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Whistling

  • 04-06-2007 5:38pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 653 ✭✭✭


    Inspired by the 'I can't roll my rrrs' thread, well here's the I can't whistle one. Seriously, how do people do it? I can sing fine, but as for whistling I can barely get one note out let alone a tune. Is this common? And can people who can't sing whistle in tune? It seems like such an important question now that I've started thinking about it. ;)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,635 ✭✭✭tribulus


    I can whistle better than I can sing anyway. How can you not whistle? Surely it's just a matter of putting your lips together and blowing out air :confused:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    Inability to whistle is a sure sign of inadequacy as a human being..;)




    You might learn with a bit of practice


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 653 ✭✭✭little miss


    Well, a noise comes out but its very weak and in no way can I whistle a tune!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    Can whistle normally no bother, but can't for the life of me do the "stick two fingers in your mouth and deafen every dog in a mile radius" type wolf-whistle.

    AFAIK whistling is as much about the position of your front teeth as it is about the movement of the mouth/lips...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,285 ✭✭✭Smellyirishman


    Just loop the GnR - "Patience" intro for a few hours. You will be a pro in no time.

    I can "wolf-whistle" too and don't need to slobber all over my 2 fingers, it's my special power, haven't used it in a while though. It is indeed a combo of front teeth and tongue.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    I can only whistle sucking in, not blowing out.. as such my volume is rubbish. Perhaps thats why i never made it as a skanger :D

    However blowing out i can make a low pitched owl like noise.. sort of like like the one you can do by blowing into your hands (which i can do very well :D).


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,584 ✭✭✭shane86


    Can do normal whistling grand. However my inability to wolf whistle at random women on the street is a form of retardation :( I just cant get the positioning correct, I dunno how people do it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭Nephew


    I cant whistle, when I attempt to I sound like a retarded budgie. Its probably my biggest flaw as a human being.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,532 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    Ha! Never much thought of it! Now that I try, my whistle is whimpy! Disgrace! Not a wolf, so I don't have to worry much anyway...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,095 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    I can whistle quite well but my gran used to say 'a whistling woman and a crowing hen is good for neither God nor men'.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    I can whistle pretty good, and I'm always f*cking whistling! Tis a habit of mine.

    I could never do it with my fingers though, I just find it impossible :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,978 ✭✭✭GhostInTheRuins


    I can only whistle by sucking in, I could never do it blowing out. Still though, I can whistle better than I can sing :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 153 ✭✭Dr. Seuss


    Only gays can't whistle - that's scientific fact. Their mouths are so stretched from cramming so many simultaneous cocks in there, that their lips will no longer form a hole small enough to make a wistle sound.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    Dr. Seuss wrote:
    Only gays can't whistle - that's scientific fact. Their mouths are so stretched from cramming so many simultaneous cocks in there, that their lips will no longer form a hole small enough to make a wistle sound.
    Gays, and YORE MA!!!11ELEVENTY!!


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