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Whistling

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My wife would tell you that one of my most annoying habits is that I whistle. Well, it annoys her anyway, but I enjoy whistling and sometimes I'm not even aware that I'm doing it. I might be pumping gas, or wandering around a grocery store, or working in the yard, and suddenly become aware that I'm whistling away like a human tea kettle.
As a life-long whistler, I'd give anything to be in Louisberg, North Carolina starting tomorrow for International Whistlers Week from the 17th to the 21st. They will hold a whistlers school and also have a classical competition. I've always wanted to work out a whistling rendition of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue."
Bernstein's "West Side Story" also has some wonderful tunes to whistle.
Perhaps my love of whistling is why I've always liked the mockingbird whose whistling mimicry is so wonderful.

posted on Apr 16, 2013 11:09 AM ()

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I sing, mostly folk songs. The happier I am the more I sing. If there are people around I just hum.
comment by nittineedles on Apr 18, 2013 12:17 PM ()
When my cat Fancy is on my desk beside the computer, as she is right now, I hum instead of whistle b/c for some reason she does not like whistling. Go figure...
reply by steeve on Apr 18, 2013 2:51 PM ()
It sounds nice to me, I never mastered whistling.
comment by elderjane on Apr 17, 2013 11:31 AM ()
Lots of people can't whistle... you can hum, tho.
reply by steeve on Apr 18, 2013 2:50 PM ()
I whistled classical compositions for years. I stopped when I got old enough to notice wrinkles forming around my mouth.
comment by tealstar on Apr 16, 2013 8:30 PM ()
Now you've hit on one of the fundamental differences b/t men & women: women get wrinkles, men get character.
reply by steeve on Apr 17, 2013 7:01 AM ()
I always enjoy hearing someone whistling because, as you say, it's like listening to the mockingbird.
comment by troutbend on Apr 16, 2013 8:25 PM ()
Now if only I could fly...
reply by steeve on Apr 17, 2013 7:03 AM ()
The 1937 Disney classic Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs also has a good song to whistle to.
comment by miker on Apr 16, 2013 7:11 PM ()
Yeh, but since I don't work much anymore, I dropped that song from my repertoire...
reply by steeve on Apr 17, 2013 7:02 AM ()
It doesn't matter what we do Steve we are still going to annoy our spouses, if not whistling then something else...if you enjoy it do it!!
comment by redwolftimes on Apr 16, 2013 1:15 PM ()
She gets even with me... she leaves the seat down.
reply by steeve on Apr 17, 2013 7:04 AM ()

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