Wet whistle.
 

ok.. so.. I know.. another stupid thread topic by me.

Here we go. During the game do you ever find yourself trying to get the spit out of your whistle??... Not somthing I would have thought about before I started doing this, but they should have a release valve or somthing...

Maybe its just me..

It's just you:p What the heck are you doing to that thing?

No matter how I answer this question its not going to sound right so.. remove all the sexual overtones...

I'm just blowing it.. although I've been known to swallow it and maybe the lack of action alows me to salivate and then ... I dont know.

Didn't your whistle come with a little tiny cleaning rod shaped like a needle and a supply of little tiny tissues to use with the rod?? Usually you buy your first whistle "complete" and it has these cleaning items and a little tiny bag to keep it all in in your pocket for use during TO's. You should return it to the retailer and get the one with the cleaning kit...

:D :D

The salesman, if he's any good, will also try to convince you that you need the AP toggle switch insert and will tell you that it prevents the type of problem you have experienced. So, beware.

No... mine didn't have any of that. Man, and I thought I got the good one cause it had the rubber thing on it. :(

Crap!!!
Well, file this under "warnings I wish I'd gotten sooner."

Use a 3/32" bit to drill a small hole in the bottom of your whistle. Might also see a doctor about that excessive drooling problem of yours.

(for you FIBA officials 3/32" is about the same as .047 microdiggitydiggitydiggities)

Speaking of which, anybody get that thing? I have a fundamental opposition to it, I know a lot of guys keep track in their pocket or whatever of the AP, but if you check the table as the ball is inbounded after the AP throw-in, you should be able to forget about AP...

I didn't get it.. but I keep something in my pocket to keep track cause most of the games I do are ms, and they scorers dont keep very good track of AP.

hmm....I've never seen an official have an illegal dribble violation during a game.

That's because it's always legal when we do it.

...and isn't 3/32 the same as 2.47 millidiggitieliters???

Good point. Making 3/32" about the same as .11609 micromillidiggitydiggitydiggitydiggitieliters.

Yeah, I can see how the metric system is so much better than what we use.

ok.. LOL.. I'm not talking about a soaking wet whistle...

It just gets a little damp.. find myslef blowing it off in stoppages.

I'm not drueling down my face or anything like that.

No wonder you never see a 3 second violation under FIBA. They count in their head:

1 micromillidiggitydiggitydiggitydiggitieliters
2 micromillidiggitydiggitydiggitydiggitieliters

Especially if a coach is hollering '3 seconds' and makes the official lose count.

so.. is this 1 millionth of a megamicromillidiggitydiggitydiggitydiggitieliter??

Man, you gotta start tucking that whistle in your shirt before you go....

Oooo, didn't know the P in CoachP stood for "Padgett!"

just for clarity:

fiba officials do not dribble into their whistles, and in the rare event an american ncaa/hs official works a fiba game: we have the table issue them a fresh new whistle after every tweet:D it slows the game down, but once everyone understands its a yank official their fine with it.

Hey now, take it easy, don't paint with such a broad brush.

So far only 1 of us admits to being a chronic drooler.

Even then I don't do it - just one more thing that is not your job that you have to think about...what if you have a discrepancy with the arrow, are you always 100% positive that you change it in your pocket every time? Let them handle it, if they mess it up they will probably only do it one time and be more on top of things after that....

There was one game I did where the girl didn't even pay attention to the arrow.. in fact the first AP.. after the half.. the arrow was UP. :eek:

thats why I do it. Its not a big deal and it helps me keep track of the game better. I like knowing.

I will need a link to his meds.

On a more whistley note, in 12 years of coaching, I have never heard a whistle gone bad. In 5 games so far this season, I've heard 3 go down...and all three never had a spare.

When I need to wet my whistle, my favorite beverage is Rolling Rock. Oh wait! Sorry, different type of wetting my whistle. Never mind. :D

MTD, Sr.

Even after Anheuser-Busch turned it into Pony Piss?

Agreed!

What do urine and American beer have in common?
They both taste the same going in and comming out

in FIBA we are required to drink strong beer in large multi-litre steins

Is this before the game and at half, or do you keep your steins courtside for timeouts as well?

glad you asked: as long as the brand is covered with a fiba sticker we are required to have our steins ready at a moments notice. for example: some fan may "donate" a beer from high in the stands. without a stein it would just run through your hands...uh oh...i just realized I got padgetts meds by mistake today!:(

No, no, the meds are supposed to PREVENT this kind of idiocy.

But I'm glad you posted, it was funny!

That's what lanyards are for, although I think their lanyards are made of chains.

Do they tuck those in as well?

Nah, 'cause in spite of what they claim, the taste of the beer doesn't get affected one way or the other.