I got snapping down, both hands, but I've never been able to whistle; not blowing out, anyway. I could inhale and do it weakly (and sometimes weekly). Until I learned to play flute in high school, learning Ian Anderson licks off of Tull records! Perfecting his aggressive tonguing technique (and fluttering), my tongue got muscles it never knew it had!
For years now, I've been able to move my tongue forward to back against the roof of my mouth ( starting at the base of the teeth--it pushes air out which makes the sound) to make the bluebirds-type whistling heard in "Snow White"! I even managed to perfect doing it without anyone detecting I was doing it! Which, of course, led to me sitting in the back of high school Spanish class, pulling out my little magic bird, and the teacher would go, "Un pajaro? Donde esta un pajaro en la clase?" I don't think she ever found out who it was.
Cut to early part of this century, and while teaching elementary school, I'd close my fist, make the sound, and pretend I had a baby chick in there! Or, just do it out of nowhere, and enjoy watching them look around the room for one (ask me to show you in our vid chat)! Oh, the fun I'd have!😁
Pretty close to what I was doing back in the day, but in high school, you coulda found me making fake girl sounds and annoying the birds. Which reminds me, one of my 4th graders, after I told her I talk to the birds by doing my tweeting🐤, she asked, "What do they say?" I said, "I don't know! I just talk to 'em! Whatever they're making of MY sounds, I have no idea what THEY'RE saying!"
Speaking of talking birds, did you hear about the duck who walked into Walgreen's and asked the cashier for some ChapStick? He said, "Put it on my bill."🦆
Niiiiiice! I'm stunned a face palm emoji doesn't already exist! So.....what.....there are, like, 843,000 emojis extant, and NOT a face palm? Then, I guess a face plant would be too much to ask for.....hmmm....I wonder how many face seeds one would need to face plant a face palm🌴. But, I'll leave all that to a horticulturalist. (Insert face palm🌴emoji here.....at some point).😁
Share your pain Steve, can't snap my fingers or whistle (the mechanics of both seem utterly beyond me), but I've never felt I was missing out that much.
The only song I can think of that I might have whistled along to is ‘(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay’ (the original obviously, but I'd also recommend trying to track down a jangly guitar - whistle free - version by a band called Thursdays which appeared on an early Fast Product sampler - think it's on YouTube)
Yep. That was in my top 5 whistling songs. I didn't want to reveal them all to see if other folks guessed them, but I will only wait 36 1/2 hours before revealing my favorite whistlers! Good to see you here, Kendall!
In Hell I’ll Be In Good Company by The Dead South
I got snapping down, both hands, but I've never been able to whistle; not blowing out, anyway. I could inhale and do it weakly (and sometimes weekly). Until I learned to play flute in high school, learning Ian Anderson licks off of Tull records! Perfecting his aggressive tonguing technique (and fluttering), my tongue got muscles it never knew it had!
For years now, I've been able to move my tongue forward to back against the roof of my mouth ( starting at the base of the teeth--it pushes air out which makes the sound) to make the bluebirds-type whistling heard in "Snow White"! I even managed to perfect doing it without anyone detecting I was doing it! Which, of course, led to me sitting in the back of high school Spanish class, pulling out my little magic bird, and the teacher would go, "Un pajaro? Donde esta un pajaro en la clase?" I don't think she ever found out who it was.
Cut to early part of this century, and while teaching elementary school, I'd close my fist, make the sound, and pretend I had a baby chick in there! Or, just do it out of nowhere, and enjoy watching them look around the room for one (ask me to show you in our vid chat)! Oh, the fun I'd have!😁
See - that's exactly why I wished I could whistle! So I could make fake bird sounds and annoy the girls!
Pretty close to what I was doing back in the day, but in high school, you coulda found me making fake girl sounds and annoying the birds. Which reminds me, one of my 4th graders, after I told her I talk to the birds by doing my tweeting🐤, she asked, "What do they say?" I said, "I don't know! I just talk to 'em! Whatever they're making of MY sounds, I have no idea what THEY'RE saying!"
Speaking of talking birds, did you hear about the duck who walked into Walgreen's and asked the cashier for some ChapStick? He said, "Put it on my bill."🦆
Substack really needs to add a face palm emoji option to the heart emoji. Cause I feel like giving you the heart will only encourage you !:)
Niiiiiice! I'm stunned a face palm emoji doesn't already exist! So.....what.....there are, like, 843,000 emojis extant, and NOT a face palm? Then, I guess a face plant would be too much to ask for.....hmmm....I wonder how many face seeds one would need to face plant a face palm🌴. But, I'll leave all that to a horticulturalist. (Insert face palm🌴emoji here.....at some point).😁
Share your pain Steve, can't snap my fingers or whistle (the mechanics of both seem utterly beyond me), but I've never felt I was missing out that much.
The only song I can think of that I might have whistled along to is ‘(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay’ (the original obviously, but I'd also recommend trying to track down a jangly guitar - whistle free - version by a band called Thursdays which appeared on an early Fast Product sampler - think it's on YouTube)
Okay since I received only one comment for favorite whistling songs, I'll post two of my faves below with Youtube links.
Meat Puppets - Maiden's Milk
https://youtu.be/TKMtKD-aw1I?t=408 (start at 6:48 - it's a live clip)
Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
https://youtu.be/95SWMqzM_Sg
The Stranger by Billy Joel
Yep. That was in my top 5 whistling songs. I didn't want to reveal them all to see if other folks guessed them, but I will only wait 36 1/2 hours before revealing my favorite whistlers! Good to see you here, Kendall!