The Agent of Oblivion question of the day

[Your Paragon of Virtue]

No, although Lord knows I`ve tried.

 

Agent, are you open to other people giving you questions for this or are you just going to do them all yourself?

[Art Sandusky]

I can do the O whistle like a motherfucker, with loads'a range and volume. I can do it sort of through my teeth, but they're seperated when I do it so I'm not sure if it counts the same. Never figured out how to do it with my fingers in my mouth. My father does what I call the rabbit whistle where you can barely see his eye teeth and it's loud as SHIT.

[Maztinho]

My great-uncle does the bearly smiling whistle too. They live in a small farming community just north of Logan, Utah, you can no joke hear him two miles away.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I can whistle very well. Teeth and O-lip. Czech noted an interesting cultural tendency with his "mexican whistle" comment. I work with many mexicans, and that's how they communicate over distances beyond normal vocal volume. Whistling and that "Ay-yi-yi-yi" whooping laugh thing like in chicano music.

 

Burmese people clap their hands to get each other's attention.

 

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

No, although Lord knows I`ve tried.

 

Agent, are you open to other people giving you questions for this or are you just going to do them all yourself?

 

I'm open to suggestion, PM me.

[The Metal Maniac]

Yeah but WHY can't you? Do your lips lack the ability to move a certain way? Do your breathing patterns prevent the proper air flow? I don't get it.

 

Can't speak for everyone of course, but for me, my inability to whistle comes from, I think, my lack of ability to properly control the air flowing out my mouth. I've tried to whistle a lot, because I'd love to be able to whistle, but I've never managed to produce that high, shrill sound. I can make a sound like a deflating tire, that's about it.

 

Why can't I do that? I dunno. I doubt it's physical; I probably just don't have the proper understanding of it in my mind, maybe?

[Guest Vitamin X]

What helped me develop a whistle was to just make sure your lips aren't dry.