Whistler?

Whistler? - whistle
@Humbug25 (12540)
November 29, 2008 10:03am CST
No not the artist!! I can whistle without my fingers and also very loudly with my fingers much to my son's delight. I hate it when my son whistles, it really gets on my nerves but I don't know why. I like to listen to people if they are whistling a nice tune but hate it if it is just random whistling. Are you a whistler? Does it get on your nerves when others whistle?
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• United States
30 Nov 08
I can whistle a lil bit. My uncle can do it perfectly. I don't mind if they whistle unless it's supposed to be somewhere quiet or you have something you need to concentrate on it can become a distraction.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
2 Dec 08
Hi ya 3SnuggleBunnies If there is a tune to someone's whistling then it is not so bad! Thanks for your response
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@Anne18 (11029)
30 Nov 08
I can't whistle very well. Children can't whistle. I like to hear the postman etc whistling as they go about there day.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
2 Dec 08
Hi Anne18 I guess some people just can't and that is all there is to it. Someone once told me that it is a hereditary thing. You'll have to ask your folks if they can whistle! I like to hear the posty whistle too, it means they are happy in their job and it is not like it is continual as they go on their merry way. Cheers Anne
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@wolfie34 (26770)
• United Kingdom
29 Nov 08
I can't whistle for toffee, well I can but I get out of breath and I certainly can't whistle a song, I do find whistling annoying! It's a habit to me that people do either when they don't realize it or worst when they are happy, you wonder what they've got to be so happy about especially if you are having a bad day yourself! I can fully appreciate where you are coming from and yes whistling does get on my nerves although it's not as bad as some people's habits ;0)
@wolfie34 (26770)
• United Kingdom
29 Nov 08
Hey don't apologize, in fact you should praise yourself for being so quick on the mark there, wolf whistle indeed LOL!
@Humbug25 (12540)
29 Nov 08
Hi ya wolfie34 What? Not even a wolf whistle? LOL Sorry just had to say that! . Yeah I see what you mean about happy people whistling it's kinda in your face if you are feeling sh***y!! LOL Cheers wolfie
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
30 Nov 08
I can whistle, but I don't. I cannot stand it when other people whistle. My sister taught my son how to whistle a few years ago and it drove me nuts. I was constantly telling him to stop it. He catches himself doing it once in awhile now and stops on his own.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
2 Dec 08
Hi ya lilybug I very rarely whistle actually. More often than not I will wolf whistle with my fingers (as it is very loud) to my friend up the street to embarrass her. She always turns around!! LOL Thanks for responding
@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
30 Nov 08
I do a great bird whistle through my teeth (hard to describe, just trust me). Two weeks ago, I was practicing with the praise team and I was changing my batteries on my mic. As I was popping them in, I realized that my mic was still on. I was back stage and the rest of the team was milling around on stage. So , I decided to do my bird whistle in my mic. Talking stopped. "Do you hear that?" "Is there a bird in here".............pause.................. (Kendra)"Heidi! Is that you?"
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@Humbug25 (12540)
2 Dec 08
Hi ya rocketj1 Hahahaha that's funny. Thanks rocketj1!
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@aisaellis22 (6445)
• United States
30 Nov 08
Hello humbug25! Yes I do know how to whistle. But the sound is not that really good compared to other whistlers. When we (my siblings) were little, my father doesn't need to shout our name or go down just to let us go home, he will just whistle and he has this particular sound that we knew it was him and it means that we have to go home.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
2 Dec 08
Hi there aisaellis22 Sometimes when my son is out of ear shot and I know I can't shout at him loud enough for him to hear me I whistle and he comes back straight away! Thanks for your response
@riyasam (16556)
• India
29 Nov 08
i donot know how to whistle.i have tried many times but only the sound of air comes out,sometimes a very feeble whistle.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
29 Nov 08
Hi ya riyasam Awww shame but I am sure that with a lot of practice you will get there eventually. Thanks for your response
@amanda333 (739)
• France
29 Nov 08
i'll have to admit, it gets on my nerves to
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@Humbug25 (12540)
29 Nov 08
Hi there amanda333 Why is that do you think? Is it because people don't actually whistle anything in particular so therefore it is just a noise? Who knows eh? Thanks
@p1kef1sh (45681)
29 Nov 08
I can whistle, but not loudly and never tunefully Humbug. I was always the boy that couldn't whistle using a piece of grass either. I'm scarred for life by that! LOL. Tuneful whistling is fine, but a noise is awful. That said, I don't hear too many whistlers these days. When I was young every male seemed to have a whistle on the go.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
29 Nov 08
Hi there p1kef1sh I'll send my son on round to your place then!! LOL .. I couldn't whisle using a piece of grass either so you're not on your own there! I can't whistle through my hands though both my brothers can but then they are both left handed too, not that I think that has got anything to do with it!! LOL Cheers p1key
@scorpio19 (1363)
29 Nov 08
Hi Humbug, I whistle ocassionally and I'm a one trick pony because it always comes out "strangers in the night" why I don't know but I have a very different tune in my head but it always turns into strangers in the night, same if I hum. When I was a child if I whistled, my mum without fail would say this " Whistling woman, crowing hen brings the devil out of it's den" never told me to shut up or that's a nice tune just rhymed off her little verse with a knowing nod at the end and a look to enforce the ryhmn, like I was suppose to get whatever the rhymn was suppose to say to me and at the age I was, it meant nothing.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
29 Nov 08
Hi scorpio19 I have never heard that rhyme before. My husband used to say that it wasn't good for women to whistle that it wasn't ladylike to do so. He used to say the same thing about women riding bikes too! Thanks scorpio
@lisa0502 (1724)
• Canada
29 Nov 08
I have a son that drives me nuts when he whistles too. I am not sure why it drives me nuts but it does. I upon occassion whistle myself. Most of the time I can handle people whistling there is just something about hen my son does it.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
29 Nov 08
Hi there lisa0502 It's really strange isn't it? Thanks for your response
@dinkan53 (99)
• Ukraine
29 Nov 08
I can whistle with out fingers.I even love and do tunning songs by whistling., but iam trying from some 15 years to whistle using fingers like my friends do no use.Whistling is a funny skill,i wonder how someone could have a problem withit.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
29 Nov 08
Hi there dinkan53 I think it is ok if someone is whistling a tune but if people are just randomly whistling then it can become annoying. You can't really whistle a tune with your fingers. Thanks for your response