A quote from Burton Hillis. Hope you’ll like it!

“Men and boys don’t whistle the way they used to. In my days, every boy who amounted to anything was a whistler.”

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“As a boy, I used to climb the town water tower and sit up there all by myself and whistle to the sky above me and to the world below me. A woman would start setting the table when she heard her man come whistling home, and she would listen for her son’s whistle if he was out after dark. I don’t say that whistling improved a man’s thinking or anything like that, but I do say you cannot be working up any mean thoughts when the words of some pretty tune are running through your head, while you whistle the air as fine and fancy as you can.”

                                                                  -Burton Hillis      

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  • CHIPMUNK on Mar 14, 2011

    a wonderful share

  • Ima Vee on Mar 14, 2011

    wonderful picture and so is the message…
    nice source eds..

  • mtrguanlao on Mar 14, 2011

    Wow,love the pic bunso! Like the quote!

  • Nikita Phadke on Mar 14, 2011

    Hey good post! :)

  • jedpogi on Mar 14, 2011

    bf mo yan eds?? hehehe… view mo din article ko tnx!

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  • anndavey650 on Mar 14, 2011

    There we are… we need more whistlers in the world!

  • real lady on Mar 14, 2011

    Nice post edss. Cool picture.

  • Xandine on Mar 14, 2011

    Nice post. :-)

  • d1dezire on Mar 14, 2011

    I’m not a boy but I’m whistling. No mean thoughts from me right now lol

  • Erin Miller on Mar 14, 2011

    I\’m not a boy still I cant whistle but I can do a banshee screetch. Not sure how I feel about this quote though.

  • foxpete88 on Mar 14, 2011

    great post, thanks.-

  • serenitybubble on Mar 14, 2011

    Great article, i like it.

  • Jerry Bradford aka Jerry Atrixx on Mar 14, 2011

    I never learned to Wolf Whistle and I always hated that I couldn\’t master this skill.

  • UncleSammy on Mar 15, 2011

    Nice Share

  • FallenAngelDisease on Mar 15, 2011

    Wonderful article. Even though I do not really know how to whistle :) )

  • pruelpo on Mar 15, 2011

    Interesting post with insightful message.

  • Likha on Mar 15, 2011

    Great sketch and beautiful message. :)

  • bobie on Mar 15, 2011

    wow ganda naman nito..kaw ba nag paint nit ed?

  • papaleng on Mar 16, 2011

    This article has been indexed in
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  • youthinksokiddo on Mar 16, 2011

    haha i love this. any time i feel angry i’ll try whistling

  • T. S. Lewis on Mar 17, 2011

    Very nice

  • FIRE SWORD on Mar 17, 2011

    I Like It….

  • Lynxer on Mar 18, 2011

    nice info

  • LadyElena on Mar 18, 2011

    I like that. Sweet.

  • Dreamy777 on Mar 20, 2011

    great one

  • T. S. GARP on Mar 22, 2011

    Well said. Nice share!

  • Likha on Mar 23, 2011

    This article has been indexed in
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    Read more articles written by this author in our blog.

  • Lynxer on Mar 23, 2011

    goodie

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