Whistling! I never hear anyone whistling a tune any more. Do you? I used to whistle a lot. But, as the years increased, my ability to whistle decreased.
My grandpa used to whistle as he went to the barn to milk his cows each morning. In the darkness of early morning, with a hard day’s work ahead of him, he would whistle, usually a Stephen Foster song, The Glendy Burk.
Do you remember the film, The Man Who Knew Too Much? Whistling was quite important in that movie, and it seems to me there was once an old radio show called The Whistler.
There could be lots of reasons people don’t whistle any more. I wonder what would happen if I whistled while taking a daily walk? Would people come and stare? Would a pack of dogs follow?
One reason people don’t whistle is that they usually go about with ear phones plugged in, or drive from here to there in cars.
Remember the Disney film, The Seven Dwarfs? Remember Whistle While You Work?
I advocate getting back to whistling. It’s great for thinking, for cheering up a mood or for just brightening the day.
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