<p>I don’t know so much about those instrument stereotypes, but at my son’s high school it was actually “cool” to be in marching band -very different than my high school 25+ years ago. Marching band members had pretty much the same social status as football players and cheerleaders.</p>
<p>It’s is a very economically homogeneous student body, almost no poverty or high wealth groups in our community. I suspect that has something to do with there not being much of a trend towards “clicks”.</p>
<p>I have always been told that trumpets consistantly think that they are the best, and are over critical of everyone else (including other trumpet players) - suggesting that every non-trumpet brass player plays something else because they arn’t “good enough” for trumpet (although I personally don’t believe that).</p>
<p>Anyhow, I recently ran across this:</p>
<p>What’s the difference between a violin and a viola? A viola burns longer. </p>
<p>What’s the difference between a viola and an onion? No one cries when you cut up a viola. J</p>
<p>How do you fix a tuba? With a tuba glue…</p>
<p>what’s the difference between a viola and a chainsaw? You can’t fake cutting down a tree! </p>
<p>What do you call 20 violists jumping out of an airplane? Target practice. </p>
<p>What do you call a trombonist with a week-at-a-glance calendar? An optimist. </p>
<p>how do you get 2 oboes to play in tune? shoot one 
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<p>What do you call a drummer without a girlfriend? HOMELESS! </p>
<p>How many Trumpet players does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Five. 1 to screw it in and 4 to tell each other how much better they would’ve done it. </p>
<p>How do you get two piccolos to play in unison? Get rid of one. </p>
<p>A girl went out on a date with a trumpet player, and when she came back her roommate asked, “Well, how was it? Did his embouchure make him a great kisser?” “Nah,” she replied. “That dry, tight, tiny little pucker; it was no fun at all.” The… next night she went out with a tuba player, and when she came back her roommate asked, “Well, how was his kissing?” “Ugh!” she exclaimed. "Those huge, rubbery, blubbery, slobbering slabs of meat; oh, it was just gross! The next night she went out with a French horn player, and when she came back her roommate asked, “Well, how was his kissing?” “Well,” she replied, “his kissing was just so-so; but I loved the way he held me!”</p>
<p>Know what the difference in an Oboe and a trampoline is? You’re supposed to take your shoes off before jumping on a trampoline. </p>
<p>How do you make a Trombone sound like a French Horn? Put your hand in the bell and miss lots of notes.</p>
<p>Put a clarinet on your dash in your car and you can park in the handicap zone!</p>