Learn a new language, and the Silbo Gomero

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Been there, done that, unfortunately, no t-shirt. There's a little cafe in Gomera where the tale of the "whistling language" was told. A patron was asked to whisper a request to a waiter whom whistled the instructions to a waitress. The waitress followed the request to the letter. The request? Place a bottle of beer and a glass on a platter, open the bottle, deliver it to the table, pour the beer and pluck the handkerchief from the man's jacket.

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