Do I need a Whistle?

. . . . now this slightly off the wall question came about following a series of events that went as follows:

On Thursday after my Wednesday episode I went out with the coach determined to do 25 minutes.  We started loping as we hit the first bit of pavement outside the drive to our house (somehow that sounds very grand and not wanting to mislead you 'dirt track' might be more accurate).  We ran up the road, turned left at the top and then came down what I now refer to as 'The Mall' this is because it's slightly downhill so we always try to arrange to be coming down it rather than up it, at the end of a run and I visualise coming along the Mall towards the finish.  If we time it right at the weekend and Diss are playing at home and they are about to score a try we even get the sound of a cheering crowd as we 'round the bend onto the Mall'.  As we got to the bottom coach said stop, we had done 25 minutes - success!.  On Friday I was on my own and decided that I didn't want to have to keep looking at the time, there's nothing worse than waiting for the minutes to tick by so I planned to start at the same spot and attempt to come back to the same spot, this would increase the distance and hopefully mean I would lope for around 30 minutes.  I managed this but when I looked at my phone at the end I had only done 27 minutes - now either I had speeded up quite considerably - highly unlikely - or timing has not been terribly accurate up till now (I'm not pointing any fingers here!!!!!)

'I need a stopwatch' I declared to Andrew when he got home and I relayed my little story to him.  When the kids had all gone out we sat on the sofa together and set about ordering the stopwatch (this is the closest we come to romance in our house on a Friday night!).  I went onto 'that' site and discovered that there are thousands of stopwatches ranging in price from a fiver up to £400 plus.  I went for one around £20.00, the particular one I was looking at listed among it's 'unique selling points' the ability to time all sports activities, to time single events and unlimited splits.  These things I felt were probably all I really needed in a stopwatch, I couldn't think of any other requirements.
Half asleep, Andrew then said 'There's one there for £4.95' . . . now I had been waiting for this, I'm always waiting for this.  As I browse through the rails in Wallis or Next Andrew will always ask 'have you looked in Primark?' and then give me that 'What' face like he really has no idea what he has just said, and that is the problem, he really has no idea what he has just said.
To humour him I looked at the £4.95 stopwatch knowing full well there would be something - anything wrong with it.  Among it's list of 'unique selling points' it could . . . time all sports activities, time single events and unlimited splits.  I noticed though that someone had left a review and they had pointed out that the buttons over time became a bit loose and would 'double bounce'???.
'I don't want any double bouncing' I argued 'I could be gone for days thinking this is a very long 40 minutes!'
As we always do, we compromised and I went for one priced at £6.99 but reduced to £6.98?.  this one listed it's 'unique selling points' as . . . it could time all sports activities, time single events and unlimited splits.  It also is, evidently, 'aesthetically pleasing' - I'm sure this will be useful, anything that might help! and also has a 40" nylon lanyard, I really have no idea what that might be for????.  Anyway, I was about to order it when 'that' site thought I needed to know that of the 100 or so people who had bought this item, nearly half had also bought a whistle, now my only excuse for what followed is that I don't normally drink these days but I had just poured myself a small glass of wine which is all I can think prompted the very silly conversation that  went something like this:
Me:  'do you think I need a whistle'
Andrew:  'Why would you need a whistle'
Me:  'I don't know, but lots of people who bought this stopwatch needed a whistle'
Andrew:  'but why would you need one'
Me:  'well, I suppose, should I collapse on my way round and I'm on my own I could 'whistle' for help'
Andrew:  'do you think anyone would notice'
Me:  'I don't know but why else would I need a whistle'
Andrew:  'You don't need a whistle'
I have decided to go without the whistle for now, if it becomes apparent that I do need one for some reason in the weeks to come I will order myself one . . . if anyone can think of a reason why I might need one please let me know.

Rest day today and 40 minute tomorrow which feels like a very long time, that's longer than an entire episode of Eastenders!!!!!