Origin of pulling your whistle out of pocket when you're just about to tip off

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Tue Jan 22, 2013, 10:57am

jTheUmp

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Originally Posted by just another ref

I put my whistle around my neck before I leave the house. I've forgotten it twice in 27 years but remembered it before I got a mile from home both times.

Amateur. I wear a whistle around my neck 24/7. Yeah, it gets in the way in certain situations, but it's a small price to pay for being ready to go in a case a game breaks out in my living room.

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