Whistling Is Dead . . . Are Cell Phones to Blame?

When you’re walking down the street, sitting in a waiting room, or standing in an elevator . . . do you ever hear someone WHISTLING anymore?

A new survey found 70% of people say they hear less whistling than they did 20 or 30 years ago. And they’re probably right . . . a cultural historian at Syracuse University in New York says it IS disappearing.

And he blames it on . . . cell phones. Of course he does. Every change in modern society gets traced back to cell phones, right?

Since we’ve got our phones for unlimited distractions, we don’t need to whistle to mindlessly occupy ourselves anymore.

Plus, we’re far more likely to walk around now listening to music on our phones . . . which, again, means we’re not bothering to whistle.