But he was blind, why would he need to?
― not uplifting (Abbott), Friday, 2 December 2011 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
ITT I say biased and odd things about the visually impaired.
I sort of can't wink. I mean I can close one eye and not close the other one, but only by forcefully squeezing it shut, I can't nonchalantly close one eye, if I try my other eye closes as well, so it's not really a wink, it's someone looking like someone poked them in the eye, which doesn't really have the same effect.
― Fake Eyeball, Friday, 2 December 2011 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
what if your eyeball wasn't fake?
― dayo, Friday, 2 December 2011 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
good point
― Fake Eyeball, Friday, 2 December 2011 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
incidentally, that wink we do when we wink at minor faults I'd imagine stems from when 'wink' could be used to mean shutting both eyes (Shakespeare use it somewhere?). Which goes to show that people were useless winkers in the olden days.
Presumably c. 18th/19th C they started getting a bit better - maybe looking a bit like Abbott, and only with the 20th C did people learn to nonchalantly drop an eyelid in a masterful fashion with otherwise discomposing their features. (there's a Whig/wink history chime/joke there - whigking? I have got a cold)
― Fizzles, Friday, 2 December 2011 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
wish anus to thread
― rusty flathead screwdriver, Friday, 2 December 2011 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
Well, a nod is as good as a wink to a blind 'Oμηρος
― Fizzles, Friday, 2 December 2011 00:17 (twelve years ago) link
I only wink ironically. Also finger guns. I'm super awesome.
― thejenny, Friday, 2 December 2011 00:41 (twelve years ago) link
finger guns are a crucial part of my arsenal
― dayo, Friday, 2 December 2011 00:58 (twelve years ago) link
http://johnbatchelorshow.com/images/-Joe-Biden-appears-on-NBC-007.jpg
― thejenny, Friday, 2 December 2011 01:02 (twelve years ago) link
i think i probably wink more than i realize or would care to admit
― river wolf, Friday, 2 December 2011 01:36 (twelve years ago) link
Being on the receiving end of a wink, C/D?
Categories: a. Flirtatiousb. Conspiratorialc. Lewdd. Threateninge. Bells palsy
― Sandbox Jesse, Friday, 2 December 2011 01:45 (twelve years ago) link
Actually, make c. Lecherous, not Lewd.
― Sandbox Jesse, Friday, 2 December 2011 01:46 (twelve years ago) link
My ex-boyfriend's son called his penis a winker.
― Sandbox Jesse, Friday, 2 December 2011 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
Presumably c. 18th/19th C they started getting a bit better - maybe looking a bit like Abbott,
I'll have none of this *shoots Popeye wink-scowl*
― not uplifting (Abbott), Friday, 2 December 2011 02:33 (twelve years ago) link
I think winking should involve SOME cheek movement anyway or you look like one of those blinking baby dolls where the blinking mechanism broke in one eye and it's half-closed all the time (if you are familiar with this phenomenon).
― not uplifting (Abbott), Friday, 2 December 2011 02:37 (twelve years ago) link
(This is me trying to reassure myself.)(ha ha)
― not uplifting (Abbott), Friday, 2 December 2011 02:38 (twelve years ago) link
I used to but people would just ask me if I was having a seizure so I stopped
― if you ain't gonna wash it, i ain't gonna eat it, Friday, 2 December 2011 02:40 (twelve years ago) link
I inexplicably could only wink my left eye until I was about 20.
― Everything else is secondary, Friday, 2 December 2011 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
I can't do it convincingly tbh, feel that the rest of my face more than makes up for this deficit though and have a healthy regard for those people who can (similar to that held for those who are good whistlers)
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Friday, 2 December 2011 13:17 (twelve years ago) link
Could probably count on one hand the times I've winked intentionally
― wrinklepause, Friday, 2 December 2011 13:31 (twelve years ago) link
BTW: receiving a flirtatious wink: Classicest of Classics. And receiving a lech wink is just as Dud.
― Sandbox Jesse, Friday, 2 December 2011 13:32 (twelve years ago) link
i can't wink without making a very offputting scrunchy face, so, its probably best i drop a 'never wink' vote
― mark_e, Friday, 2 December 2011 13:33 (twelve years ago) link
i winked and finger gunned in class today when someone finally got the right answeri think this is the only time i wink?
― recently deposed application inspector for the (league of women voters), Friday, 2 December 2011 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
http://fallibleblogma.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/jesus_wink-300x233.jpg
― Z S, Friday, 2 December 2011 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
Sometimes winker.
― Mr. Farmer, Friday, 2 December 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
long-time listener, first-time winker
― n/a, Friday, 2 December 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
Who am I kidding. I wink on a fairly regular basis.
― recently deposed application inspector for the (league of women voters), Friday, 2 December 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
I am winking as I type this
― OH NOES, Friday, 2 December 2011 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
now have 18th Dye's "Can U Wink" stuck in my head
― andrew m., Friday, 2 December 2011 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
There are moments when only a wink will do the job and do it right. These are few, but precious.
― Aimless, Friday, 2 December 2011 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 4 December 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
I completely unironically winked at somebody yesterday.
― thejenny, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:51 (twelve years ago) link
trying now out of boredom i question whether i even can wink
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
when u fingerpoint while winking, do you *snap* the point into place? i do.
― Sad Banter (p much resigned to deems), Sunday, 4 December 2011 01:56 (twelve years ago) link
lol yeah
― wil smif, Sunday, 4 December 2011 03:05 (twelve years ago) link
I'm never sure if I can wink properly. I'll have to test this with a partner sometime.
― Sandbox Jesse, Sunday, 4 December 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
try winking at random strangers in a bar or in the street and ask them if you're doing it right
― Julie Lagger, Sunday, 4 December 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
poll results in 18 minutes
you could cut the tension with a knife!!
― Z S, Sunday, 4 December 2011 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 5 December 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
63 votes in a sandbox poll o_O might be just me but sandbox still feels like such a pioneering venture for me. It's like Mission to Mars. I miss all the ilx pals that didn't make it. Surprised to actually see 63 people here (of whom 53 sometimes or frequently or one time winked!)
― lebateauivre, Monday, 5 December 2011 00:11 (twelve years ago) link
;)http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4112/5083738526_e4469672dd_m.jpg
― recently deposed application inspector for the (league of women voters), Monday, 5 December 2011 00:17 (twelve years ago) link
too cuet
― lebateauivre, Monday, 5 December 2011 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
without a holster too
omg I want that shirt
― dayo, Monday, 5 December 2011 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
found it at a goodwill in 93 or so? wore the hell out of it in collegeput it into the clothing archives for safekeepingbusted it out earlier this year for a airplane related special occasion
my favorite tshirt of all time possiblyno idea where it came from!
― recently deposed application inspector for the (league of women voters), Monday, 5 December 2011 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
ll, you should take up winking as a signature gesture, that is a marvellous wink, you've got the wink factor.
― estela, Monday, 5 December 2011 08:14 (twelve years ago) link
And the teeth factor!
― rusty flathead screwdriver, Monday, 5 December 2011 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
this thread reminded me that there are a few times during "inception" when leo dicaprio is sitting down and talking to people, and mid-sentence he winks in this unconscious, twitchy kind of way. it annoyed me cuz it made me think "i bet leo dicaprio winks like that all the time irl."
― reddening, Monday, 5 December 2011 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
i winked today once for real at a person (a you-know-what-i'm-talking-about) and once at the highway while i was singing an alice cooper song in my car.
― recently deposed application inspector for the (league of women voters), Monday, 5 December 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
Under My Wheels?
― rusty flathead screwdriver, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
I sincerely hope it was!
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
I have the thing where if I try to wink that eye just stays shut. Not forever or anything but longer than standard appropriate wink-length.
― cat fancy, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
Pretty sure it was "Billion Dollar Babies", sorry to disappoint
― recently deposed application inspector for the (league of women voters), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvg76av7fg1qauuneo1_500.png
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
i wink all the time. i would have voted in this poll if i hadn't been too busy winking and having multiple orgasms every second.
― souslatablelaplage, Thursday, 8 December 2011 02:40 (twelve years ago) link
whoa, i'm really sorry about your condition!
― Z S, Thursday, 8 December 2011 04:08 (twelve years ago) link