
19. You subconsciously start practicing with a pencil.
20. You roll step through the cafeteria so you don't spill your food.
21. You're alone and you suffocate because no one's telling you to
breathe.
22. The band room is your second home. It is your home
if you've got it bad.
23. You think a national monument should be built honoring John Philip
Sousa. Hell, they should just chip off one of those president heads
and put it there.
24. You've actually been to band camp and consider it the highlight
of your summer.
25. You recite the alphabet A through G then start back at A again.
26. Someone could empty their spit valve on your shoe and you wouldn't
care.
27. Spit rags/swabbers don't gross you out (see above).
28. You carry cork grease in your pocket.
29. You know what a shako is and insist on calling them that, threatening
to kick anyone who dares to call them 'hats'.
30. 9/2 time scares the b'jeezus out of you, while dying a slow painful
death in a pit of snakes doesn't.
31. Your philosophy is: "If you don't have your mouthpiece then what
the heck is that noise coming out of your mouth?"
32. You and your pals have memorized the entire repertoire for the
year and can play your respective parts together...on kazoos.
33. You hear a song on the radio and think: "Hey, this'd make a good
pep band song."
34. You don't describe people by going "She's got brown hair, dark
eyes, kind of tall..", but go "She's an alto sax."
35. Your conductor is your hero.
36. You have a designated section in your closet dubbed "for concert
attire".
37. You have a harness/neck strap tan line.
38. Pep band is the highlight of your week.
39. You go around humming the last song you practiced, even if it's
Bb major scale.
40. A random person could punch you in the face and you wouldn't respond,
but you'll fight to the death over who in your section gets to play the solo.
41. Someone yells out "Hey Tuba boy!" and you respond.
42. Your biggest crush was/is your drum major.
43. You go to parades that you are not in and make sure lines are
straight, horn angles are parallel, and everyone is in step.
44. You listen to the classical station and can name off songs that
you remember playing in band.
45. You always start off on the left foot.
46. You find it complicated to get in step with your reflection.
47. You've seen "Mr.Holland's Opus" 26 times.
48. Everybody in band fights like they're family.
49. When walking down the hall you are in step with your friends. If
someone is not, they fall behind or do a little foot shuffle to get in
step.
50. You have dents in your furniture from hitting it with drumsticks
or spit stains from emptying your valve.