When I was a kid, I remember reading some spy novel or other which made the ridiculous sounding claim that gay men can’t whistle. This sounds preposterous to me, but I thought that its the kind of question that STW excels at answering authoritatively.

So does anyone know for sure that this is rubbish? I think the same book advised never to trust a man with a beard.

Only in the presence of Sailors.

Bloke at work whistles incessantly and he seems straight

I heard that they muck about and attract enemy radar.

It wasn’t any spy novel, it was The Man With The Golden Gun by Ian Fleming. The idea was that Scaramanga was gay as he couldn’t whistle.

The profile (read by M) also delves into his background and psyche. Among other things, the profile claims that Scaramanga might be a latent homosexual, since he cannot whistle – based on the popular (but unfounded) theory that a man who cannot whistle has homosexual tendencies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Scaramanga

Was this only whilst riding a bike?

Was this only whilst riding a bike?

In British Columbia?

Coming up next…

Can white men jump? 😉

On a treadmill?

But pixies are absolutely real.

I’ve got beard. And I don’t trust myself.

Ian Fleming…whilst I’m aware he was “Of his time”

he was a racist homophomic mysoginistic bigoted antisemetic ****

So Ian Fleming would have fitting nicely as a member of are esteemed group STW then hahahahhahaa

Can gay dogs hear dog whistles?
I do know that bi-curious white cats are deaf and can’t look up.

In all seriousness I met a French tour guide a while ago who insisted that black people do so well in athletics because they have a different spinal structure.
His wife was a GP and believed the same thing.
😐

Can gay dogs hear dog whistles?

Only wolf whistles.

There may be something in this. I have a test for you, stick a finger in your mouth (or maybe a carrot of courgette if you have one handy) and try whistling.

Ian Fleming used to make up all sorts of shit in the bond books, apparently sumo wrestlers ‘massage their testicles so they ascend into their bodies through the inguinal canal from which they originally descended’ supposedly so it didn’t hurt if kicked in the plums

Totally made up.

So why do they massage their testicles? 🙂

Same reason you massage yours,…

Hang on, sumo wrestlers massage dog’s testicles?

I know the Japanese love Shinty, one hell of a tough game, but I had no idea about this.

The dirty, dirty…….

Ian Fleming…whilst I’m aware he was “Of his time”

he was a racist homophomic mysoginistic bigoted antisemetic ****

He voted Brexit?

So Ian Fleming would have fitting nicely as a member of are esteemed group STW then hahahahhahaa

I feel like I am missing something….apart from the ability to whistle with a carrot in my mouth.

He voted Brexit?

Not everyone who voted out is a racist.

Boom! That’s this interesting thread contaminated.

So if a sumo massaged my testicles and I enjoyed it would I lose the ability to whistle?

Not necessarily:

Assuming you are a hetroaexual male in the first place.

You could be a celebate asexual gibbon, gifted the ability to type by a wandering shaman.

Ian Fleming…whilst I’m aware he was “Of his time”
he was a racist homophomic mysoginistic bigoted antisemetic

He could spel, though.

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A definitive answer from John Barrowman…….

[video]https://youtu.be/HssZ4VE0Wfw[/video]

Who knew? lady Sumo. Goes off to hunt specialist videos.

What about Lesbians ?

Can Transgender persons whistle two different tunes at the same time?

Very poor even by fatmiddleagedconservativetrackworld standards.

No, but all Eunuchs can play the Glockenspiel.

I thought this was a thread about how erroneous attitudes and stereotyping of LGBT people has changed in the last 60 odd years?

I’m sure no offence is intended by anyone.

Can gay men whistle?

Yes, it’s farting that they have trouble with 😉

Ann Summers launch new range of sex toys…….

I’m sure no offence is intended by anyone.

[Feels temporary need to be serious]

I hope not, I assumed that we had reached the stage where we can joke about this sort of thing and everyone realises the butt of the joke is the person making the anti whistling assumption (Fleming in this case) rather than anyone unable to express their gaiety with a little wind assisted lip action.

Very poor even by fatmiddleagedconservativetrackworld standards.

I don’t this thread means what you think it does.

Edit: Hmm. Reading one or two comments, maybe it does. 😐

You could be a celebate asexual gibbon, gifted the ability to type by a wandering shaman.

If only I was that interesting.

Then departed Pau-Puk-Keewis, Whistling, singing through the forest, Whistling gayly to the squirrels, Who from hollow boughs above him Dropped their …

Longfellow (ooerr) thought so.

Who knew? lady Sumo. Goes off to hunt specialist videos.

😆

Yes, it’s farting that they have trouble with

😯

everyone realises the butt of the joke

Tee hee.

He whistles at the start of this so no, not true.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErvgV4P6Fzc[/video]