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    Image of Red-headed bookworm Red-headed bookworm
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Final Frontier: Can A Woman Ever Wink?
    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 to read the rest of it.

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    Image of lisas lisas
    12/10/08

    @Red-headed bookworm: Truth, and dammit we need the original meaning of beg the question. In this case, you could easily go with "raises the question" without causing philosophy nerds to furrow their brows.
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    Image of Maulleigh Maulleigh
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Final Frontier: Can A Woman Ever Wink?
    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 very rarely as we lived far away. But one of the coolest things about her was she always winked at me!! And I loved it!


    Sometimes it can be a nervous tick with me, like if I catch someones eye but didn't mean to. It says, "I'm no threat." Cuz I'm not.

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    Image of Scout Scout
    12/10/08

    @Maulleigh: I've been winking since I learned about flirting.....when I was 8


    This whole "Winking Palin" crap is ruining my STYLE MAN!!!!


    craptastic


    Yet, it is such a part of me, I'm literally unable to stop them and now wonder if people think me a female douche

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    12/10/08

    In reply to The Final Frontier: Can A Woman Ever Wink?
    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.


    But women winking? If you're Mae West or Dita Von Teese, absolutely. I think it has to be done with humor and sultriness.

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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Final Frontier: Can A Woman Ever Wink?
    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.
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    Image of PhDork PhDork
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Final Frontier: Can A Woman Ever Wink?
    Winking bad. No wink. No more typing "wink."
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Final Frontier: Can A Woman Ever Wink?
    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 that are obvious.

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    Image of Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin) Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin)
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Final Frontier: Can A Woman Ever Wink?
    "We are WINC.. Witches In Natures Colors. WINC!"


    Oh Jane Lynch I love you so.

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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Final Frontier: Can A Woman Ever Wink?
    What about Cover Girls? They are winking all the time.
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    Image of VigilanteKitteh VigilanteKitteh
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Final Frontier: Can A Woman Ever Wink?
    My cat winks at us all the time...what should we make of that?
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    Image of hellosunshine hellosunshine
    12/10/08

    @VigilanteKitteh: Well, that's just plain adorable.
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    Image of Mkp-hearts-NYC Mkp-hearts-NYC
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Final Frontier: Can A Woman Ever Wink?
    ...I can't read these comments without winking. It's apparently like yawning.
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    Image of tscheese tscheese
    12/10/08

    @Mkp-hearts-Cheesy-Potatoes-(and also NYC): Oh (yaaawwwwn) THANKS A LOT. Now I can't stop yawning.
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    Image of Mkp-hearts-NYC Mkp-hearts-NYC
    12/10/08

    @tscheese: *yawns*


    Fuck. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

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    Image of Political Party Girl Political Party Girl
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Final Frontier: Can A Woman Ever Wink?
    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, cheery, serving-you-food-is-the-best-thing-ever persona I adopted. I did it to men and women and cringed afterward every time. But it usually elicited a smile from a customer (although sometimes a glare from a wife or girlfriend).
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    Image of angryblackgurl angryblackgurl
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Final Frontier: Can A Woman Ever Wink?
    I was looking forward to a Palin free life, guess I was wrong!
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    Image of exelizabeth exelizabeth
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Final Frontier: Can A Woman Ever Wink?
    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 know does it to you, it's creepy).


    I go through phases of winking when I flirt, I didn't think I was deing so deeply inappropriate!

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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    12/10/08

    @exelizabeth: yeah me too. i don't get it. and also why so many rules? you know? bit irritating.
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    Image of Wit is periodically disensouled Wit is periodically disensouled
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Final Frontier: Can A Woman Ever Wink?
    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 know that they're on the same page. No, I will not draw a diagram.
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    Image of XandraCulver XandraCulver
    12/10/08

    @Wit: A wink has to be subtle and quick, in order to communicate conspiratorial agreement, shared amusement or sly flirtation. Palin committed the worst sin of winking; she scrunched up her face like someone had shot her in the eye with a rubber band (without her glasses on). Forced wink = FAIL. Go practice in front of the mirror until you can do it without thinking. If you can't make it happen, don't bother trying; you don't want to end up looking like Sarah. (She looks so ridiculous in that picture I almost feel sorry for her.)
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    Image of Grim Reaper of the Forest Grim Reaper of the Forest
    12/10/08

    @Wit: B : -> A, A : B : A, A ;) -> B, B :))


    Yeah, too hard.

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    Image of Wit is periodically disensouled Wit is periodically disensouled
    12/10/08

    @treecut...Grim Reaper of the forest: A valiant attempt, though!
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    Image of Wit is periodically disensouled Wit is periodically disensouled
    12/10/08

    @XandraCulver: I don't disagree. I very nearly had to be physically restrained from attacking the tv when Palin pulled her winking shit during the debates. It tried to be cute and conspiratorial, but came off as contrived, clownish... even condescending. (No, I cannot think of a word to describe it that doesn't begin with a C.) I was offended as a female and as a human being with a functioning mind.
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    Image of msAnthrope msAnthrope
    12/10/08

    In reply to The Final Frontier: Can A Woman Ever Wink?
    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 offended by that as i was by mcCain's insistence on not making eye contact with obama.


    context is everything, but i can't say i've ever been offended or threatened by a wink. why give a goofy facial gesture such power?

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