The Whistle That Wouldn't

I bought a wooden whistle. But it wouldn't whistle, so I bought a steel whistle. But it still wouldn't whistle. So I bought a lead whistle, but it still wouldn't lead me to whistle.

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The humor is in the wordplay with 'wooden', 'steel', and 'lead', playing on the sounds 'wouldn't', 'still', and 'lead me to'. The joke is funny because it subverts expectations of how those words should be used in the context of a whistle that is expected to make noise.

Comments (31)

Yes

So much cringe

NOOOOOO Omg!

So I bought an Iron whistle, But ironically it steel wooden lead me whistle.

I brought a tin whistle and now I tin whistle!

So i bought a tin whistle Now i can whistle

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why are all of these comments years ago?

Now that's a good way to 'copyright' your nick, 101010100101001010101001 ;)

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I finally made a whistle out of a soda can, and now I can soda whistle

Thought this was soooo funny when I was four years old. That was 80 years ago. Glad children and old folks enjoy it still.

My 98 year old mother agrees with β€˜Dad’s’ comment from 3 years ago. Wooden, steel, tin. PERIOD.