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    Red-headed bookworm: Um, I'm sorry, but I couldn't get past the first part... It does not "beg the quetion"!! [begthequestion.info] Sorry, just a pet peeve. Now I'm going ... more »
    Maulleigh: Oh man! You're killing me here! I love winking and it was one of my new years resolutions (to learn how to wink)! When I was a kid, I'd see my aunt ve... more »
    brendastarlet is on it: William F. Buckley winked at me once. I am not making this up. I was about 18, and he came to speak at my college. It obviously made an impression. Bu... more »
    morninggloria: I can't wink, so instead, when I'm flirting or joking around, I make a fish face and put my hands to the side of my head to emulate fins. more »
    PhDork: Winking bad. No wink. No more typing "wink." more »
    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Yeah, I don't know. A woman winking at me is...kind of exciting. I dig it. I was appalled when Palin did it in a debate, but I think the reasons for... more »
    Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin): "We are WINC.. Witches In Natures Colors. WINC!" Oh Jane Lynch I love you so. more »
    morninggloria: What about Cover Girls? They are winking all the time. more »
    VigilanteKitteh: My cat winks at us all the time...what should we make of that? more »
    Mkp-hearts-NYC: ...I can't read these comments without winking. It's apparently like yawning. more »
    Political Party Girl: When I was a waitress, I somehow picked up a winking habit. Like, "I'll be right back with your drinks!" *WINK* I think it was all part of my false,... more »
    angryblackgurl: I was looking forward to a Palin free life, guess I was wrong! more »
    exelizabeth: For serious? I think if you sneak someone a sly wink, it's cute. I mean, assuming it's someone you want to be "in" with (hence when someone you don't ... more »
    Wit is periodically disensouled: Winking works if it's a conspiratorial thing -- like person A catches that person B caught on to something and person A winks at person B to let them ... more »
    msAnthrope: sarah palin's wink just made me roll my eyes, mostly because it seemed force and phony... not something she ordinarily did, but i wasn't nearly as off... more »
  • #sarahpalin

    The Final Frontier: Can A Woman Ever Wink?

    Nowadays, women can do a lot of things. We can hold high offices, wear trousers, ask men out, drink whiskey in public. What can't we do? Wink. Women winking is always, always inappropriate. Why?