51. You know how to play
10 popular-stand tunes, but know the words to none of them.
52. You point out key changes and dynamics when you listen to the
radio.
53. You can strip out of your uniform in less than a minute WITHOUT
getting it on the floor in order to use the bathroom.
54. You can carry four different food products at a time and eat them
while standing with your instrument on moving bleachers in the rain and not
drop any crumbs on your pep band jersey.
55. Having people help dress and undress you isn't even remotely sexually
stimulating.
56. You know how to walk on mud without slipping.
57. You miss class to march in a parade.
58. You point out instruments from the music in cartoons.
59. You're still humming band music from three years ago.
60. You start screaming "LEFT! LEFT! LEFT!" to the people
that walk in front of you on your way to class.
61. You've never had to pay to get into a football/basketball game.
62. Your feet are together, your stomach is in, your shoulders are
back, your head is up, and your eyes are "with pride." 24/7.
63. You've been wittness to a fallen xylophone, bells, chimes, or
marimba.
64. Your English teacher is discussing banned bookes and you think
- "band books?"
65. You sit at what is known by all as the "Band Table" in the cafeteria.
66. You pile as many band people as you can in one car to go and see
"Final Fantasy".
67. You tell people in the movie theater they're humming the "Final
Fantasy" tune out of key.
68. You either hate orchestra or are incredibly envious of it.
69. You never go anywhere without a deck of cards (see below).
70. Your deck of cards have been used to such a degree that they've
been ripped and taped, have dog eared corners, are an odd pinkish tinge, can
no longer fit into their box, and people ask if they'll contract chlamidya
from them. Amazingly though, you still have all 52.
71. Instead of doing the "L = left" thing with your hands, you take
one step forward to figure out which is right and which is left.
72. You'll clean up the uniform room for a free soda.
73. You're feeling sick at school, but you don't go home until after
band.
74. Your friends (uh...
friend) who
aren't in band hang out in the band room before class starts.
75. You've never ever sat in your class section at a pep rally because
you're playing.
76. You still and always will find "Sax-a-ma-PHONE!" entertaining.
77. You find yourself drawing characters in uniforms with instruments.
78. You're in band, but you don 't play an instrument (see below).
79. You like band so much but you don't know how to play an instrument,
so you join and become a runner for the band.
80. Normal people bet on horse racing, you bet on the DCI Championship.
81. People you haven't seen since elementary school go up to you and
say "Hey, you're that one clarinet girl!"
82. In the hallway at school, someone drops a pencil and you holler
"STICK!!!"
83. Someone starts clapping and you get nervous.
84. If your dog called you to attention you wouldn't faint out of
surprise until the at-ease.
85. Friends tell you to "pee clear."
86. If you actually get to watch a parade in the off-season, you get
the urge to say things like "Second rank, left file, watch the intervals!"
87. You name the city and the show, your friends know exactly when
you're talking about.
88. Immediate respect for any drum major.
89. "Beef" has nothing to do with cows.
90. (If you tour) You have a refined ability to walk down an aisle
on the edges of bus seats.
91. (See above) You fight over who gets to sleep on the floor.
92. You go into spasms if you aren't in the same room as your instrument
for more than two hours.
93. Someone asks you who your favorite band is and you say"High school
or college? 4A or 5A school? DCI or what?"
94. Wal-Mart is having a sale on lawn ornaments and you think "Wow,
they're selling pit members now?"
95. You dent a tuba and blame it on flag line.
96. When you do squatt and go's to get to a class you are late for.
97. You go to other football games to watch the other band.
98. You play the fight songs for FUN!
99. You listen to band demo CDs in your car.
100. Your CDs consist of mainly orchestral/band music.