i think whistling is just fucking attention seeking

[AnnetteProfit]

shut up you annoying nob end.

You're not on a train typing this so your seatmate can see, by any chance?

(I agree it's antisocial and screechy most of the time)

Oh I hate it too. That and men jangling change in their pockets.

Are you venting?

Do you know any operatic arias you could launch into by way of reply?

YANBU. It is on par with humming. Shut up or sing. Easy.

whistling wanker

YABU lol although it is funny. If someone wants to whistle they have every right.

My DD learned to whistle at four and would stroll round the mall alternately whistling and complaining that everyone was looking at her.

Just 'cos you can't

I am an excellent whistler of course.

pleasethanks - oh god, that is so annoying, jingling change! We know you've got it love, and we know you're not allowed to fiddle with your willy in public over age 2 and this is the nearest substitute ... but FFS stop it!

I remember at school one year we had prize day and the twit they got in to give out the prizes jingled his change in his pocket the whole time he spoke - so fucking rude.

i can whistle
just chosse not to when behind omeoen in a supermercado

Yes bloody annoying I agree.

Really oddly there's a man who walks past my house whistling every night for a couple of minutes.

Then it suddenly stops but no door has opened or shut

where did he GO ???

Sorry to disagree but the other day I as on the train and some young thing had an ipod plugged in and was singing along. And her singing was so bad I wanted to jump off the train while it was moving.

So whistling's not so bad! In fact I would have welcomed anything whistled in tune.

(Of course there's always those smug 'look at me whistling cos my life is so good I haven't a care in the world aren't I lucky' types. I don't like them)

I absolutely loath whistling. Horrible, horrible noise that makes me want to hurt someone

I hate those whistlers who clearly want to mutter: 'nice tits' but are too cowardly even for that.

I worked with a change jingler too. He used to stand directly behind seated women to do it.

We used to sing a burst of Windmills of Your Mind: 'Keys that jingle in your pocket, words that jangle in your head...'

But the subtle approach didn't work so in the end we'd turn round and shout: 'get your cock out of my face.' That worked.

I like hearing people whistling songs, they are usually in a good mood. What's not to like?
Unless obviously some bad whistler whistles in your ear all day long...

whistling is the sign of an empty mind

I love whistling
AND singing

AND best of all DANCING

Annette you are a grumpy old bag

In tune and vaguely musical - not too awful

Tuneless, hissy, air between teeth whistling - kill kill kill.

I have never heard someone whistling, if you mean an actual tune, who the hell whistles tunes on trains?

Laurie - [hshock] at ghost whistler.

I like whistling. And I whistle sometimes. And hum. It is because I am basically a happy little soul and that is how it comes out.

I think you whistling-haters a bunch of miseries! Try humming or whistling a little tune of your own and it might cheer you up a bit.

I am sure I heard somewhere that whistling is dying out anyway. Not nearly so many people do it as used to and the blame for this was placed on the fact that it is easier for people to listen to music while they are out and about e.g. radios and iPods I suppose so they have stopped making their own background noise.

I would rather hear someone whistke then hear that annoying hissy noise you get from someones earphones when they leak noise out.

Last night two teenagers on the train (in the silent carriage) were chanting the words of a rap song, rhythmlessly in a monotone and pausing every few lines because one or the other would forget the next word. The silent furious indignation from the carriage full of commuters was palpable.

Mind you, if they had been whistling I think someone would have leapt up and beaten them over the head with the Evening Standard.

Italics fail [hblush]

I can't whistle

I would whistle all day if I could