Comments on: Epic Win: Water Bird Whistles

By: Cameron

Cameron — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:36:52 +0000

They actually still sell these at a local store where I live!

By: icrycry

icrycry — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:14:15 +0000

anyone reminded of Ichigo’s dad from the manga “Bleach”?

By: DamianAzrael

DamianAzrael — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:16:36 +0000

My grandma did a bunch of flea market and carnival sales she would set up booths i can remember her selling these birds, paper fans, and umbrella hats i wonder if anyone has done the umbrella hats on here.

By: JillS

JillS — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:23:19 +0000

My grandfather used to buy them for me. I had many. I now have one in an unopened package…a yellow one. I think it was a dollar and I got it at World Market a few years ago. It’s on my shelf and reminds me of him.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:22:43 +0000

they were pretty awesome, I loved them, made you feel talented somehow….

I always used to drink some of the water in it, wtf’s with that?

By: dves

dves — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:38:24 +0000

I like it to have my daughter. A bird that whistles. But be careful of this, not to use always. Use or play it only once. It’s not good to your mouth.

By: pantiara

pantiara — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:08:38 +0000

it’s really the simplest things in childhood that brought the most joy. I loved those little whistles and my toy flute/recorder and those little plastic jumping frogs!

By: dissodatore

dissodatore — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:50:56 +0000

they were in Germany too. I would use mine to get the canary to sing, worked every time

By: agidius

agidius — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:15:29 +0000

I always thought they were the dumbest things!!!!

I, too, never knew about putting water in them.

By: Redneck_Rebel

Redneck_Rebel — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:16:15 +0000

Wow I forgot all about those! I used to have a yellow one when I was a kid, loved being able to make the bird sound with it.

By: Len

Len — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:53:36 +0000

Oh yeah I won one once at a kind of little carnival at school…it was rather fun.I think I lost my red one when I moved out

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:40:39 +0000

WATER? FML, no wonder mine never worked. Now I feel stupid. Too bad they didn’t come with instructions… Fail.

By: Daydream believer

Daydream believer — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:13:14 +0000

I had an orange one for years and years!

If you overfilled it, the water shot out the beak when you blew into it, turning it from a whistle into an inaccurate, short-range water pistol.

By: Higa

Higa — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:28:19 +0000

you were supposed to put water in them?

By: Bread

Bread — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:03:33 +0000

Another superb piece of nostalgia. The last seven days have been loaded with them.

By: courtney

courtney — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:07:17 +0000

I had a yellow one once, these were the most awesome things ever! I remember trying to call birds with them

By: teenie

teenie — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:55:50 +0000

“Then your mom would sort of flip her lid from all the noise & make you go outside with it.”

Pretty much!

By: Sophie

Sophie — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:28:54 +0000

We had them in Norway too. I had a blue one and it may still be in at drawer at my parents house.

By: McFirst

McFirst — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:11:10 +0000

FIRST !!!1!