Well HUMPH! Non-whistling spouses...

serpent · Post by **serpent** » Fri Dec 13, 2002 9:30 pm

... gets me thinkin'...

Mebbe I should offer a "special" model of the Village Smithy, with a removable fipple, a box of .45 cartridges, and some little mechanical "extras".

...hmmmmm...

serp

mvhplank · Post by **mvhplank** » Fri Dec 13, 2002 10:07 pm

Well, POSSLQs aren't the only music critics. My cat Liz mews plaintively and tries to paw and rub the whistle when I play, especially when I hit the upper octave. I either have to toss her upstairs or play outside.

Critics of all species can really put a crimp in the practice sessions. :roll:

She doesn't mind the flute--maybe I should try a lower whistle.

M

whistlingblacksmith · Sat Dec 14, 2002 12:12 am

Part of the reason I recently got dumped was because I didn't play ENOUGH whistle. Go figure.

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Sat Dec 14, 2002 1:16 am

An ex-partner of mine once slapped me for continuing to play guitar when she wanted my attention. She wasn't my partner for much longer. (Before someone rushes to her defence, I was playing professionally at the time and this was practice time.) Well, it could have been worse, I might have been playing whistle or sax at the time.

mvhplank · Post by **mvhplank** » Sat Dec 14, 2002 7:46 am

On 2002-12-14 02:16, Wombat wrote:
An ex-partner of mine once slapped me for continuing to play guitar when she wanted my attention. She wasn't my partner for much longer. (Before someone rushes to her defence, I was playing professionally at the time and this was practice time.) Well, it could have been worse, I might have been playing whistle or sax at the time.

Rush to her defence? For committing assault and battery on someone who was not actually attacking her? I don't THINK so!

Good riddance, I think.

M

atarango · Post by **atarango** » Sat Dec 14, 2002 11:22 am

my boyfriend doesn't mind at all actually- I can practace when he's in the room doing homework and he doesn't mind at all- and mind you i play a susato most of the time and its loud in my apartment..

the other day he picked up the sweetone that lives by my desk and incredibly managed to pick up a few notes from the begining of "saddle the pony" which i learned a some time ago- i was impressed- he plays no musical instruments and knows like nothing about music... he says he would like it if i would teach him a song... so we are working on that...

my roommates on the other hand really like my new low D- they congregate around the door when i play, and one of my roommates (I have 3) likes to come in and sing along to the songs that she knows while i practace.. and inevitably some days i have the whole house humming jigs and reels that i have been practacing over and over again.... the "Gander in the Pratie hole" was one that everyone got stuck in their head one weekend I remember... it was really funny... everytime i came out into the kitchen one of my roommates would be humming it...

-Angela

LeeMarsh · Post by **LeeMarsh** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 1:39 pm

My dearly beloved, Peg, doesn't care for whistles nor irish music much. She's not really a music person much.

When we were discussing it, I discovered that, for her, the high pitches are actually physically uncomfortable. So, when she's around, I practice low whistles. She's comfortable with that and I feel better knowing that it doesn't hurt her ears.

My advice, if the person who loves you can't sit and listen, check to see if its physiological. If so, you can reserve being a pain, for more important things than whistling.

You might also check to see what they do, when they don't sit and listen. I think part of the reason that Peg gets up is that she's not a musician. So rather than continuing in couch potato mode, my playing, tends to spark the creative gene in her which expresses itself in baking or crafts.

This afternoon, I'm practicing Christmas Carols on my low-d for my office party later this week. She's making her home made, diabetic coma, killer fudge. Nice to know my art sparks hers.

_________________

Enjoy Your Music, Lee Marsh 

[ This Message was edited by: LeeMarsh on 2002-12-15 14:40 ]

vaporlock · Post by **vaporlock** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 4:29 pm

My wife is in denial. I've been playing the whistle about 18 months now, and she has yet to acknowledge it. She never complains, but she has never said, "Hey that sounds pretty." or anything like that. She'll start talking to me while I'm in the middle of a song like she doesn't hear me. The general consesus around the house seems to be that when I'm playing the whistle, I'm not really doing anything, and that is the time to tell me the toilet is broken or somebody needs help with homework, etc.

It's really very odd...like my whistles are only a figment of my imagination. Are you all part of my imagination,too?

serpent · Post by **serpent** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 5:32 pm

On 2002-12-15 17:29, vaporlock wrote:

My wife is in denial.

Most of them are. Otherwise, why would they marry us?

I've been playing the whistle about 18 months now, and she has yet to acknowledge it. She never complains, but she has never said, "Hey that sounds pretty." or anything like that.

... uh... never mind...

She'll start talking to me while I'm in the middle of a song like she doesn't hear me. The general consesus around the house seems to be that when I'm playing the whistle, I'm not really doing anything, and that is the time to tell me the toilet is broken or somebody needs help with homework, etc.

Feminine priorities, particularly those having to do with broken appliances and children who need to be "guided" to get off their little butts and into the homework mode, are much higher than "My Man is playing his whistle." They react accordingly.

It's really very odd...like my whistles are only a figment of my imagination. Are you all part of my imagination,too?

No. Well, maybe I am. Or maybe you, yourself, are a mere Fig Newton of mine! Did you ever consider that?

(Ar, ar!)

serpent

vaporlock · Post by **vaporlock** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 6:34 pm

On 2002-12-15 18:32, serpent wrote:
No. Well, maybe I am. Or maybe you, yourself, are a mere Fig Newton of mine! Did you ever consider that?

(Ar, ar!)
serpent

Thanks for clearing up the mystery. I must be a figment of your imagination because there's no way my imagination could have ever dreamed you up, Bill

aderyn_du · Post by **aderyn_du** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 6:51 pm

Hmmm... I see that my supposed-table-dancing isn't the only thing going on in Serpie-pie's imagination. You know, I think we're all just figments of his imagination, and doesn't that open up a whole new world of things?? Wouldn't you like to be a fig newton too?

,
Andrea ~*~

jim_mc · Post by **jim_mc** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 7:05 pm

Mmmmmm.

Fig newtons, fudge and Andrea table dancing. This thread keeps getting better and better.

selkie · Post by **selkie** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 8:14 pm

Hmm. My hubby has no idea of tone at all. Might even be getting jealous of my daughter and I playing flute and whistle together. TV volume goes up or dishes clatter etc. I did persuade him to buy a harmonica which he packed in his rucksack when he went away walking. He is totally tuneless, sings appallingly and whistles so out of key it is painful. However he bought me a Sindt for Xmas so he is not against me playing whistles. He does encourage me as it keeps me happy. Maybe that's it. Playing the whistle keeps me out of his hair and lets him do what he wants.

serpent · Post by **serpent** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 12:37 am

Uhhh... let me get this straight ... you and your daughter play music, while your husband potters around in the kitchen, doing dishes and other domestic chores. I think that's really great! Could you send him around to my place, when he's done with the dishes there?

serpent

serpent · Post by **serpent** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 12:49 am

On 2002-12-15 19:51, aderyn wrote:
Hmmm... I see that my supposed-table-dancing isn't the only thing going on in Serpie-pie's imagination. You know, I think we're all just figments of his imagination, and doesn't that open up a whole new world of things?? Wouldn't you like to be a fig newton too?

,
Andrea ~*~

I thought you were sleeping it off after the other night's episode. Can't trust you around a bottle of wine, can we? The table dance was cool, but would've been more fun had you been on _top_ of it.

Tsk!

Serpie-Pie