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Northern Rivers native Pearl-Love Jones (24) has revealed that, when she was in school, she grew up spinning a plastic tube above her head that made a flute-like humming noise—she claims that this was her childhood instrument.
This bombshell admission came during a drink-up with some of her new city friends as they shared childhood stories.
Pearl, who attended a community school on a commune on the outskirts of Mullumbimby, says her school—comprising 23 kids and a volunteer teacher/fortune teller—was very accepting of “alternative” instruments.
“The whirl tube is a fabulous instrument; it creates an amazing ambience.”
“Apparently, the frequency it makes is incredible for putting you into a meditative state.”
While most of Pearl’s new city friends consider themselves fairly open and progressive, they all agree this is a bridge too far.
“I refuse to accept that the whirl tube is an instrument. I’m sorry,” said Jess Smith (28).
Despite her friends’ refusal to acknowledge the whirl tube’s legitimacy, Pearl remains unfazed, claiming her childhood whirl tube classes were some of her fondest memories.
“I used to really look forward to my lessons and going for a whirl—that’s what us whirl tube players call it.”
“Our school didn’t follow any sort of national curriculum, so I was lucky enough that my Year 12 major work was a 1 hour whirl tube performance in front of my class of four and my teacher—who was also our principal, whose full-time job was as a fortune teller, and who also happened to be married to my uncle.”
While Pearl’s city friends remain hesitant to accept the whirl tube as an instrument, they say they respect the level of happiness it seems to bring Pearl-Love Jones.
