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airscotia-back by popular demand Posted Jul 23, 2011
>>Did people *really* walk down the street whistling, or is that a rose-tinted thing that we do sometimes? I'm just curious.
Or were they just whistling Dixie? 
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nortirascal Posted Jul 23, 2011
Only to get to drive the General Lee and impress Daisy Duke 
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airscotia-back by popular demand Posted Jul 23, 2011
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Hawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww !! 
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elderberry Posted Jul 24, 2011
>>"You sound cheerful today", to which I point out that I am merely trying to keep my spirits up.
That used to be another function of whistling; hence the saying "whistling in the dark".
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airscotia-back by popular demand Posted Jul 24, 2011
If you think I'm paying for that tune you can go whistle 
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swl Posted Jul 24, 2011
"A whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for cock nor men."
As my mother-in-law always says.
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swl Posted Jul 24, 2011
Seventh daughter of a seventh daughter, born on Halloween. I do *not* cross my MIL. 
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You can call me TC Posted Aug 15, 2011
This thread has just popped up as "Question of the Week".
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Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... Posted Aug 15, 2011
I whistle occasionally... more of a singer. Have to make a conscious effort not to sing along when I'm listening to songs about elves on my iPod.
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Aug 15, 2011
i whistle and sing "magic moments" by perry como
only problem is i sing the rude version
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nortirascal Posted Aug 17, 2011
"I'll never forget the smell of the sweat from under your armpits"
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loonycat - run out of fizz Posted Aug 17, 2011
Always thought it was roundsmen like milkmen and dustmen that whistled while they w*rked in the good ol' days.
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airscotia-back by popular demand Posted Aug 17, 2011
And toilet cleaners. Though that was more of a warning 
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Yelbakk Posted Aug 19, 2011
I whistled a little tune once, and one of the cats (THE CAT, in her opinion) meowed her disapproval. I continued whistling, only to watch her walk up to my face (on my outstretched legs, no less) and knock my glasses clean off my face. Now claws, no scratches, just a friendly reminder that THE CAT does not approve of the exercise...
Y.
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Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... Posted Aug 19, 2011
"(THE CAT, in her opinion)"
Is that not the opinion of *all* cats?
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elderberry Posted Sep 4, 2011
>>Have builders stopped wolf whistling?
Yes, years ago. I seem to remember it was considered to be un-pc, and was so discouraged, but it might also be that the average builder is now not culturally predisposed to doing it, what with him being Polish.
I've noticed that an awful lot of children can't whistle.
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