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GReedDiamond

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73. Actually, in over thirty years of playing in clubs...

Wed Apr 30, 2014, 09:52 PM

Apr 2014

...I have never seen a booker who called the cops on the bands that they had booked, for smoking pot or any other minor transgression the booker didn't like.

So, yeah, in my experience, that's never happened before.

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Have you ever been banned from something or thrown out of anywhere? [View all] NightWatcher Apr 2014 OP

Ha! thrown out of a Sunday AM softball game at 18 or so when I yelled at an umpire NRaleighLiberal Apr 2014 #1

Honestly, only once in my entire life. In_The_Wind Apr 2014 #2

How on Earth did you manage that? Chan790 Apr 2014 #26

*snerk* cyberswede Apr 2014 #27

... therefore I am not. In_The_Wind Apr 2014 #33

OMG lovemydog Apr 2014 #44

Dead forum is dead. Skinner should scuttle the ghost ship. chrisa Apr 2014 #54

I was thrown out of a bar once. Aristus Apr 2014 #3

... In_The_Wind Apr 2014 #5

I'm banned from donating plasma. Vashta Nerada Apr 2014 #4

just from an Obama group Skittles Apr 2014 #6

Slacker. I'm banned from both the BOG and the Hillary Group. Scuba Apr 2014 #68

take it as a badge of honor Skittles Apr 2014 #69

Not very 'Progressive' of them huh? chknltl Apr 2014 #76

Only once... Ron Obvious Apr 2014 #7

I got tossed from a Denny's once. bluedigger Apr 2014 #8

I got kicked out of History of Feminism Group... Callmecrazy Apr 2014 #9

Bwah-hah - *crap* THIS will get me banned now!1 n/t UTUSN Apr 2014 #47

I've been bannd from a few DU threads. Jenoch Apr 2014 #10

Thrown out of a college campus Christian group NutmegYankee Apr 2014 #11

Nope; I'm boringly innocuous. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2014 #12

I was suspended from kindergarten once. alarimer Apr 2014 #13

you want I should kick your bad ass, alarimer? Skittles Apr 2014 #16

I got kicked off Cracked.com. Initech Apr 2014 #14

I was with a group meeting in a food court of a local mall mnhtnbb Apr 2014 #15

Thrown out of study hall in high school sammytko Apr 2014 #17

Kicked out of the Estonian House in NYC in the early 1970s LiberalEsto Apr 2014 #18

That's hilarious lovemydog Apr 2014 #42

I was "asked" to leave college twice. hunter Apr 2014 #19

(I was asked to leave law school....too honest to distort the facts.....) lastlib Apr 2014 #20

I flunked out twice too. trof Apr 2014 #62

I flunked two classes in college. hunter Apr 2014 #71

thrown out of Key Club in high school steve2470 Apr 2014 #21

What's Key Club? lovemydog Apr 2014 #43

It's a high school service club jmowreader Apr 2014 #57

kids' version of Kiwanis Club nt steve2470 Apr 2014 #61

I was asked to leave a nonprofit board of directors post NV Whino Apr 2014 #22

ONE HOUR. That's my limit. trof Apr 2014 #63

Yep. NV Whino Apr 2014 #64

I was thrown out of a huge lecture class in college for talking! femmocrat Apr 2014 #23

From untold number of bars all over the world. Kaleva Apr 2014 #24

Thrown out of a liquor store once for my tshirt Arcanetrance Apr 2014 #25

I wanna see it lovemydog Apr 2014 #65

Me too! OriginalGeek May 2014 #79

went to a college party on del playa hopemountain Apr 2014 #28

In the early 90s, I was the drummer in a band called "The Soupcoolers" GReedDiamond Apr 2014 #29

. . . Le Taz Hot Apr 2014 #39

Actually, in over thirty years of playing in clubs... GReedDiamond Apr 2014 #73

Actually, Le Taz Hot May 2014 #81

Thanks for the clarification...I was in a bit of a haze...nt GReedDiamond May 2014 #82

There may be some message board somewhere on the net a long while ago. sakabatou Apr 2014 #30

I got tossed out of a bar when I was 18 for fighting with the bouncer Packerowner740 Apr 2014 #31

The 7th Grade Separation Apr 2014 #32

The state of Missouri hermetic Apr 2014 #34

Catholic school and several drinking establishments. Iggo Apr 2014 #35

Banned from KPFT in 1995 (local Pacifica station.) kentauros Apr 2014 #36

Walked into a bar... doxydad Apr 2014 #37

You ordered Budweiser: a crime against humanity chrisa Apr 2014 #49

Yep. I was banned from substitute teaching at a local school district. DebJ Apr 2014 #38

Almost got kicked by a girl in my confirmation. Xyzse Apr 2014 #40

Thrown out of IHOP for loosening lids lovemydog Apr 2014 #41

Old joke... Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2014 #45

I was banned from a Friendly's on Long Island shenmue Apr 2014 #46

I usually try to keep my finger to the wind and make a dignified depature before it happens. n/t UTUSN Apr 2014 #48

I am banned from ever playing at Hooters again (seriously) Tom Ripley Apr 2014 #50

Client threw me out of a meeting ... Auggie Apr 2014 #51

Asked to leave the Top of the Sixes in NYC for being improperly dressed. nt rrneck Apr 2014 #52

I got kicked out of Fern's Tavern in Long Beach. Throd Apr 2014 #53

I was kicked off another political board which I was briefly on... LeftishBrit Apr 2014 #55

I was banned from my High School library and thrown out of a bar once. Jokerman Apr 2014 #56

I got kicked out of the Soviet Officers Club in East Berlin jmowreader Apr 2014 #58

I have been to East Berlin too but back in '71. chknltl May 2014 #77

Rudolf Hess was the Nazi jmowreader May 2014 #78

Yeah, that would be the Nazi my dad cooked a birthday meal for. chknltl May 2014 #83

Yes bigwillq Apr 2014 #59

Yeah, got kicked out of Darwin's Theory, a dive bar in Anchorage. trof Apr 2014 #60

You got kicked out of Darwin's Theory?? Blue_In_AK Apr 2014 #67

I wear the mark with pride. trof May 2014 #85

I got banned from the Anchorage Daily News comments Blue_In_AK Apr 2014 #66

I have a Ban and Bar Letter from the SAC Base in Omaha around here somewhere. Banned for life. (nt) stone space Apr 2014 #70

Oh yes... A number of places... Ohio Joe Apr 2014 #72

A couple of years ago I got thrown out of the School of Metaphysics... Ino Apr 2014 #74

Oh why not...five times, five diferent places got thrown out. chknltl Apr 2014 #75

1983ish was banned for life from Six Flags Over texas OriginalGeek May 2014 #80

Was thrown out of a bar in Austin BainsBane May 2014 #84