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