Why dont people whistle anymore?

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People whistle all the time!

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Now people have ear pods.

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I sure do.

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My grandpappy used to say, “if you ain’t whistlin’, you ain’t livin’.”

Actually, he didn’t say that but I thought it sounded good.

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Had a painter in recently, bloke was about 60, whistled constantly.

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Quick, post your favorite whistler

I used to whistle when I worked in restaurants and occasionally the BOH guys would join in. It was the closest thing to polite conversation we had.

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Jan Lindblad could imitate any swedish bird and started touring as a juggler + whistleartist in the 50s. He traveled the world whistling, making naturemovies and also imitating foreign birds. He lived with 2 big ass tigers in the forest very close to where I grew up. He was one of the best selling artists in Sweden in the 70s. He died in Sri Lanka probably while whistling.

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I haven’t notice a lack of whistling. Hmmm. I whistle all the time, along with humming and singing :man_shrugging:

The other day I was singing “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” and startled a person waiting for the bus - she physically jumped. I didn’t mean to frighten her, I just didn’t see her.

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BEAT ME TO IT!!! I had it queued up before my lunch break!!

NERVOUS TIC MOTION!!

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I whistle all the goddamn time. favorites are the random stupid songs we came up with for our dogs. or whistling along to the X Files theme when we binge those :rofl:

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I whistled today. When I hear a local bird, I try to match it’s call.

My father in law whistled all the time in perfect pitch. He was also in a Barber shop quartet most of his life.

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Sorry, there’s no actual whistling, but I mean, it’s called The Whistle Song so someone had to post it.

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The first one it comes to my mind is Bob Sinclair:

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I don’t think I would have even learned without that song!

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As young kids some grown ups used to try to fool us when we did not eat the crust of the bread.
They said: ‘You’ll never learn how to whistle if you don’t eat that crust.’ I was young enough to believe it, but I found it strange.

Of course not the only things we have been made to believe as children but this was less impactful :upside_down_face:

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I keep a little dirt under my pillow for the Dirtman.

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Yey Whistling! I have 3 whistle techniques:

  1. Normal tout-lip whistle : muscles required, mid volume, incl. vibrato)
  2. Between the teeth whistle : less muscles required, low volume, chill)
  3. Curled tongue whistle : weird face required, super loud - like as if with fingers in mouth, but without fingers - very handy at loud festivals with equipment or beers in hands)

OT: I like to whistle, to practice melodies of songs I know, to see how far I get - or just to come up with new melodies (sometimes I record them too).

Nice.

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