Lauren Bacall as Slim in To Have and Have Not famously asks Steve, played by Bogart, “You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? Just put your lips together and …blow.” The other day my husband and I had a silly conversation about whether women can whistle. Here’s how this conversation came about. My husband, and I do love him dearly, has certain peccadillo’s that can drive me to distraction. My husband was born and raised on Mulberry Street in Little Italy on the island of Manhattan. His favorite entertainer is Johnny Mathis. My husband loves to whistle. (Is there a segue coming?) He will be sitting in his “man” chair and he’ll start whistling The Battle Hymn of the Republic or Dixie. I tell him you’re a Yankee for goodness sake. Why are you whistling those songs? Over and over and over. Loudly. His other peccadillo is to ask me to do what he’s doing. Come on sing it! Come on. So this time he asked me to whistle Dixie with him. I said I can’t whistle. Come on. That’s ridiculous. I replied that no, no, it’s not. I can’t whistle. As a matter of fact most women can’t whistle. That’s crazy, he replied. Women can whistle. I said that, yes, some can but not many. So that led him to getting out the iPhone and Google whether women can whistle. I love being right. Apparently only about 10% of women can whistle. But for the life of it, we couldn’t find the reason as to why. You get some BS about X and Y chromosomes or women don’t whistle because it’s considered not to be lady like. Many women do learn to whistle using the old two finger method. Me? I can sort of whistle by sucking air in not blowing out. Stop laughing. So if you want to satisfy your curiosity about whistling ask your girlfriends, mothers, sisters etc if they can whistle. Bet they can’t.
I can whistle and so can one of my daughters. Need to ask the rest!
I’m a girl and can whistle good enough to be on a DVD with an artist – i can whistle with a melody, pure and clean and sharp, and in tune – it surprises me when I do it!.
First off I would like to say wonderful blog! I had a quick question which
I’d like to ask if you don’t mind. I was interested to find out how you center yourself and clear your thoughts
prior to writing. I’ve had difficulty clearing my mind in getting my ideas out there.
I truly do take pleasure in writing but it just seems like the first 10
to 15 minutes are usually lost simply just trying to figure out how to begin.
Any recommendations or hints? Kudos!
A few drinks? Just kidding. That’s how Stephen King got into trouble. Since I’m satisfying my curiosity, I read the papers and net daily and try to find something I’m curious about. That starts the thought process and then I do research on the topic. I usually write later at night so there are no distractions. I also try to begin with something I’m familiar with like a personal story. The combination of those three things usually gets the ball rolling. Good luck!
I really love your site.. Excellent colors &
theme. Did you make this web site yourself? Please reply
back as I’m attempting to create my own blog and would love to learn where you got this from or what the theme is named.
Cheers!
I did not do the web site myself. It’s on Word Press. I’m fairly computer literate but with this I got bogged down. I hired a local guy to design the site using an upgraded Word Press design. I’m not sure which one it is. Good luck with your site. I hope you continue to like the blog. I did start out on Blogspot which is very user friendly. You might want to start there and get readers and then switch to a .com or .net. Good luck.
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