Most of this list has been taken from Katie K.'s site, but I added some of my own! Thanks for letting me borrow it Katie! =)
You're a CHS bandie if....
1. You call Mr. Vitello "V" to his face.
2. You know the "Pretzel Rod Story".
3. You know what BCE stands for.
4. You eat lunch in the band room.
5. You're in the band room almost as much as Karda
6. You've helped fill the vending machine at one time or another.
7. You've actually persuaded V to give you his keys.
8. You go crazy because it's "6th Period!".
9. You've taken a ride on "The Tuffy".
10. You enjoy Pep band.
11. You smirk whenever hearing the letter R.
12. You've "camped out" in the band room.
13. You have a hoarde of band pencils
14. When you don't match, you proclaim you "Vitello Match".
15. You refer to yourself as co-assistant vice president or treasurer.
16. You know where the chess pieces really are. >;)
17. You've written on the graffiti piano in the blue room (I have not!)
18. You feel the urge to kick soprano saxophones over..and also kick the sop. sax players!
19. You've ever had the urge to say, "Here's the beat right back at you!" and tap Mr. E's shoulder with the beat
20. You run if you hear the words, "I'm in an excellant mood!"
21. You've practiced into the new year.
22. You've made an "R Stand".
23. You know who Evil spice, Nasal spice, and Chin spice really are.
24. You're laugh has turned into a nasal giggle.
25. You enjoy practicing in the coat room.
26. You know where the band time capsule is, and you've contributed to it.
27. You know what's in V's desk.
28. Trumpets make you shudder.
29. You remember the time you did...
30. You know what band sex is.
31. You've ever been locked in a band locker.
32. You made friends with your metronome and tuner.
33. You've attended a popcorn party.
34. You're a dumb.......ass!
35. You've made a BCE cookie.
36. You think a person is hotter if they're in band.
37. You've been yelled at by Stroth. (hasn't everyone?)
38. You've gotten caught or almost gotten caught going to a "lesson"
39. You've been kinda yelled at but really nasal giggled at by Vitello.
40. You've gone to a lesson during English.
41. You laugh when hearing the "Pop Goes the Weasael" song.
42. You've caught the trumpet disease.
43. You strive to own a blue camouflage shirt.
44. You get nervous around chapstick.
45. You're glad I feel that way.
46. You've told V he doesn't match.
47. You enjoy "Balding Beef".
48. You like to bang on bathroom doors.
49. You've ever changed in the band room, and cared that other people saw you change.
50. You have dreams about other bandies smoking in the band bathroom.
51. You have friends from the other school's Wind Ensembles.
52. You encourage others to go to band camp with you.
53. You want CHS to have an official marching band.
54. You own a 2001 ECMEA sticker. Now those are hard to come by!
55. You actually want to be in concert band so you can say you've been in all 3 bands.
56. You have amassed a large amount of band items in your closet.
57. You've made a band website. Hm...
58. You notice that the band room smells differently than other rooms in the school.
59. You ritually walk into the band room before you go home after school so you can make a "cameo apperance at the band room".
60. You steal empty Skittles boxes from filling the machine and put them in your locker.
61. You've played chess with someone at least once in the small ensemble room.
62. You've tried on the old marching band apparel in the coat room.
63. You've almost dislodged a carpeted panel from the wall. (this one's better than the reason I had before)
64. You are upset when you get a 99 in band (GRRRR!!!!)
65. You beg alumni to tell you stories about band before V and Eicher at summer band.
66. You made at least one prank phone call on the phone that used to be in the band room...
67. You practice at least one hour a day, and brag about how you used to practice 3 hours when you were a freshman.
68. You've read the book of "10 Things..." that Barb and I wrote.
69. You glued a crayon to your band folder because a fellow bandie gave it to you.
70. You get angry when people call euphoniums "baritones", even if you don't play them.
71. You've had your clothing/other vestments thrown in a puddle of trumpet spit. (poor Barb!)
72. You have every "Reagan" to be a bandie. Oops, you mean reason! =)
These next 3 by Eleanor:
73. You've asked V if he's curvy, as in not straight.
74. You asked V to sing for you...and he did.
75. You've asked V if he's burning down the house.
The following 5 contributed by Brian:
76. If you know if we're talking about sex or chess
77. You have whumphed a piano
78. You have stepped in trombone/trumpet/tuba/euphonium spit multiple times, even when there have been no trombones/trumpets/tubas/euphoniums in the room for a while
79. Have made a behind-the-back throw of chess pieces into the sax case
80. Want to massacre Brad (oh wait, did I say that?)
A whopping 17 more from Brad...
81. You've reached for the canadien nickel.
82. You've used a combos box for your time capsule.
83. You know what the blue small practicing rooms are really used for ;-)
84. You've ever taken Karda's books and stuffed them in Goodman's alto locker.
85. If, out of a 180 day school year, and not counting lessons and days you just happen to end up down there, you're down there 76 days.
86. You just felt like running into the busted door...and it opened!
87. You've used the Vibroslap.
88. You've moved the crappy percussion instruments up the ramp and proceeded to have it run away from you
89. You know all of V's hiding places for Karda's books.
90. You've played the flugal horn and you can get out more notes than the trumpeters (woodwinds only!)
91. You remember the day of 'no sex in the band room'.
92. You've made a dent in the back room of the band room.
93. You've contributed into the 'Throw Your Crap In Here So It Smells By Senior Year Fund' behind the instrment holder in the Small Ensemble Room
94. You've called Brian a gay whore (oops, that's everyone){you're mean, Brad!}
95. You've observed Jen Andrews collapsing to the floor over her romantic troubles (and helped her back up)
96. You've learned the backround marimba part to 'Be Thou My Vision'
97. You've had band sex w/ Mr. E (shut up y'all, I am getting a new Selmer Level VI alto so that's over)
And another 3 more from Brad!
98. You know everyone's nickname and where they got it.
99. You've taken a ride in V's Beemer to get to a sectional early.
100. You know the origin of the "heater" joke at Eicher's house
101. You can make this list longer!
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