Learnt to whistle...

[andyoxon]

has mini ao (10), but she 'practises' all the time, and it seems to be at just the wrong pitch - the kind that that really starts to irritate...    I tried to bring in a rule of no 'random' whistling, but to no avail.  What can I do?   

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I think we should have a poll...and I'm moving the thread because the first mention of "homosexualist" probably rendered it unsuitable for kidstuff.  See you in The Pub, er...kids.

[Oscar's dad]

Super glue her lips together whilst she's asleep?  

Only kidding!

Sensible suggestion: buy her a penny whistle.  Very easy to learn.  Even I can knock out a couple of tunes.

[rogerzilla]

The gold standard in our house was to be able to whistle the theme from "Roobarb" (it's quite an odd tune).

Girls can't whistle properly, except Julie Andrews.

[Regulator]

The gold standard in our house was to be able to whistle the theme from "Roobarb" (it's quite an odd tune).

Girls can't whistle properly, except Julie Andrews.

***Settles down with popcorn to watch Roger getting a slapping from Charlotte and the other fragrant ladies of the forum  ***

[Jaded]

According to James Bond* you are a homosexualist if you can't whistle.

* a James Bond book - can't remember which one.

[clarion]

That Roger Whittaker must be a real man!:o

[andyoxon]

Oscars Dad/rr – she can already sight read recorder and cello music – so it obviously looking for another kind of outlet... Actually I haven’t mentioned this before, but one of my hidden talents is being able to talk to* our feathered friends (not quite nightingale yet) through a whistling technique, honed over many years – you could say a modern day avian Dr Doolitle.  So I may yet be able to direct her whistling energies.

I can’t help it but I just don’t like listening to music through headphones while doing something else, it has to be while slouched in an arm chair – doing nothing...

*OK, well... Mimic.

[pcolbeck]

Can you come round and tell our chickens that they aren't allowed to eat the food next door puts out for the birds please ?

[Tim Hall]

The Bond thing isn't quite right.

I don't think it was Bond who said it (I read the particular book the other day) but more to the point it was being a homosexualist means you can't whistle, not that being unable to whistle makes you a homsexualist. IYSWIM.

I taught some of my Scouts to whistle, fingers in the mouth, hailing a cab stylee.

I then told them they weren't allowed to do it until they could tell me where the line "You know how to whsitle, don't you Teeth Grinder Steve? You just put your lips together and blow" comes from.  No takers yet.

[rogerzilla]

I think we should have a poll...and I'm moving the thread because the first mention of "homosexualist" probably rendered it unsuitable for kidstuff.  See you in The Pub, er...kids.

[fuzzy]

If by whistle you mean emit a high pitched noise then yes.

If by whistle you mean emit a tuneful melody then yes (according to my tone deaf ears but 'hell no, quit that godawful noise!' according the the rest of the world).

[Cunobelin]

Tell her its dangerous!

Whistling is banned in the Royal (and Merchant?) Navy

Whistling is forbidden in most ships if only for the reason that it can often be confused with the sound of the boatswain’s call used for attracting attention before making a pipe. A former reason for the no-whistling rule was that it was the custom to whistle a wind when becalmed in a sailing ship; if perchance a gale ensued the assumption was that they overdid it. So sailors, being superstitious, rigidly curtailed their whistling habits.  At the time of whistling for a wind it was customary to drive a knife into the mainmast on the bearing the wind was desired.

There is also a custom that a taut hawser would emit a whistling sound if it was about to break and this could be masked....

[Julian]

I think we should have a poll...and I'm moving the thread because the first mention of "homosexualist" probably rendered it unsuitable for kidstuff.  See you in The Pub, er...kids.

The mere mention of homosexualists renders a thread unsuitable for kidstuff?

*raises eyebrow*

[andrewc]

According to James Bond* you are a homosexualist if you can't whistle.

* a James Bond book - can't remember which one.

"The Man With The Golden Gun", if my alcohol steeped braincells are working.

 James & M discussing Francisco Scaramanga.   It's approx 30 years since I read it....  or possibly M reading Scaramanga's file.  I recall that M immediately tried to whistle himself...

[rogerzilla]

The OP is about mini ao (10). If it is now unsuitable for juveniles, get rid of the offending words, not mini ao.

If AO major is OK with it.

[Chris S]

Right - firstly, I'm the proud progenitor of three, which probably means I'm straight (well, I was straight enough on at least three occasions).

I can whistle.

OK - I'm no Roger Whitaker, but I can carry a tune. I can also crack 100Db with my fingers-in-the-mouth whistle; very useful for hailing lost family members across large tracts of East Anglia  .

Whistling is a man thing. I've yet to see a girl who can whistle properly.

[Julian]

I can whistle reasonably well.  Well, I can carry a tune, although I can't do the fingers-in-the-mouth eardrum threatening thing.

[Jaded]

I can whistle reasonably well.  Well, I can carry a tune, although I can't do the fingers-in-the-mouth eardrum threatening thing.

Goodness, is that where the fingers are supposed to be?

[Tim Hall]

I'm here because my dad can whistle.  When he first met my mum, one of things that struck her about him was his whistling ability. Bless.

For the fingers in mouth ear drum threatening thing, use the fingers to fold the tip of the tongue back ontop of itself. Adjust the gap between the fingers and blow.

[RainOrShine]

What can I do? 

Be thankful that she didn't start when she was seven?

<frazzled smiley>

[Regulator]

According to James Bond* you are a homosexualist if you can't whistle.

* a James Bond book - can't remember which one.

"The Man With The Golden Gun", if my alcohol steeped braincells are working.

 James & M discussing Francisco Scaramanga.   It's approx 30 years since I read it....  or possibly M reading Scaramanga's file.  I recall that M immediately tried to whistle himself...

I can whistle quite well.......




ARRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!

 


I must be heterosexual.... 

 

What will I tell my mother?

[Wendy]

For the fingers in mouth ear drum threatening thing, use the fingers to fold the tip of the tongue back ontop of itself. Adjust the gap between the fingers and blow.

I'm trying, I'd love to learn how to do this!

[clarion]

According to James Bond* you are a homosexualist if you can't whistle.

* a James Bond book - can't remember which one.

"The Man With The Golden Gun", if my alcohol steeped braincells are working.

 James & M discussing Francisco Scaramanga.   It's approx 30 years since I read it....  or possibly M reading Scaramanga's file.  I recall that M immediately tried to whistle himself...

I can whistle quite well.......




ARRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!

 


I must be heterosexual.... 

 

What will I tell my mother?

What will you tell Mr R?