There were many things as kids that Tim and I couldn’t do that others could do. Among these is the ability to whistle loud. Sure, we could do the kind of whistle, like whistling a tune, but I’m talking about the ear splitting loud shrill whistle. One wonders why this life quest is so important. The only rational explanation is that I want to just to be able to do it. It would also come in handy if I had to get someone’s attention from a distance, or whistle loud as part of an audience when something was good. I could even whistle loud to call the horses to come to me like Gene Autry always did with his horse “Champ”.

 

Our father had to ability to whistle loud. This came in handy while baling hay when he was on the wagon stacking hay. If something went wrong with the old baler, which it often did, he would whistle loud to get the attention of the tractor driver. The best loud whistler I ever heard was Kit Ward. His loud whistle was ear splitting! Tim and I always yearned to be able to whistle like that, or at least be able to do it at any volume! When he rode his bike to our place, he would either whistle loud or yell, “Yip yip yip yip Yahoo!” It never occurred to us to have Kit or anyone else for the matter show us just how it is done. I suppose I could find someone to teach me this now, but I’d feel foolish at my age to reveal to the world that I can’t do it. Of course, I’ve NEVER needed anyone else’s help to look foolish anyway!

 

Tim and I have both tried the 2 methods that other people use to whistle loud. The first is to put your tongue and lips just right and the 2^nd is to use the forefinger and thumb method of sticking them into your mouth. After a lifetime of trying both methods, which resulted in only the sound of rushing air, we have both become very discouraged over the years. Since we couldn’t whistle loud as kids, we created our own way of getting the attention of each other from a distance. We would yell, “Feeowick!” As a matter of fact, we sometimes still do this just for nostalgic sake. When we didn’t yell this, we would do what we called, “istling”. This is a very mute form of loud whistling. We never could make it very loud, but we figured people would get the impression that we could whistle loud and were just keeping the volume low.

 

My theory as to the inability of being able to whistle loud is due to our “buck teeth”. Apparently, one has to be able to put the tongue right behind the front teeth to whistle loud. Our attempts of whistling loud this way, results in too big of a gap due to our “buck teeth”. In order to possibly finally succeed in this life long quest of whistling loud, I could get braces. It will depend on how badly I want to finally be able to do this, and how much I can tolerate sitting in an orthodontist’s waiting room with a bunch of teenage girls. Since I’ve never heard any girls whistle loud, they must be the only ones who need braces just to look good.

 

Maybe I can take a correspondence course from a whistling school that would teach me how to whistle loud. I’ll have to do some checking to see if the G.I. Bill would pay for specialized education! If they will pay, I can brag to everyone that I’m in a “Special Ed” class!

 

I just did a Google search using the search words “how to whistle loud” and actually found a site that has instructions! Its Google Answers: whistling. Upon further research, I found hundreds of other sites of instructions! I guess I’m not alone in this aspiration!

 

I’ve often surmised that if a genie would grant me only one wish, I would wish to finally be able to whistle loud. Then I could get the attention of people at a distance to tell them about my one wish that was granted!

 

Well, at this point I’m going to go back to some of the websites that have instructions on how to whistle loud, print them off, and start practicing. I’m confident that eventually I will indeed finally be able to whistle loud! The instant I accomplish this I will no doubt be so excited that I’ll call everyone I know and whistle loud into the phone to “show off”! Be advised, that I do many of my activities very late at night or in the pre dawn hours, so you all may want to get unlisted phone numbers right after you read this! J