A concert or marching bandinstrument. It has a high notes that can make grown men cry, and low notes that can calm crying babies. It is the best instrument known to mankind. Band directors find the flute players to be hateful. They have the biggest ego. Forget about trumpet egos. Flutes are worse.
two boys are tubing down the river. one boy asks "...what's the past tense of float?" a few moments pass, then both boys simultaneously say "WHAT FLUTE!"