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Can you whistle?

  • 11-10-2010 1:31am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭


    Someone I know has claimed that women can't whistle...

    You know the way that some people will randomly whistle?
    No tune, just random incoherent 'I'm an annoying fucker who is raping your ears with my attempted birdsong' whistling.
    Well I was pointing out that apart from the fact it makes me want to punch them in the back of the head, that it is never women who do this.

    They countered by telling me that women can't whistle.

    Can you whistle? (you don't have to be good at it, just the ability to do so)

    Can you whistle? 132 votes

    I am a woman and I can whistle
    0%
    I am a man and I can whistle
    15%
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    I am a woman and I can't whistle
    66%
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    I am a man and I can't whistle
    6%
    takolaAoifeNLizTcandy-gal1squalshycoolabulaPrecious flowerBoxoffrogsstarlit 9 votes
    I'd rather talk about my favorite humming noise
    10%
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Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    I am a man and I can whistle
    yeah I can whistle


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    I am a woman and I can't whistle
    Thread closed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,389 ✭✭✭FTGFOP


    This woman knows how, but you still don't do see her doing it. Weird.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    I am a man and I can whistle
    Lauren Bacall was really beautiful


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 436 ✭✭cardol


    I learnt to whistle when I got my beloved budgie Dexter!:rolleyes:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,673 ✭✭✭mahamageehad


    I am a man and I can whistle
    I'm a woman and i can whistle!! :p

    AH answer... i can skin whistle as welll hahahahaha


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,879 ✭✭✭Coriolanus


    I am a woman and I can't whistle
    I can't wolf whistle, just the normal type.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 610 ✭✭✭TerryTibbs!


    I am a woman and I can't whistle
    Swit swoo.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,214 ✭✭✭cbyrd


    I can whistle and i'm a woman..i can wolf whistle whistle a tune and whistle through my front teeth like an old man birdie whistle...... my husband can't whistle which makes the kids laugh.. my 9 month old son can inny whistle, i think it's so impressive, but he won't do it on demand :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    I am a woman and I can't whistle
    Yeah but I cant stick 2 fingers in my mouth and do that Trapattoni power whistle though.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    I am a man and I can whistle
    *checks*

    Boobs, fanny, high heels... and, yes, I can whistle.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,297 ✭✭✭Jaxxy


    I am a man and I can whistle
    cbyrd wrote: »
    I can whistle and i'm a woman..i can wolf whistle whistle a tune and whistle through my front teeth like an old man birdie whistle...... my husband can't whistle which makes the kids laugh.. my 9 month old son can inny whistle, i think it's so impressive, but he won't do it on demand :rolleyes:

    :D

    My brother could do that as a kid too, he still doesn't know how to do it the other way. OT I'm a woman and I can whistle.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    I am a man and I can whistle
    I can whistle with just tongue, fingers and normally. I’d deafen you if I whistled with my fingers beside you. I’m very ladylike! :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    I am a woman and I can't whistle
    Shenshen wrote: »
    *checks*

    Boobs, fanny, high heels... and, yes, I can whistle.

    Didnt know any obese transsexuals were on boards...

    ba dum tish


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,740 ✭✭✭Asphyxia


    I am a man and I can whistle
    I can whistle and I am woman the fella can't it's really funny seeing him try haha!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭Kimono-Girl


    I am a man and I can whistle
    i can whistle...im a girl.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭NothingMan


    I am a woman and I can't whistle
    I can whistle but I can't click my fingers.:(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,344 ✭✭✭Is mise le key


    Did you ever hear the sound of the wind whistling through the tumble weed in a desert........well that what the subject of this thread reminds me of........

    Absolutley fu.ck all happening here of interest.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭--Kaiser--


    I am a woman and I can't whistle
    People used to think wistling women were really unlucky;

    "A whistling woman and a crowing hen will fear the old lad (devil) out of his den."

    "A whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for god nor men"

    Why is that?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,214 ✭✭✭cbyrd


    a whistling woman scared the shíte out of a priest way back and they thought if we tell them they're devil-raisers and won't get a good husband they'll shut up. . . pishógs.... crowing hens are just wierd anyway.. laying their eggs and all ... scary stuff all right :pac:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    I am a man and I can whistle
    NothingMan wrote: »
    I can whistle but I can't click my fingers.:(

    Wut? How can you not click your fingers? Freak! :P


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    I am a woman and I can't whistle
    Can whistle ok but no matter how much I tried, I never got hang of the '' finger and thumb in mouth , wolfe whistle '' :(


    http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com/popular12008/whistlewolf.mp3

    * all those girls .......walks away from thread feeling a failure *


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    I am a man and I can whistle
    I can whistle, but not when i stick my fingers in my mouth..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    I am a man and I can't whistle
    I'm a woman. No can't whistle very well, sometimes I can but most times I cannot! Can barely blow a balloon yet I could blow a whistle If I really try!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    I am a woman and I can't whistle
    Yup, I can whistle, im a male.

    Cant do that loud using your fingers whistle though :o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,737 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    I am a man and I can whistle
    I'm a woman and I whistle regularly. I couldn't believe that my American cousin's wife couldn't believe I could whistle. Apparently she'd never seen or heard, or heard of, a woman whistling in all her life.

    What a sheltered life those Yanks lead.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭PeterIanStaker


    I am a woman and I can't whistle
    I'm a guy, but I cant do the one where you put your fingers in your mouth, but I can whistle the other way.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,214 ✭✭✭cbyrd


    I cant do the one where you put your fingers in your mouth, but I can whistle the other way.

    :D made me laugh... trying to think of where else you could put your fingers to whistle ... :eek::pac:




    my dirty mind


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    I am a man and I can whistle
    cbyrd wrote: »
    :D made me laugh... trying to think of where else you could put your fingers to whistle ... :eek::pac:




    my dirty mind

    Now that's one party piece i dont think i'd like to see :)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 544 ✭✭✭Pookah


    I am a woman and I can't whistle
    I can whistle.

    The regular type.
    The through-the-bottom-teeth type.
    And the fingers-in- mouth-to-catch-your-friend's-attention-from-way-down-the-street type.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭squeakyduck


    I can whistle, my boyfriend can too! My dad always sings and whistles to himself in the car! :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭we'llallhavetea_old


    I am a man and I can whistle
    i have a vagina and i can whistle.

    i can't whistle with my fingers and to be honest, i'm a bit sour over that. :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    I am a man and I can whistle
    i have a vagina and i can whistle.

    i can't whistle with my fingers and to be honest, i'm a bit sour over that. :(

    You can whistle through your vagina?? Class. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    I try not to the last time i whistled some owl wun told me to "fook off ya perve" I would not mind i was only whistleing barney


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,976 ✭✭✭Brendog




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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭we'llallhavetea_old


    I am a man and I can whistle
    alwaysadub wrote: »
    You can whistle through your vagina?? Class. :D

    the acoustics are truly mesmerizing let me tell you :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭--Kaiser--


    I am a woman and I can't whistle


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    I am a woman and I can't whistle
    i have a vagina and it can whistle.

    :(

    Am I the only one who read it like this first?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    I am a man and I can whistle
    Am I the only one who read it like this first?

    You never heard of a whispering eye?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,713 ✭✭✭✭Novella


    I feel so inadequate, I can't whistle at all :(


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    As I got older, strangely my ability to whistle has gotten worse.
    Don't know why. Weird.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 291 ✭✭lisaface


    I am a man and I can whistle
    Yes, I can whistle & I'm a female.
    I often try whistling along to a song (when at home) but never works out well, just sounds like i'm trying to drown a cat or something! It also confuses my puppy when I whistle songs, he thinks I'm calling him even if he's sitting next to me, so I try not to.

    I've heard being able to whistle, is just like being able to curl your tongue it's in your genes. This could be complete boll*x though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    I'd rather talk about my favorite humming noise
    I can't whistle :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    I am a woman and I can't whistle
    Interesting. Poll indicates that 87% of men and 67% of women can whistle.
    Though the sample size for the women is on the small side.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭NothingMan


    I am a woman and I can't whistle
    Kiera wrote: »
    Wut? How can you not click your fingers? Freak! :P


    Many people have tried to show me how. I get that my finger should aparently click of my hand just below my thumb but it just doesn't work. I feel so ashamed :(.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,166 ✭✭✭enda1


    I'd rather talk about my favorite humming noise
    I'm one of those guys who can't whistle.
    The shame, the shame :(


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