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Old Thu Feb 12, 2009, 01:49pm
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I'm the R and I handle the opening game toss. I blow the whistle, step in and throw it, then try to avoid the players scrambling. The tip didn't go very for and about 2 seconds after A1 controls it B1 grabs it for a held ball. I immediately blow... well I start to blow but I don't have my whistle in. The two players are starting to look at me waiting for my whistle - as am I. Fortunately, my partner sees my floundering for my whistle and takes over. The HC got a big kick out of it.

Life of a first year ref I guess.
Did a game in Northern Ontario once. Whistle fell out of my mouth just as I went to blow it.

I yelled "Stop". Then signalled the illegal dribble. Everyone laughed. I've also covered for my P before too, in both basketball and football. It's funny when those situations happen.
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Old Thu Feb 12, 2009, 02:05pm
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Did a game in Northern Ontario once. Whistle fell out of my mouth just as I went to blow it.
Does that happen a lot in Northern Ontario?
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Old Thu Feb 12, 2009, 02:17pm
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Does that happen a lot in Northern Ontario?
It depends... is there anything wrong with that?
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B15U game a few weeks ago and my partner sneezed! Tweet! IW. Funny as heck!
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Old Thu Feb 12, 2009, 06:01pm
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I spit out my fox mini without a mouth guard before, sounded like twee-ftttt. Put the whistle back in my mouth and called the violation. Got a good laugh, coach tried to argue that it was a late call. I said, "I tried to whistle the call when it happened but spit out my whistle, you know it was the right call."
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Old Sat Feb 14, 2009, 11:03am
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....... coach tried to argue that it was a late call.
When a coach yells about a late call or a late whistle it's the same as them saying good call. If they thought the call was wrong they'd yell that, and early/late wouldn't matter.
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Old Sat Feb 14, 2009, 11:26pm
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I had a partner who was sucking on a piece of hard candy and thought he was blowing on his whistle but instead ended up spitting the candy across the gym floor. This is one of the several reasons I won't chew gum or anything else during a game!
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Old Sat Feb 14, 2009, 09:09am
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It depends... is there anything wrong with that?
Short story, reference to N.O. didn't seem germane unless I was missing something (which happens periodically).
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