Most Embarrassing Inadvertant

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Ok, we've all had them. I'll start off because they're worth a laugh anyway - and they're great learning tools.

It was a Bantam game (14/15 year old). When I'm a WH I always wear a finger whistle. I'm talking too much and there is nothing more embarrassing than a referee who blows an inadvertant whistle so I want to keep the thing out of my face.

It's 3rd down and we're in a punt formation (this is Canadian ball). I'm in my standard spot waiting for the snap to come back to the kicker. For some reason I've got my whistle plugged into my face. So, snap comes back...punter gets the ball....no sooner had the ball hit the punter's foot than my whistle is toooooting.

Of course my arse is pointing at the punter's bench when this goes on and so crows the coach, "ok, I'd like to know why we're killing this play". I turned around and said to the coach, "so would I coach. I think I just bought my crew the first round"

Ugh.