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 Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:10 am
My friend and me were thinking about all the excuses we've heard in our two years and how many actually worked. ._.
These are some that do and do not work for my band, which ones work for yours?
Excuses that do NOT work:
“I’m new.”
“I had to attend a funeral.”
“I gotta go to the bathroom.”
“My alarm clock didn’t go off.”
“Hurricane Ophelia is coming!” [BD: I don't care. >/ | Band: "But the football team isn't practicing either!"]
“I was just decapitated!!!”
“I’m just learning this instrument.”
“I have severe bronchial asthma.”
“The contents of my brain are spilling out of my nose.” (A.K.A nosebleed)
“I just got hit in the head by the bass drum and I can’t remember my name.”
“My instrument’s in the shop.”
“I don’t have any marching shoes/gloves/socks/etc.”
“Crap! We need our uniform!?”
“I’m a freshman.”
“I’m a senior.”
“I had to appear in court.”
Excuses that do work:
“I’m your amazing best saxophone in the state prodigy!”
“I’m on my cycle.”
“My dad controls you.”
“We’ve marched for five hours straight.”
“My mom can get you fired.”
"My mom's your dentist." *hint*hint*
Ultimate worshipping of the band director and/or his counterparts.
Threatening to quit the band (especially if you’re first chair so and so in the state// the only tuba in the band// the only person who can play that solo).
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 3:36 pm
ones that work:
"I have to work"
"I'm too sick"
"i'm on fire"
"My mom grounded me"
"Funeral"
Don't work:
"It was my birthday"
"I've got too much homework"
"I can't find my shoes"
"I don't wanna go"
"my hair doesn't cooperate"
there are more, i just can't think of them yet blaugh
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:53 pm
none work for me...i'm a terrible liar...
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:50 pm
An excuse that used to work in our band was, "My mom's black. >/" Because our director has this terrible fear of strong african-american women.
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:37 pm
Unless there's something preventing us from doing something that we can't help, when we try to give excuses we just get laps and/or push-ups. For instance...someone in my section missed our first competition because he /did/ have to go to a funeral.
Here's one that won't work: "I forgot my music."
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:37 am
my bd had this one kid a few years ago that used the excuse: "I have to go to my grandmas funeral" for every band thing he missed ALL 4 years he was in high school. my bd finally caught on and aksed him how his grandma kept dying after she was dead
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 4:03 pm
Ashkenaz Unless there's something preventing us from doing something that we can't help, when we try to give excuses we just get laps and/or push-ups. For instance...someone in my section missed our first competition because he /did/ have to go to a funeral. Here's one that won't work: "I forgot my music."
My old director didn't excuse us even if we did have a funeral to go to. UNLESS we gave notice 30 days prior, nothing is excusable. [Like I knew my great grandmother would die 30 days ago...]
One time I missed two weeks of school because of dental surgery THEN got the flu. My grade went from an A to a D. After bringing a doctor's note, It went up to a C. I still lost points for not knowing I was gonna be gone 30 days ago. x_x
Here's one I heard Friday;
"I forgot my case."
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:59 pm
Dont:
I have tutoring
my instruments in the shop
Im running a fever
in short, any reasonable reason...
Do:
I have sports
Its my brothers birthday
dentist
doctor
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 6:40 pm
No excuse works for the members of my high school band. We can get by with a lot more in college. It's a shame..
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Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 10:04 am
it was funniiieee......i heard one and it worked.....my baby kitten got stuck in my saxophone and ruined the keys....now it's in the shop.....really. it did...and the next night he brought his kitten...hahaha and it was small enough to get stuck in the thing hahaha!
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 6:15 pm
excuses that don't work:
1. I am tired
2. I am sick
3. There was a tragedy in my family
4. My reed is broken
5. I ripped my knee apart
excuses that do work:
still looking for those
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 5:05 pm
DO work:
funeral
high fever
broken bone
dehydrated (unless you use it TOO much
band historian
i forgot to bring shorts for paractice (they're not allowed to let us on the blacktop w/ jeans until it gets COLD)
DON'T work
forgot music ("share with the person next to you/ should have it memorized" depending on season...)
forgot my shoes ("march in your socks")
forgot my horn
forgot my socks
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 7:44 pm
shortaygurl it was funniiieee......i heard one and it worked.....my baby kitten got stuck in my saxophone and ruined the keys....now it's in the shop.....really. it did...and the next night he brought his kitten...hahaha and it was small enough to get stuck in the thing hahaha! Dude. I might actually know you, because I remember that same exact excuse from last year...scary XD. I forget who it was though.
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 12:51 pm
I can't lie to my band teachers.
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