Top Signs You're a Marching Band Member
1. You walk into the band room and are greeted by two guys wearing nothing but boxers and a smile but arent fased in the least.

2. You respond to some one yelling "Yo TMHS clarinet"(enter your hs and instrument where applicable) 

3. You work out a morse code with the sousaphones to let the other band know what tunes up next.

4. You list your home address ad the band room.

5. The first person you tell if you're sick is the band director

6. You have deep discussions, and even heated arguements , with your instrument(s)

7. Two of your close friends have adopted a pager as their daughter,named her, and have custody battles over her.(although you believe it has something to do with
the vibrate option...)

8. You've had a friend babysit a gigapet and he became more protective of it than you were.

9. You are prone to symptoms like those of mono.

10. You can never get a date, simply because the one night you have free is spent catching up on homework and sleep.

11. You have fond memories of a bean bag chair.

12. Your non- band friends don't know you exist from late August thru January, and then again from April thru June.

13. You begin to hate pizza.

14. You have no qualms about what you eat in front of who

15. You feel you've eaten way too many meals in the band room.

16. You have slept on a school with 30 of your closest friends and worst enemies.

17. You cannot get over your crush, simply because you sit next to him every day.

18. You know what a trip to Dallas REALLY means.

19. You practice music, along with keeping friends awake AND keeping them from killing each other.

20. The hottest topic of conversation is who will get drum majou next year.

21. You spend your ungodly ammount of rests during the trumpet solos choreographing small dances so you dont fall asleep.

My thanx to several of my best buds in the TMHS Band & Chorus for helping me compile this list. If you have any additions email them to me. In closing I ask one
question :"Joey, where's the phone?" Thank you and goodnight. :)