The idea, the crowd is told, is to blow "loud enough for the president of the United States, Barack Obama" to hear it: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 and the whistles go off…almost certainly loud enough to keep Bangkok's ear doctors busy.
And, of course, the silent dog-whistle of racial resentment was blown louder and longer in Mississippi than it was in West Virginia (where it was blown by enlightened Democrats who have to be quite a bit more careful).
"The flags were blowing so loud, it sounded like someone shooting a gun out there," Love said before he left the course.
Even in our ninth-floor apartment, in addition to the inevitable construction noise from time to time, we hear car alarms and insistent horn-blowing, loud and often every day.
More than anything, they want the news media to referee our politics more aggressively, blowing a louder whistle on Republican actions like abuse of the Senate filibuster that depart from recent political norms.
Many employers would blow a loud raspberry at it.
"Yeah, and the changes made it a best seller," Tabby joked, then blew a loud raspberry.
Seizing a horn from a youngster near by, he blew three loud hoots.
Sometimes their drums thump too hard and their horns blow too loud.
Tapped her foot impatiently for doorman, and after waiting a while, put two fingers in her mouth, schoolboy fashion, and blew a loud clear blast.
