Why do guys whistle?

[Anonymous]

I hate people who whistle, it's my pet peeve.. I want to seriously kill everyone I hear whistling.. It's not like I start singing in the middle of the grocery store when I'm picking out vegetables... I'll make eye contact w a whistler, and just stare them down, until they shut up.. It's SO annoying, and it makes me f***ing crazy! So guys, what do you find so great about whistling.. Is it for attention, are you nervous? Do you want people to guess the song your whistling? Do you want me to strangle you in the middle of super America? Maybe I hate whistling because I'm a musician, and it seems like non-sense sound; maybe I have super acute hearing, or maybe I'm just really super special and have super powers... Reason's for this very annoying, obnoxious gesture, at unneeded random times please? Thanks...

[chocolatezombies]

I'm not a guy, but I whistle and sing for fun when I'm alone or around random people.. I just don't give a sh*t and I like the way it sounds.. I usually do it if I'm bored and I'm a very musical person also. But honeslty, I think its a bit excessive to stare someone down and get annoyed by something that you can ignore. If it bothers you that much, you can carry your ipod/mp3 player everywhere and just listen to it whenever someone whistles near you.

[toulouse]

lol free whistling, free. :)

learn to block it out lol The worlds not going to stop. Whistling is part of the oral tradition. It was here long before any of us, its probably connected to developing instruments. Sounds like a flute different then humming,

[Asker]

Musicians generally can not whistle, that's why the express song in voice and instrument. Whistling is so sheer, like a cats meow and too sharp, it's like a song being played with all sharp notes... It's f***ing stupid. Flutes are not this sharp in tone, they are actually very "moist and rich" sounding.

[squeelz]

LMAO this is too funny you made me laugh I don't feel as strongly but but I get the way you feel

[Daenad]

Most likely it's just something to keep the mind occupied and similar to humming or drumming fingers to a song you have in your head. Generally, I only whistle when I'm on my own or doing something particular boring/repetitive. Just a couple of things I'm curious about, do you have any habits which annoy people (go ask your friends) and if you're on your own do you do anything to pass the time e.g hum or sing in the shower.

[Asker]

@toulouse: Except for "Sittin @ a dock @ the bay", "Patience"(Guns and roses), and the famous song during the great depression, "My Blue Heaven", which is where whistling was popularized the first time in recorded song and pretty much not ever again.. Blues singers also sometime whistle, but no, it has not been used in music forever and was not used in the development of instruments.Voice is an instrument of itself, and whistling is not a good form of the instrument of voice as it's improper.

[Mesonfielde]

Well, my dog hated the whistling of everyone, except mine... :O I think it's fun. I don't get why it annoys you that much. As long as it's an audible melody, I'm fine with it.

[thealpha]

u are lucky to not to have come across me!

u would have killed me...lol

[only_human89]

lol