(I am in a community youth orchestra and we have just finished running through a new piece.)
Conductor: “So this will be the hardest piece on the program. You’ll have to practice. Make sure you play all the wrong notes—”
(The orchestra erupts into laughter.)
Conductor: “The RIGHT notes! You played the wrong notes just fine…”
(My choir has a concert on the weekend and our conductor is telling us the details of it, such as when and where to arrive, what uniform we’re wearing, etc…)
Conductor: “I want you to arrive semi-dressed.”
(The entire choir starts laughing.)
Conductor: “Tha— that came out wrong.”
(She wanted us to come partly in uniform so we could change quickly.)
(During rehearsal, the band director is going through each section separately to work on problem areas. He tends to “sing,” rather badly, notes and rhythms every time we struggle with something.)
Director: “Okay, I think that wraps that up for the flutes. Now for the saxophones…”
Flutist #1: *yells out to the band director* “Hey, can we sing this part at the end?”
Director: “No. No one wants to hear you sing.”
Me: “No one wants to hear you sing, either, but you do it all the time.”
(I slap my hand over my mouth as the rest of the class giggles. I hadn’t meant to say that out loud and was afraid the band director would punish me, but he has a sense of humor.)
Director: *laughing* “You’re lucky you’re one of my best students.”
(My boyfriend and I are lying in bed with a Beatles album on in the background.)
Boyfriend: “Hmm, these Beatles lyrics… They go a bit overboard on the love stuff sometimes.”
Me: *laughing* “Or maybe they genuinely just are that romantic?!”
Boyfriend: “Nah. I mean, ‘I ain’t got nothing but love, babe, eight days a week’?! Sorry. I love you, but I’ve got other s***, too…”
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(It is the week after “The Lego Movie” has come out, and the kids have all been singing “Everything is Awesome,” a song from the soundtrack, off and on. A new little girl comes for her first day and joins right in.)
Teacher’s Assistant: “Man, it’s spreading.”
Me: “Yeah, it’s catchy. I had it stuck in my head for hours after leaving the theater.”
Teacher’s Assistant: “What?”
Me: “From The Lego Movie? It plays over the credits.”
Teacher’s Assistant: “It’s from a movie?!”
Me: “Well, yeah. Where did you think they all learned it?”
Teacher’s Assistant: “I just thought they were all really optimistic this week!”
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