"notbob" > wrote in message
news:8NZCc.181034$Ly.76553@attbi_s01...
> On 2004-06-25, Pennyaline
> wrote:
>
> > No, they're legit.
>
> > They are steam vents.
>
> Yes, but I doubt they actually whistle. I think that would require way
more
> moisture and pressure than you'd want in your pie.
>

That was my thought. You might be able to blow through them an get them to
whistle. I would think that the pie would burst open before building up
enough steam to cause the pie bird to chirp. However, I could be wrong. I
still don't know why the caged bird sings.