Guest Posted January 19, 2008 Posted January 19, 2008 So I've been sufering from a cold all week (and right in the middle of the january exams, thank you irony gods...) which meant that by the time I got to my orchestra rehearsal last night I was pretty fed up. The annoying lapse in obs with which to distract myself seemed to be all that life could throw at me in the name of irritation, when suddenly I get a tickle. Now those of you who play an instrument probably realise how inconvenient this is, especially when its crammed under your chin and you're using it to play some of David Stone's "arrangements", by which I mean careless tramplings. So as I sit there bored with his rubbish ostinato part, I suddenly feel a massive tickle in the back of my nose. I immedietly sneeze strongly into my elbow, quite wetly and doubled over in my chair. My desk partner jumps out of her skin as I do it again, and we all laugh for a second. As we sit there in a few bars of no playing, I hitch. Strongly. And I mean I basically hiccuped, but then I did it again. And again. And we started playing again. So I'm sitting there, trying to sneeze AND play at the same time, and I can feel my nostrils going on a jig until eventually I stop playing and put my finger under my nose until its gone away. By this time its not funny anymore, but at least it had gone away. Apparantly I looked like I was scared of the guy in front...
SweetP Posted January 19, 2008 Posted January 19, 2008 lol awww that would suck, but it was cute too. i had a cold during exams too and that too sux majorly. Hope ur feeling better!SweetP
Guest Posted January 19, 2008 Posted January 19, 2008 Ta guys, I figure I owe you a cute self ob anyway Lalena!
Lalena Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 Ta guys, I figure I owe you a cute self ob anyway Lalena!
count tiszula Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 Yes, sneezing while holding an instrument; excellent. I remember a violinist telling me about how her conductor had said [in a heavy Hungarian accent of course] " It is good to sneeze; but not so much." Any news of sneezing amongst wind or coperblasers; that could be spectacular...
Lynne Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 I played violin when I was younger, and the rosin would always make me sneeze
donttakenostuff Posted January 20, 2008 Posted January 20, 2008 Great observations, I played the violin so I know how difficult it can be to play and sneeze, oh my
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