Not OT. Very seriouse whistle related something something

[mat]

The Big Dripper.
In a valley remote lived a fluter of note
And his drive caused the session to fly
But robust exhalation promotes condensation
...and his neighbour was never quite dry.

[Walden]

There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket
But his daughter named Nan
Ran away with a man
And as for the bucket,
Nantucket.

[mvhplank]

When I heard the lone call of the whistle,
It led me to pen this epistle--
Here I sit, forum-lurking
When God knows, should be working--
But instead write and risk my dismistle.

M

Only if you are a nun!

Mistle=Prayer Book

She need be no such of a thing... she just might be an epistlealien... and they don't have nuns, not one.

Phonetic fun! Prayer book=missal, but "dismissal" wouldn't have been punny.

Got curious and did a web search. The only ref. to "mistle" I could find was "Mistle Thrush" (a British bird previously unknown to me) and "Mistletoe."

As a recovering Baptist and confessed epistolarian, I'm highly unlikely to become a nun.

M

[feadogin]

To a weepy young woman from Thrums,
Her beau remarked "This is what comes
Of allowing your tears
To fall into my ears:
I fear they have rotted the drums."
----Edward Gorey

[Bloomfield]

A crusty old whistler named Bloo
Said, "Friends! (and Nano, you too)
Last night I did find
A thought in my mind:
Under the sun, there is nothing noo."

[emmline]

There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket
But his daughter named Nan
Ran away with a man
And as for the bucket,
Nantucket.

Pa followed the pair to Pawtucket.
(The man, and the girl with the bucket.)
Pa said to the man,
"You are welcome to Nan,"
But as for the bucket, Pa tuck'it.

Ok...one more along that line, from the Anthony Newley musical
Stop the World I Want to Get Off:

There once was a girl from Nantucket,
Who got her head stuck in a bucket.
People started to say,
"You look better that way."
She said, "So does Nantucket, so...forget it."

[glauber]

Inspired by a road sign en route to Cape Cod:

There once was a man from Woonsocket
Who had a large hole in each pocket.
He stuck in his hands
And fondled his glands,
And said,"Till you've tried it, don't knock it!"

What did that sign say?

[TonyHiggins]

I think this is to the tune of The Irish Washerwoman:

Finnegan's dead and his brother don't know it.
His brother is dead and Finnegan don't know it.
They're both of them dead and they're in the same bed,
And neither one knows that the other is dead.

Tony

[Nanohedron]

Googlism for: chiff

chiff is
chiff is not a defect
chiff is a defect of pipe speech
chiff is manufactured in high
chiff is n the bottom octave; this is typical of these organs
chiff is now very pronounced
chiff is really two people
chiff is also acquiring a buddha
chiff is a small female tabby
chiff is hiding in a bush at ambush wargames
chiff is a marvellous thing
chiff is the consonant that precedes the vowel
chiff is heard at the beginning of each note
chiff is after me
chiff is unwanted and must be reduced
chiff is reflected by
chiff is currently 5 months old and a staffy cross
chiff is so tired of it he wants you to stop

[feadogin]

chiff is anti-art

J.

[anniemcu]

Chiff - funny - I always thought Chiff was at the head of Fipple...

Chiffly speaking, I think fipple should vote more often and for better whistles. "A Low D in every household!"... may not get it, but it might raise the consciousness of some...