100 Reasons to play the whistle

jmryan · Post by **jmryan** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:02 am

16. It keeps the fingers supple for those more mature whistlers

henryz · Post by **henryz** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:47 am

17. To annoy the daylights out of your family while "America's Got Talent" is on the TV (and convince them otherwise).

narrowdog · Post by **narrowdog** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:05 am

18.
I get to play in a band

caedmon · Post by **caedmon** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:27 am

19. I allows me to call myself a musician now, and not just a drummer.

rap4th · Post by **rap4th** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:20 am

20. Gets me free beer at my local session in a Pub.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:29 am

21. It can unlock secrets of the universe.

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:29 am

22 It works faster than my paint-scraper.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:46 am

23. Because it's hard to play the marmoset.

optakeover · Post by **optakeover** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:38 am

24. Among a generation of hip-hop, rock, metal and all kinds of musical noise, it's good to know we're playing something different.

25. Whistles are not only cheap, but can really play well. High quality to cost ratio makes it unique against all other instruments.

26. To allow yourself to suffer from WhOA (although I don't have it [Is having 5 whistles, one flute coming soon, and 3 more Generations on my wishlist a symptom of it?])

27. So that we can post on this wonderful forum.

28. So we can use it to defend ourselves in a pub brawl (even if you don't have a low whistle, something is better than nothing)

29. So we can spread the joys of Irish music (well its most represented by the tin whistle) with those around you. Especially in my country, where Irish music is as foreign as space dust, I'm sure the music comes as a refreshing difference.

30. To pester Dale with questions like, "Which is prettier: Marilyn Monroe or a Freeman-tweaked Feadog?", "Is it okay to microwave a Clarke Original?" <Kids, don't try this at home. I don't even have a microwave oven so I personally won't know what will happen. But seriously.>

31. To get divorced. (For I'm sure a lot of you out there really do spend more time on your whistles. Oh, and pardon my inquisitiveness, I'm only 17.)

32. To be inquisitive. (like how I was on reason #31)

33. To find out how to make 67 more reasons to play the whistle (tell me how are you going to give any reason if you're not here to experience it..)

dolphinjon · Post by **dolphinjon** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:20 am

fearfaoin wrote:23. Because it's hard to play the marmoset.

34. Because of post like this on this forum! Seriously, I can quit laughing!

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:22 am

dolphinjon wrote:
fearfaoin wrote:23. Because it's hard to play the marmoset.
34. Because of post like this on this forum! Seriously, I can quit laughing!

easily cured.....try playin' a marmoset...

Post by **Nanohedron** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:31 am

35. They make handy backscratchers.

MikeS · Post by **MikeS** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:48 am

36, 37, &38:

The same reason a guy plays any musical instrument; the money, the women, and the glamor.

devondancer · Post by **devondancer** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:01 pm

39. Because it livens up all those boring visits to the DIY shop, accompanying a husband who is interested in every nut and bolt. Now I can look at the aluminium tubing and plan my next whistle. I am now the one who is being dragged bodily out of the shop!

40. It gets all those annoying tunes that stick in my mind, out of my head and into a whistle, where I can lose them!

Pammy · Post by **Pammy** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:09 pm

41. So I can get some value out of this marriage. He spends thousands on stringed instruments. Pass me that expensive whistle wish list.

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