Figures... another trombone player. Best thing about it was the fact that if you took the outer part of the slide off you had an AMAZING weapon to shoot spitballs or even small bits of ice at the cheerleaders with when you're stuck in the stands at another bad football game.
I was never in the marching band(quit before that), I was in the concert and jazz. I liked hitting the flute player in the back of the head with my slide or releasing my spit valve in the backs of their shoes. yep I was that guy.