# I Pit whistlers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 9, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whistlers/415054 "2007-08-09T18:49:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whistlers/415054/41 "2007-08-10T20:19:35Z")
If Ian Anderson is pro-whistle, than whistle I will. All kinds of sadness I’ve left behind me. Many’s the day when I have done wrong. But I’ll be yours for ever and ever. Climb in the saddle and whistle along. So come on, I’m the whistler. I have a fife and a drum to play. Get ready for the whistler. I whistle along on the seventh day ---
**Author:** ![Figaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Figaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Figaro)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whistlers/415054/42 "2007-08-10T20:46:09Z")
Man, **tdn** , you would \*really \* hate being around me! I whistle, hum, sing under my breath, etc. so much that my former office mate made secret recordings of me and then compiled them into “The Musical Mind of Figaro” and gave copies to everyone in the office. For what it’s worth, I’m usually not even aware I’m doing it… ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whistlers/415054/43 "2007-08-10T21:27:56Z")
I constantly have music running through my head. Often, it’s the last CD I listened too. Sometimes, it a song that randomly popped up. And you’ll find me whistling, humming, tapping and drumming to it. I do keep it under control in meetings/ceremonies/movies. I’ll take a whistler, even a bad one, any day over someone wearing flipflops that slap around, or someone snapping their gum. I’m enjoying myself, what the heck is your problem? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whistlers/415054/44 "2007-08-10T22:24:30Z")
[QUOTE=DaddyTimesTwo] There is a watch repair shop in town (well, there was, I haven’t been there in almost 20 years…), and the guy had signs on the wall behind the counter “Whislters will be charged double”, “unruly children will be deep fried and eaten”, and some others that were really obnoxious. That guy didn’t like whistlers either. Plus, he was an asshole. [/QUOTE] He may have been an asshole, but he does sound kind of awesome. _I whistle a happy tune And ev’ry single time The happiness in the tune Convinces me that I’m Not afraid_. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whistlers/415054/45 "2007-08-10T23:42:35Z")
I can whistle while I’m smiling! It’s more in tune and I have more control with my tongue against the roof of my mouth than the bog standard ‘put your lips together and blow’ method. Can’t do the fingers in mouth 4 billion decibel brain piercing whistle, though. (sigh) When I was working on fishing boats, it was considered terribly bad manners to whistle as you’d ‘whistle up the wind’. I got told that after being caught whistling on a trip where we spent 3/4 of our time storm sheltered. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whistlers/415054/46 "2007-08-11T02:11:32Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] Well, yes, obviously whistling is man’s work. [/QUOTE] I never understood why whistling was unladylike, either. Dammit, **tdn**! You’ve obviously been hiding out in my living room. And I can’t figure out where! ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whistlers/415054/47 "2007-08-11T02:28:46Z")
My grandma used to tell my mom “It makes the Virgin Mary cry, to hear a girl whistle.” Just so you all are aware of the pain you’re causing the Virgin Mary. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whistlers/415054/48 "2007-08-11T07:49:01Z")
Unfortunate for all of you, that the current pop cum alternaative earworm is [Peter Bjorn and John’s - Young Folks.](http://www.myspace.com/peterbjornandjohn) It’s blowin up and if you don’t hear it on your radio, you soon will. I love this song, inspired. The video is brilliant. I don’t mind whistlers, either. Is it just me, or is the (whistling) melody just a flat and a couple notes transposed from the stereotypical chinese ditty. Nana nana nuhnnuh, nuhn nuh nah? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whistlers/415054/49 "2007-08-11T11:22:33Z")
[QUOTE=Tastes of Chocolate] I’m enjoying myself, what the heck is your problem? [/QUOTE] I’m not enjoying you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whistlers/415054/50 "2007-08-11T11:25:24Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] Dammit, **tdn**! You’ve obviously been hiding out in my living room. And I can’t figure out where! [/QUOTE] In your bedroom. Pillow over ears, mumbling “Shut up, shut up, shut up!” ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whistlers/415054/51 "2007-08-11T11:37:33Z")
I just popped in to say that every time I see the thread title on the forum list, I read it as “I Pit whiskers” and I’m dying to know what you have against facial hair. My dad used to do a breathy, tuneless whistle when he worked on handyman-type projects. I’d give anything to hear that whistle again - it’s been almost 5 years since he died. ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whistlers/415054/52 "2007-08-11T11:50:09Z")
Sorry. I don’t even notice I’m whistling unless someone points it out. I tried replacing it with public masturbation, but people complained about that too, so I just gave up. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whistlers/415054/53 "2007-08-11T11:54:06Z")
[QUOTE=coffeecat] Sorry. I don’t even notice I’m whistling unless someone points it out. I tried replacing it with public masturbation, but people complained about that too, so I just gave up. [/QUOTE] If you’re a hot female, the public masturbation shouldn’t be a problem. But for the love of Og, can you keep the screeching and moaning down? ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whistlers/415054/54 "2007-08-12T02:31:25Z")
Brian Eno’s Ambient music for Airports I can whistle the whole 45 minute minamilst piece. I used to have that playing on repeat in my art studio, and eventually it got “stuck in my head”… Not quite an ear worm, as I can turn it off and on, menatlly at will. But it allows me to whistle the whole damn thing. Drives a particular friend of mine nuts. Regards FML ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whistlers/415054/55 "2007-08-12T07:15:36Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] I hate it when people whistle…This little rant extends to hummers, toe tappers, and desktop drummers. [/QUOTE] I’m not a fan either. It’s a lot like reading your book out load in the subway. No one cares. No one wants to hear your internal symphony. Shut up. ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whistlers/415054/56 "2007-08-12T13:31:55Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] If you’re a hot female, the public masturbation shouldn’t be a problem. But for the love of Og, can you keep the screeching and moaning down? [/QUOTE] I’m a guy: I don’t make noise, except an occasional, barely audible, skin-sliding squeak, which makes it even harder to understand the complainers. You just can’t please some people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-whistlers/415054.md?page=2)