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Nanohedron wrote:

Greenfire wrote:

Nanohedron wrote:Ostrich dances to Hobbit theme on pennywhistle

so is the guy at the end saying "he loves me" Ginger or Boots?

It's a joke based on the Letterkenny "allegedly" ostrich thing. Not going to explain it on a family site though, if you watch the show you'll know it.

Nanohedron wrote:Ostrich dances to Hobbit theme on pennywhistle

so is the guy at the end saying "he loves me" Ginger or Boots?

I just have this. I've admired this roll before, and asked you about it, though I think you missed the question. Did you make it yourself or was it a gift? Also curious as to if you had enough whistles to fill it when you first got it, or if it was made to fit the ones you had... and that also lead...

That's lovely, quite the scenic view.

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I have a cat and two dogs, so far, the cat has absolutely no interest in anything I play or do with the whistle. One dog will regularly howl if I play the old USSR National Anthem or police sirens on youtube (or if she hears them in person), but the other.... absolutely needs to join in whenever I p...

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I heard from people in here why they use Piper's grip, so I decided to ask Brian Finnegan today why he doesn't.

Here's his reply.

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Yesterday I directed someone here who is looking for a whistle a member has for sale, and had to correct from chip and fiffle, after I noticed my typo.

Cover holes 3 and 6, make sure your thumbs are comfortable underneath and let the other fingers cover the remaining holes where they most comfortably fall. JTU This actually doesn't give me piper's grip though, it gives me the one I'm asking about. Edited to avoid a triple post... I've never been o...

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