Normal People: oh but the Choir has to sing and that strains your voice!
Me: FUCKING BITCH YOU TRY PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT ALMOST TWICE YOUR SIZE, 375 DAYS A YEAR, FROM THE TIME YOU START(which is like, 5th grade) TO THE TIME YOU STOP(which is either death or as a side hobby), IN RAIN, SLEET, SNOW, THUNDER, WHICH, BTW, IS VERY DANGEROUS IS YOU PLAY TRUMPET, TROMBONE, SAXOPHONE(sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass, subcontrabass) PLAY IN 4 FUCKING BANDS, NOT LOSE ANY MUSIC, SIGHT READ A FUCKING PIECE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. WHEN YOU DO ALL THAT IN A YEAR AND SOUND GOOD, THEN WE TALK.
Normal People: but the Choir has to sing in front of millions of people!
Me: BITCH NO. BAND HAS TO PLAY FOR FOOTBALL GAMES, MARCHING BAND, FUCKING PROFESSIONALS, JAZZ PEOPLE, TWICE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN A DAMN CHOIR CONCERT
Normal People: but you don't have to warm up your voice!
Me: you're right.
Me: WE HAVE TO WARM UP FUCKING INSTRUMENTS WITH REEDS, NOZZLES, SLIDES, MALLETS, BELLS, TAMBOURINES AND COW BELLS(don't ask, my school had to use the cow bell once. They played perfectly for such a insulting instrument)
Normal People: *sweats nervously* Umm, you don't have to sing a song 4-5 times a day!
Me: bitch. I have to PLAY THAT FUCKING SONG 100 TIMES PER DAY, IN A SCHOOL WEEK AND NOT ONCE MAKE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH!
Normal People: you don't have to wear itchy uniforms!!!
Me: *sighs* *shows pic of marching band uniform*
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Me: you wanna go?
Normal People: YOU DON'T HAVE TO WALK FROM THE STAGE AND BACK MULTIPLE TIMES
Me: *laughs* fool
Me: *walks in hot uniform, carry alto sax, in 80°F weather* you wanna go?
Normal People: *is speechless*
Me: Band: 6, Choir: 6
Normal: hahaha! Choir has to practice Monday through Friday!
Me: band has to practice 6 months, 2 weeks, 18 days, 315 minutes, 18,900 seconds and a 5 minute water break. And that's for one concert.
Normal People: how the fuck is that even possible!?
Me: Band is a family, Choir is a club. Band is forever, Choir is for a school year.
Me: also; Band kids know how to speak Trumpet, Flute, Drums(tho the BD knows that the best)Saxophone, Clarinet, and many, many, many more.
Normal People: well, Choir has-
Me: let me stop you there. Choir has about, what? 100-200 people?
Normal People: *nods*
Me: this is band:
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Me: and there's always more than it seems.
Normal People: *flips table and leaves*
Me: Band; 10, Choir; 6.
Me: BAND IS LIFE.
Me: BAND IS LOVE.
Me: BAND IS FOREVER.
Me: BAND IS A FAMILY!
Choir People:........
Band People:.........
Both: *at the other* you wanna go?
Both: *answering* HELL YEA BITCHES WE HAVE IT WORST!
