Where are all the whistlers?

What is the flipping matter with people? How can whistling possibly "offend". It is fun, jolly and uplifting. Miserable killjoys.

My father was a whistler. I loved it. I am useless, so much so that I have had to buy a whistle for the dogs, rather than using my born with lips!

Does anyone remember "Susannah's a Funickle Man"? He did it brilliantly (with whistling and snorting). Used to have me in hysterics.

A workman here today was whistling at one point. I’d rather hear that than the awful ‘music’ one of them was listening to last week.

I mentioned this thread to Dh after he was quietly whistling doing the washing up last night. He says he doesn’t whistle out of the house nowadays in case it offends anyone, which it seems from this thread is quite likely. 👀

I used to whistle all the time but since getting dentures I can't now!

I think it's almost imperceptible movements of the lips that change the note that comes out.

Astitchintime my grandchildren can all make the whistling sound but I’ve tried in vain to teach them how to convert that into a recognisable tune. I can’t figure out how to explain it to them. They are fascinated how I can whistle a tune on demand. They’ve all got their front teeth, unlike the little girl in this clip, so that’s not the problem 😆

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Astitchintime

I would love to be able to whistle - can any whistling GNetters. offer any tips and how to master it please?

Can you make any sound at all, if you try?

I suspect it's far more difficult to explain than do.

My DH was the same Whietwavemark. He used to whistle while doing one of his projects. My mum was in the WAAF in the war and could whistle loudly through her teeth. My dad disapproved and I never learned.

I hardly hear men whistle these days .
They used to .

My father never learnt to whistle properly and he spent all day every day making a strange tuneless half whistle .
It made me laugh .
I never said a word .

My Dad taught me to whistle when I was a little girl. I have whistled ever since. Even DH can't stop me even though he says that rhyme about a whistling woman and a crowing hen.
If my Dad, a staunch Methodist thought it was okay, my husband has no cause to complain.

I would love to be able to whistle - can any whistling GNetters. offer any tips and how to master it please?

I used to be a proficient whistler! I coul roll my tongue and make a piercing whistle.
My mother used to say the same about our Lady.

When I was young and working outdoors if I was wolf whistled by workmen (it was usually workmen who whistled). I would whistle back it made my day!

I can't abide whistling, we used to have a neighbour who whistled constantly, he's not missed.

I don’t like it, it gets on my nerves so I am glad no one does it anymore.

My DH whistles quietly all the time he is busy doing one of his projects on his lathe, carving or garden.

My gran used to say that women whistling were bad luck. Dad used to whistle and it sounded great but I haven’t heard many whistlers lately. I think it is the wolf whistle thing or maybe I am wrong.

I haven’t heard whistlers recently.
The last one was over 25 years ago when my car broke down and I was standing on the side of the road waiting for the AA. I heard a wolf-whistle from a passing driver 😂

I like to whistle, walking the dog or driving but DH says it interferes with his hearing aids so I try not to when he’s close by.
He on the other hand can call the dog by using his fingers to do a piercing whistle that doesn’t seem to trouble his hearing aids!!!

DH used to whistle, and when he was coming to meet me I could hear him from the end of the street.
Like Midgey, I do like the insurance add with whistling.

My Dad was a whistler I used to hear him coming home from work on his bicycle whistling away I loved to hear him and I miss him so much even today
I loved hearing whistling in the street and I know it’s not the done thing but it made my day if I got an appreciative wolf whistle when I was out and about as a young person
I think we are a sadder world that men no longer whistle

My Dad was always whistling. He was a postman and people on his round used to love to hear him.
We always knew where he was and when he was arriving home.
In his last days he would sit by his window watching the world go by and whistling all our favourite tunes.

Had to change my day shopping because a bloke on checkout use to whistle constantly, you could hear him all over the supermarket 😩 I found to my annoyance it affected my tinnitus 😩

I haven't heard any whistlers for years.
I always wanted to whistle that high pitched whistle where they put two fingers inside their mouth if you know what I mean.
I never did master it though.
I thought it quite a compliment to get wolf whistles.

Daddima - I watch the little ones going to infant/junior school along our road and most of them are skipping or running alongside their parents. Very few just walk. My two GDs love to dance and they still skip as they walk.
My grown up DS always whistles as he walks to the bathroom pass my bedroom (he's living with us atm) - I think it's just in case I make an appearance semi-clothed.

Daddima wrote it’s a long time since I heard anyone do that loud, piercing whistle with their fingers.

My Dh can still do that. He rarely does it, because it’s ear-splitting but he recently whistled up our GD when she was too far away for calling out. The look on her face was a thing of wonder! She’s been able to whistle since she was five, mostly while sitting on the loo.

I suppose people nowadays have ear phones on and when out and about we’re subjected to buskers tastes in bad music, so there’s no room for whistling.