Whistle Blowing / myLot

South Africa

January 11, 2017 1:00am CST

Strange whistle blowing noises are ringing out in my neck of the woods and as per my usual inquisitive nature, I went investigating . . . It seems the "garbage removal truck" has implemented a new system which requires a whistle - the referee kind of whistle, which is blown every time the pick up at a certain point is done! Quite a clever idea but I think on Wednesdays it might just drive me crazy with all the whistle blowing goings on. Which brings to mind, how many of you have never, ever, blown a whistle of the referee kind? I used one for 25 years while umpiring hockey, and now it is in my handbag as a "protection" mechanism. Lets hear it from the myLots! total randomness is my postcard, just as my topic!

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8 responses

M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

15 Jan 17

My whistle story is second-hand. A colleague of mine can perfectly imitate a whistle as it is used in train stations. I heard him. It's true. He told me that once he set a train in motion because the driver of the locomotive had taken it for real.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

16 Jan 17

Oh goodness me, that could be quite the leading to a train smash

M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

16 Jan 17

@Inlemay It wasn't as dramatic as you think. The conductor was ready to blow the whistle. My colleague whistled just some seconds before him.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

16 Jan 17

@MALUSE I remember catching a train in Germany and when that whistle blows then you are probably LATER than you think - no getting on after that - German Preciseness

Val

@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

12 Jan 17

This reminded me of the days when the postie used to blow a whistle every time she delivered mail to a letter box.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

11 Jan 17

I would find it very annoying for the refuse collectors to keep blowing whistles.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

11 Jan 17

Same as Judy I have never blown a referee whistle, but I remember very well I threw in the garbage a whistle that my younger brother received as a gift. He was driving me crazy, I have always hated the noises. My father approved me a lot, unfortunately not my Mom.

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