I know I survived cancer and all but sadly I won't be a survivor until I rid myself of cankles. Thankfully, Ms. Braganza has brought cankle awareness to the forefront where it belongs and now all women can be cankle-free! I only hope I caught it early enough to fully recover.
Yeah, way to make folks feel uncomfortable about something they often times can't help, as there are thicker ankles due to things like muscle mass and tendon placement that often times cannot be resolved through even being in the best of shape. Bless you, Gold's Gym, and your lack of indoor swimming pools that keeps me going to 24 Hour Fitness instead - best real excuse ever to never frequent your place.
While it's truly uplifting to hear how she fixed her dreaded cankles, I really want to know when she's going to work on that irony deficiency. I can't be the only one who read this article and realized that the journalist wrote it with one eyebrow raised the entire time.
I love the fact that you could sub in "diabetes" or some other actual condition and the article's tone would still be appropriate.
I believe my username will convey the requisite disdain to this woman who feels it necessary to disparage women (notice it is never men who are mocked for alleged canklage) who happen to be genetically predisposed to the same lower leg shape as our SECRETARY OF STATE.
Not enough eyerolls in my cabinet, especially on a Monday.
@bluebirdred: Please. It is common knowledge that if you are a good enough person and work hard enough, you can completely alter your genetics. Clearly, you're just a lazy ho.
@Zombie Ms. Skittles: Heh. The sorry thing is, this gal will probably make tons of $$ off those poor souls who think you can actually do something with their cankles. *sigh*
@my cousin is an ape: Oooh I remember reading that theory the first time in a book about how Evolution is WRONG! WRONG WRONG WRONG! Then again biology class as an example of how that theory was stupid.
I was probably 20 or 21 when I first heard the work "cankles." It will always make me think of that scene in Mean Girls where they're all looking in the mirror criticizing obscure parts of themselves, and the Linday Lohan character marvels that there are things to be ashamed of on her body that she never even thought of.
Like on top of everything else, I have to change major aspects of my lifestyle and devote time and energy to making my ANKLES look ok.
How are we still sending aid to Africa when literally thousands of people in America are infected by the cankles epidemic? Yes, AIDS is tragic, but it doesn't force others with lithe ankles to gaze at your lower leg flab. This is a social problem that needs to be addressed. Immediately.
@morninggloria: Can we get Lionel Richie on this? The Cankle Epidemic is the only thing in recent history to justify "We Are the World II: Stop Cankles Now"
Deep in the Amazonian jungle, Ramona waded through the murky waters of the vast river, emerging infected with cankles. She treated them the best she could, using vines to bind the cankles, in hopes that they would not morph into the dreaded thunderthighitis. She came across the elusive Goldsgymian tribe, who helped treat her affliction with deep lunges. She now has thin ankles once again, and a true survivor's story to tell the world.
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It's Workout Time
There's no need to bite your ankle
At Workout time, we let in clothes and we banish cankles
And in our world of plenty we can stop eating food with joy
Throw your arms around an exercise ball at Workout Time
But say a prayer
Pray for the cankled ones
At Workout Time it's hard, and you're not having fun
Starve the world
Let them know it's Workout time again
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I love the fact that you could sub in "diabetes" or some other actual condition and the article's tone would still be appropriate.
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Not enough eyerolls in my cabinet, especially on a Monday.
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I highly doubt that beautiful ankles are very high on the requirement list to be an NFL cheerleader.
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Like on top of everything else, I have to change major aspects of my lifestyle and devote time and energy to making my ANKLES look ok.
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I fear cankle flu so have been wearing a face mask.
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