What is the name of the syndrome that presents itself as checking the mail every weekday for that new whistle to arrive, and sinking into depression over the weekend when there are no deliveries? ![]()
That would be “STPIACTMEWFTNWTAASIDOTWWTAND”. We don’t talk about it much.
What are you waiting for? Maybe it will help to talk about it.
Doc
Acute Diatonic Depression with only one known cure.
It all started when I discovered my grade-school Tonette in my Mom’s garage … I’m sorry. It hurts too much to talk about. ![]()
Okay…so it STARTED with the Tonette…
What…pant pant, wheeze…are you WAITING for!
There’s a Calvin & Hobbes series where he sends a cereal box top of to get a “Beanie”. He can’t understand why it’s not delivered that day, or the next day…
This syndrome is refered to “Waiting for your Beanies” around our house.
Any chance your man went postal and is sitting in a tree somewhere playing “Nixon’s Farewell”?
It’s a pimped whistle from a dealer beyond reproach. No, it’s not overdue. I’m just impatient. You know, the kind of person who says “I WANT IT, AND I WANT IT NOW!”
pimped = USA slang for customized, commonly used in reference to automobiles
One time, way back in one of my high school classes, a fellow student blurted, Oh I can’t wait! The teacher replied, Then don’t.
Yes… I’m waiting on an ebayflute that was to arrive today.
It did not! ![]()
I, too, have STPIACTMEWFTNWTAASIDOTWWTAND. I caught it from Laughing Whistle. It is obviously very infectious because I only visited Noah’s website once. Is there an inoculation available in case this happens again?
hummm…I thought this behavior was just a symptom of WhOA, rather than a seperate disorder. I’m in the early stages though, having only begun playing this past November, and I only have 7 whistles, so I
must be wrong, and (or), much sicker than I thought already. (Denial perhaps?) ![]()
STPIACTMEWFTNWTAASIDOTWWTAND is a very understandable condition. This is brought properly into perspective when you consider that Loki is the god of logistics. Every now and then it amuses him to subject a parcel in transit to one or more of the following:
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The world tour. This little prank takes your happless whistle on a tour of some of the less travelled pathways of the world, usually on the back of a camel or yak involving deserts, the Himalayas and a forwarding depot manned by chimpanzees. ETA 6 months.
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The random WMD inspection. Some governments like to pick random parcels containing anything remotely tube-like and try to assemble them into a uranium centrifuge. I daresay they succeed with some makes of whistle. Once this happens they allow the parcel to be delivered after inserting homing devices and placing taps on all your communications and diverting your mail for a year. It is always a good idea to run a geiger counter over your parcel when it finally arrives. ETA 6 weeks.
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Forklift football. This is a quaint little game played by forkies in the warehouse while the superviser is otherwise disposed. A crate of parcels is selected as the ball and gets nudged up and down the cross-dock untill it falls into one of the loading bays - points are scored accordingly. Bonus points are scored if a parcel becomes dislodged from the crate - all players then fight to be first on hand to run it under the wheels - the crackle-dy-bang sound of exploding bubble-wrap is most impresssive. ETA never arrives - perhaps taped-up and trailing broken bits (if you’re lucky).
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Mailing-tube enhancement. From time to time, a mailing tube can become lodged in the gap between the conveyor-runs. Once there, it functions very much like the steel rollers on the conveyor. The storemen usually overlook this and it only gets discovered if a maintenance crew happen to be doing a repair on that section of the matrix - sometimes thy just leave it there because it helps the over-all flow. ETA 3 months or never.
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3rd world “expenses”. Did you remember to fold a US $10 note behind the invoice? If not - ETA never.
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The evil whistler. Never identify the brand of pennywhistle on the customs form if it’s value is greater than US $100 and always call it “flute” - remember, there ARE evil whistlers out there. ETA never.
There are many more such pranks, of course, Loki’s best joke ever is when you try to claim insurance for a lost or damaged parcel.
Best of luck ![]()
I think some people in this forum aren’t taking this seriously. I met with my shrink. STPIACTMEWFTNWTAASIDOTWWTAND, if not treated immediately, can lead to rcrdr or accrd**n addiction! I was given a prescription for the latest in modern psycho-pharmaceuticals. However, I am trying a more traditional approach. Every time I think of that whistle somewhere out there, I drink a shot of Bushmills. I’m trying to drink my way to a two-octave diatonic scale of bottles.
I think you are in for trouble with that treament.
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Leastways that’s what he’ll be seeing after the first octave and a note ![]()