Anyone using the new "Dolfin" whistle that's being advertised by Purchase Officials?

If so.....how do they compare with the popular "FOX" brands?

I'm certainly not. Have you seen a picture of it? It just wouldn't look right on a lanyard.

http://www.officialforum.com/thread/19638

And here's the link to the homepage of the company that makes the whistle: http://www.newitts.com/product/OS-22...ic_whistle.htm

I saw and heard one first hand last month when I officiated an AAU boys' national tournament game with Larry "Torch" Torchia. Torch is owner of Torch's Referee & Umpires Supplies (http://www.OfficialsSupplies.com). He is Joe DeRosa's (Purchas Officials) distributer in the Southeast.

Yes, they long funky but I received three in the mail from Torch last week and was going to use them in the girls' season this fall in Michigan, but I am currently on crutches due to a stress fracture in my right foot which I guess started in the last week of July while officiating in Florida. I guess I will have to wait until the boys' winter season now to try them. They really don't look that goofy on a lanyard.

MTD, Sr.

<img src="http://illinois.purchaseofficials.com/image.php?productid=1275">

Yes, they do.

And call me old fashioned, but I ain't blowing no dolphin. In public.

Not bad.

Six minutes.

You still got it.

PS- ever heard of a "flipper job"?

PPS- We just put another thread in the ol' dumper, didn't we?

Although it looks different is isn't extremely noticeable. The sound is a little different but still OK. The number #1 official at the ACC camp in Indianapolis used a Dolphin this year. It didn't hurt him. :D

I'm not even going to look it up...

Okay. Maybe it looks kind of goofy on me or maybe I just look goofy no matter what.

MTD, Sr.

I'm not even going to look it up... [/B][/QUOTE]Your loss, Juulie.

Your loss, Juulie. [/B][/QUOTE]

Yup. That's what I'm counting on!

But blowin a fox in public is okay?




just checkin...

Or, one of these fine items...
 

<img src="http://www.honigs.com/img_item_thumb/FOX.jpg"><img src="http://www.honigs.com/img_item_thumb/CMG2003thum.jpg">
<img src="http://www.honigs.com/img_item_thumb/MFOX.jpg"><img src="http://www.honigs.com/img_item_thumb/MCMGthum.jpg">

I'm shocked.

Shocked, I'll tell 'ya.

...that you guy's aren't sharing what you've been smokin'... :D

Juulie - the link is safe, BUT, you do need to be over 45... ;)

I'm hopin' my next IQ test will get me there.

That's next for me; first I have to finish studying for my blood test.

Next thing you know, someone is going to walk out on the court with one of those old Oscar Mayer hot dog whistles attached to a Smitty.

Careful! This is a family board.

Ohhhhh, I wish I were an Oscar Meyer weiner,
'Cause that is what I'd truly like to be...

Man, when's the season gonna start?

:D