<p>^It takes up a ton of time with reed making, tuning, and other maintenance stuff, but it's a lot of fun to play.</p>
<p>You also feel like a member of a cult at honor bands :]</p>
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<p>It's so true. I was just in attendance at the local university honor band and almost everyone had on their band shirts and sweaters. Mine were all dirty so I couldn't wear them. It was really neat though.</p>
<p>^We pass time making fun of the other sections, i.e. laughing at the trumpets that can't triple tongue, repeating old jokes about oboes (What's an oboe best used for? -Fire wood. What's the best way to get two oboes in tune? Shoot one), and organizing Tupperware for our reeds. It's a blast :)</p>
<p>as a fellow double-reeder, i like faggottis too.</p>
<p>what's the difference between an oboe and a bassoon?
the bassoon burns longer.</p>
<p>trombone! -- why does the trombonist's kid hate the playground? he can't use the slide or swing...something like that.</p>