I have a big list of things to write these little rants about, but here’s the one that I think is the most fun right now:
Back in high school, for the Tiny Tots concert, each section needed to pick a piece to play to showcase their instrument (Tiny Tots is advertising for band). The trombones my senior year picked Baby It’s Cold Outside as their song, and they had two parts. One part was played by the two tenor trombones and the other part was played by the lone bass trombone.
My dear friend played bass trombone, and somehow the question was brought to him: what part are you playing? And with absolute confidence he told us that the low part was the woman. We were all incredibly confused. He alleges that he somehow listened to a weird version of the song where the woman sang the man part, but he also is just a goofy guy.
After all, this is the friend who told me, utterly serious and with a straight face:
Now, I know Nevada isn’t a state
At least he wasn’t my English teacher trying to spell chronological, but that’s a story for another day.