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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.82,0:00:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.78,0:02:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling ends)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.16,0:02:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.50,0:02:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.00,0:02:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.60,0:02:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.73,0:02:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was whistling.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.10,0:02:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm trying to do this in English.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.00,0:02:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is a chubby,\Ncurly-haired guy from Holland --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.23,0:02:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why is he whistling?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.77,0:02:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well actually, I've been whistling\Nsince the age of four, about four.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.23,0:02:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dad was always whistling\Naround the house,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.42,0:02:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just thought that's part\Nof communication in my family.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.51,0:02:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I whistled along with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.23,0:02:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And actually, until I was 34,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.72,0:02:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always annoyed and irritated\Npeople with whistling,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.28,0:02:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because, to be honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.00,0:02:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my whistling is a kind\Nof deviant behavior.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.31,0:02:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I whistled alone,\NI whistled in the classroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.60,0:02:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I whistled on bike, I whistled everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.31,0:02:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I also whistled\Nat a Christmas Eve party
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.71,0:03:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my family-in-law.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.46,0:03:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they had some, in my opinion,\Nterrible Christmas music.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.16,0:03:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I hear music that I don't like,\NI try to make it better.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.92,0:03:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.33,0:03:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when "Rudolph the Red-Nosed\NReindeer" -- you know it?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.84,0:03:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.76,0:03:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it can also sound like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.49,0:03:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.64,0:03:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But during a Christmas party --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.62,0:03:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at dinner, actually -- it's very annoying.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.86,0:03:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my sister-in-law asked me a few times,\N"Please stop whistling."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.34,0:03:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just couldn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.65,0:03:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at one point --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.88,0:03:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had some wine,\NI have to admit that --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.11,0:03:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at one point I said,\N"If there was a contest, I would join."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.41,0:03:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And two weeks later,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.88,0:03:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I received a text message:\N"You're going to America."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.31,0:03:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.22,0:03:50.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, OK, I'm going to America.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.07,0:03:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would love to, but why?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.70,0:03:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I immediately called her up, of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.88,0:03:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She googled, and she found\Nthis World Whistling Championship
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.49,0:04:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in America, of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.29,0:04:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.62,0:04:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She didn't expect me to go there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.00,0:04:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would have lost my face.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.16,0:04:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if that's correct English.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.17,0:04:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Dutch people here\Nwill understand what I mean.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.72,0:04:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.21,0:04:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lost my face.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.00,0:04:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.00,0:04:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she thought, "He will never go there."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.62,0:04:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But actually, I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.23,0:04:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went to Louisburg, North Carolina,\Nsoutheast of the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.80,0:04:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I entered the world of whistling.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.81,0:04:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I also entered the World Championship,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.34,0:04:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I won there, in 2004.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.00,0:04:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.94,0:04:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was great fun, of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.32,0:04:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to defend my title --\Nlike judokas do and sportsmen --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.84,0:04:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, well let's go back in 2005 --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.21,0:04:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I won again.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.39,0:04:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.93,0:04:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I couldn't participate\Nfor a few years.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.05,0:05:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in 2008, I entered again\Nin Japan, Tokyo, and I won again.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.62,0:05:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what happened now
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.00,0:05:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I'm standing here in Rotterdam,\Nin the beautiful city, on a big stage,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.84,0:05:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm talking about whistling.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.77,0:05:15.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And actually, I earn my money\Nwhistling, at the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.28,0:05:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I quit my day job as a nurse.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.00,0:05:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.00,0:05:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I try to live my dream --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.00,0:05:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, actually, it was never my dream,\Nbut it sounds so good.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.17,0:05:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.00,0:05:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, I'm not the only one whistling here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.32,0:05:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, "Huh, what do you mean?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.47,0:05:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well actually, you are going\Nto whistle along.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.48,0:05:42.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then always the same thing happens:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.94,0:05:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people are watching each other\Nand think, "Oh, my God.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.74,0:05:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Can I go away?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.91,0:05:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, you can't.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.35,0:05:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.85,0:05:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, it's very simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.22,0:05:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The track that I will whistle\Nis called "Fête de la Belle."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.15,0:05:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about 80 minutes long.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.100,0:06:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.42,0:06:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, no, no. It's four minutes long.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.00,0:06:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to first rehearse\Nwith you your whistling.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.17,0:06:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, so I whistle the tone.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.94,0:06:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.00,0:06:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.35,0:06:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorry, I forgot one thing --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.16,0:06:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you whistle the same tone as me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.76,0:06:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.63,0:06:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard a wide variety of tones.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.79,0:06:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Geert Chatrou and audience whistling)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.10,0:06:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling ends)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.33,0:06:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is very promising.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.71,0:06:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.92,0:06:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is very promising.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.29,0:06:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll ask the technicians\Nto start the music.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.00,0:06:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if it's started,\NI just point where you whistle along,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.26,0:06:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will see what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.86,0:06:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.62,0:07:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I'm so sorry, technicians.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.67,0:07:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.92,0:07:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm so used to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.14,0:07:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.19,0:07:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I start it myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.54,0:07:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.73,0:07:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, here it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.00,0:07:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.37,0:07:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.34,0:07:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.11,0:07:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling ends)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.28,0:07:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.32,0:07:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.43,0:07:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.82,0:08:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easy, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.00,0:08:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.35,0:09:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now comes the solo,\NI propose I do that myself, OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.37,0:09:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.00,0:09:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whistling)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.00,0:11:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.00,0:11:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Max Westerman: Geert Chatrou,\Nthe World Champion of Whistling.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.75,0:11:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Geert Chatrou: Thank you. Thank you.