http://bostonist.com/2007/08/31/it_blows_debunk.php All comments for It Blows: Debunking the Boston Whistling Myth en-us 2009 rickbang Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:29:29 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss rick@bostonist.com rick@bostonist.com 60 http://bostonist.com/2007/08/31/it_blows_debunk.php#comment-1187161 http://bostonist.com/2007/08/31/it_blows_debunk.php#comment-1187161 Comments Sat, 01 Sep 2007 22:48:30 -0500 <p>Destined to be part of a Nissan or Procter & Gamble commercial...</p> http://bostonist.com/2007/08/31/it_blows_debunk.php#comment-1187143 http://bostonist.com/2007/08/31/it_blows_debunk.php#comment-1187143 Comments Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:57:49 -0500 <p>Yes. It's getting whistled a lot.</p> http://bostonist.com/2007/08/31/it_blows_debunk.php#comment-1186788 http://bostonist.com/2007/08/31/it_blows_debunk.php#comment-1186788 Comments Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:27:30 -0500 <p>I used to whistle all the time until I became friends with a number of people who worked on the tall ships and as sailors; they informed me that whistling was incredibly bad luck. I wonder if this superstition has something to do with the lack of whistling in Boston?</p> http://bostonist.com/2007/08/31/it_blows_debunk.php#comment-1186759 http://bostonist.com/2007/08/31/it_blows_debunk.php#comment-1186759 Comments Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:49:00 -0500 <p>Wow that didn't sound like the Caesars at all!</p> http://bostonist.com/2007/08/31/it_blows_debunk.php#comment-1186746 http://bostonist.com/2007/08/31/it_blows_debunk.php#comment-1186746 Comments Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:34:54 -0500 <p>My coworker whistles randomly all the time - yesterday she was whistling the Elijah Wood Puppetmaster song (after I forced her to watch the video on YouTube).</p>