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Girl: When a cardinal whistles, it sounds like every cardinal everywhere. When a person whistles, it doesn't even sound like the last thing he whistled. or anyone ever whistled. Or maybe that's just my dad. Frazz: Oh, it's not just your dad.
Bittermelon of Truth about 11 years ago
First comment: I don’t know how to whistle. And I don’t go around trying.(Great strip Jef, I’m going to save and share yesterdays!)
flyertom about 11 years ago
I worked with a fellow who whistled tunelessly all day. It sounded like a steam leak, and drove everyone nuts.
vwdualnomand about 11 years ago
many people can whistle. some people can whistle through their teeth. others can whistle with fingers in their mouths. while others can whistle through their nostrils.
Olddog1 about 11 years ago
And then there was the woman who complained about the new guy in the office. He was always whistling dirty songs.
twj0729 about 11 years ago
Then there’s my Mother-in-Law, she “whistles” by exhaling and inhaling through pursed lips To her it sounded good! It made makes my flesh crawl! It’s like fingernails on a blackboard!
Dave459 about 11 years ago
Actually, Cardinals do have different whistles. There are three near my home that I can identify by the different songs they sing, and on a trip south [I’m from Ontario] through Tennessee and Florida I could hear regional variations.
jessegooddoggy about 11 years ago
Ravens can spot another raven a mile away and know if it is a “friend” or stranger! (Berhnd Heinrich, author of Mind of the Raven)
unca jim about 11 years ago
I could whistle tunes from my throat as a kid, but it all changed when I hit ‘the age of acne’….
amaryllis2 Premium Member about 11 years ago
We had a mockingbird singing at midnight outside our bedroom and my husband sang back at it. There was a brief moment of silence as it considered, and then it sung his tune back at him. Yeah, we were pretty thrilled (to say the least. It was a very cool moment.)
Enoi about 11 years ago
My dear departed Dad whistled beautifully. I miss it.
hippogriff about 11 years ago
vwdualnomand: I can whistle by curling my extended tongue and blowing through it. More women than men can curl their tongue, but I have never heard one whistle that way..Meowlin: “Put your lips together and blow” does not get a whistle – it is more of a pbbbft. The only way to get a tone that way is with a brass instrument between a cornetto and a tuba.
Jacki14 about 11 years ago
That would be Big Rapids High School, Big Rapids, Michigan, from which Jef (and I) graduated.