Unfortunate scenarios involving flutes and flutists.
- Mammalian urine. Specifically, urine from a stressed out and angry indoor cat that has sprayed your instrument.
- Wool moths infesting flute pads.
- The piccolo in the parking lot pothole puddle of water.
- The beach.
- Burning Man.
- Theft.
- Absent-mindedly being left on the roof of a car while someone is looking for car keys.
- Being run over by a car.
- Being sat on by a flutist.
- Being flung through the air (by flutists, non-flutists, and a dog) and landing hard on the ground.
- Being used as a lever by a 10-year old with a limited knowledge of Archimedian principles.
- Being used as a bat in a game of baseball.
- Sleep-deprived, new mothers.
- Flutists passing out on seeing their instruments being disassembled for the first time.