Driving with Whistles Warning

Daniel_Bingamon · Post by **Daniel_Bingamon** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:02 am

Dale, you going to have to get out that old C&F Public Service bulletin about people driving with whistles.

On a flutemakers group, I received an email that had a you tube link to another case of people driving under the influence of tinwhistles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWX3KYFhem4.

I know that Dale had an interesting write-up on with a name of the condition and even an interesting looking graphic of a skeleton with a whistle launched into it.

Remember folks, all it takes is a sudden airbag deployment and you're an instant vegetable.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:30 am

I couldn't see it well enough, nor translate with my meager language skills to know what I was looking at. So... "Huh?"

Trixle · Post by **Trixle** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:42 am

this is seriously making me rethink my habit of playing at stoplights, which i've been doing pretty regularly the last few weeks. I dont play while actually driving, but i never thought about the airbag going off or getting rear ended at a stop light and having a whistle shoved into my cranium. thanks for the warning

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:49 am

Yeah, I'm not seeing what you must be seeing, Daniel. If only I
spoke Puertitalianish... Romanian? Seriously, what language was
that?

Tim2723 · Post by **Tim2723** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:52 am

It kind of sounds like something they'd do on Mythbusters.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:04 am

it's a tabor pipe

the language... my guess is Basque

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:10 am

Walden wrote:it's a tabor pipe

Yep, I see it.

The advantage with a tabor, I suppose, is you can keep one hand on the wheel.

That said, in even a minor accident, a whistle or tabor pipe either one could do you (or even someone else in your car) really serious damage.

--James

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:31 am

Walden wrote:the language... my guess is Basque

Ah. I was thinking maybe Catalan, but I've never heard either...

Post by **Nanohedron** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:51 am

Walden wrote:it's a tabor pipe

the language... my guess is Basque

"Txistu" (pron. chees-tu, tabor pipe) is Basque, but the rest of the text language is not. If ever you've seen written Basque, you'd be able to tell. Instead, it's some sort of Romano-Iberian like Galician or Catalan or Castilian. Didn't hear enough of the speech to be able to guess.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:02 am

the poster list 'is country as Spain
http://www.youtube.com/user/GUTIFR

could have been on holiday

Lyn D · Post by **Lyn D** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:12 am

Wow, What Trixle said "this is seriously making me rethink my habit of playing at stoplights, which i've been doing pretty regularly the last few week".

Lyn

Belgian_Waffle · Post by **Belgian_Waffle** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:55 am

I've been keeping a whistle on the passengerseat for a while now to play at the lights and in trafficjams (hey, with two kids and a busy hotel, you need to take advantage of every free second !). Never considered what would happen if my airbags went of... Good thing no one ever slammed my rear while I was doing this. Imagine the headlines : "Man speared to death by tinwhistle !"...

A-Musing · Post by **A-Musing** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:22 pm

WHAT???

No playing at traffic lights???

My world is being seriously impacted by all this clever survival talk...

(Last seen at red light, crouching to the side, cautiously whistling...?)

riverman · Post by **riverman** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:45 pm

I had not yet considered being rear-ended while playing my $2.50 bamboo whistle at stoplights. Hmmmmm...I would probably play it safer, but since my wife knits beside me while I drive 60 mph (in spite of all my warnings of needle through a lung) I guess I'm ashamed to stop!!

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:42 pm

while on the road, i only play at traffice jams and railroad crossings and construction work IF my car is in park. at drive thru businesses, i'll whistle while in line waiting.