Winking

Chris P. Bacon

Why don't people wink at each other anymore?,I mean just to say hello,a quick wink of the right eye regardless if it's at a man or woman.Its uniquely Irish but like many things we just don't do it any more.

So how you doing After Hours

mike65

Cos people don't want to get arrested. Same with whistling, no one whistles anymore.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

Why don't people wink at each other anymore?,I mean just to say hello,a quick wink of the right eye regardless if it's at a man or woman.Its uniquely Irish but like many things we just don't do it any more.

So how you doing After Hours

because it either gets you arrested, or beaten up, or both.

Dangerous Man

It's by no means uniquely Irish. I do it sometimes. Although I try not to as it makes me look like I'm having a stroke.

Chris P. Bacon

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

because it either gets you arrested, or beaten up, or both.

Why would it?

cosmicfart

YEAH!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TnL-LJKWE0

alwaysadub

Do you mean to strangers?
Is that not a bit pervy?
Are you a pervert OP? :pac:

mgmt

Do you not watch the weather?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUdU56qaGUU

Chris P. Bacon

alwaysadub wrote: »

Do you mean to strangers?
Is that not a bit pervy?
Are you a pervert OP? :pac:

No to people you know,just like saying hello....and yeah i am a pervert

Aoifey!

mike65 wrote: »

Cos people don't want to get arrested. Same with whistling, no one whistles anymore.

Whistling always annoyed me for some reason.


My father still winks and whistles, so ye can wink and whistle together.

Saila

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

Why don't people **** at each other anymore?,I mean just to say hello,a quick **** of the right eye regardless if it's at a man or woman.Its uniquely Irish but like many things we just don't do it any more.

much funnier when you change one letter

Scuid Mhór

A classy man whistles.

KungPao

I wink at young schoolgirls all the time, they never seem quite comfortable about it, but I'm just being friendly.

PC gone mad!

Jesus Wept

Whistling is incredibly irritating, worst are the ***** who don't even whistle an actual tune, just random incoherent jibberish.

Latchy

Say no More ....a mods nods as good as a wink ....wink wink - -

Flojo

Because it's creepy. If a lad winks at me it's an instant turnoff.

ArtyM

Is 'fipping' the AH slang for winking?

God...

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

Its uniquely Irish but like many things we just don't do it any more.

Why in the name of GOD... do people around here keep thinking things that people in general do are uniquely Irish!?!?

Aoifey!

God... wrote: »

Why in the name of GOD... do people around here keep thinking things that people in general do are uniquely Irish!?!?

It's like all those Facebook groups "Ireland...the only place where *insert thing everyone in the world does*"

MiniSquish

I can't wink

orourkeda

winky wanky

OutlawPete

They never stop sure!
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Floodric

I still wink at my mates. I like to whistle. Except in work, my boss band whistling

DanTheMan91

I still wink at people, a wink and a smile is always nice when you cant speak to the person, exampe would be at work. In fact off the top of my head I can think of 3 or 4 times in the last few days I have seen people wink, so yes people do still wink

languagenerd

I think it's really sleazy! I know a couple of guys who don't bother saying hi to girls they know if they pass them, they just wink at them and keep strutting along. In fairness, those two are full of themselves anyway but it's just really creepy, makes me shudder.

On the other hand, it's different if it's one of my friends - maybe it depends on the facial expression at the time? Or how they're walking as they pass by? Or maybe just who they are...

I dunno, but sleazy guys winking? No thanks...

Capt'n Midnight

If yore ma ever says I winked at her, tell her I closed both eyes.

HappyTuesday

I wink at kids the odd time.

LostGirly

I think it can be quite sexy coming from the right person at the right time.

Look at Simon Cowell for instance he winks all the time on X-Factor and it's possibly the sexiest thing in the world!!

Sanjuro

I wink at certain people if they walk into a party or whatever and I cant say hello right away. It's almost involuntary. And I feel like a tit afterwards.

Cupcake_Crisis

MiniSquish wrote: »

I can't wink

Me neither

Latchy

The slow motion wink captured on camera is cool and you can always reply it over and over or even pause it so that it looks like they have one eye shut

/ Ho hum , back to picking wings of dead fly's now

Frank Black

For it to be a proper Irish wink it needs to be accompanied simultaneously with a sharp sideways movement of the head and a clicking sound made with the tongue.;)

Sinfonia

black francis wrote: »

For it to be a proper Irish wink it needs to be accompanied simultaneously with a sharp sideways movement of the head and a clicking sound made with the tongue.;)

Often verbally accompanied with a "Howye John Joe"

this is arse

LostGirly wrote: »

I think it can be quite sexy coming from the right person at the right time.

Look at Simon Cowell for instance he winks all the time on X-Factor and it's possibly the sexiest thing in the world!!

depends on the person, simon cowell can get away with it but if someone else for example brendan kilkenny winked at you, you'd probably cross the road and start walking faster

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

Me neither

well hello there neither, nice to meet you

Me this is arse

NoDice

Flojo wrote: »

Because it's creepy. If a lad winks at me it's an instant turnoff.

I'm the complete opposite. Love when a guy winks! It makes me melt, it's soo sexy coming from the right person. Earns my BF super brownie points.

Blitzkrieger

At first I was thinking this thread would have been so much different with one little typo, but from reading through the comments it'd probably be pretty much the same, tbh

ejmaztec

The-Rigger wrote: »

Whistling is incredibly irritating, worst are the ***** who don't even whistle an actual tune, just random incoherent jibberish.

Says the person with the Jedward avatar.:pac:

stovelid

If I ever fancied a female colleague in the past, I'd sometimes wink at them and give them a little slap in the arse as I was passing them in the corridor.

I beleive in non-sexist work boundaries though so the wink was never a stagy, ostentatious one and was always performed in a subtle and respectful manner.

LostGirly

this is arse wrote: »

depends on the person, simon cowell can get away with it but if someone else for example brendan kilkenny winked at you, you'd probably cross the road and start walking faster

That's exactly it...and why I said it is sexy coming from the correct person at the right time! Simon Cowell would always be the correct person at any time!

Latchy

stovelid wrote: »

If I ever fancied a female colleague in the past, I'd sometimes wink at them and give them a little slap in the arse as I was passing them in the corridor.

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The pre PC world was so much better back then yes :pac:

prinz

Still wink at people from time to time. Mostly people I know though, rarely strangers although I have done that too, often confuses the hell out of them and there's nothing like leaving a random stranger standing there with a big puzzled head wondering if they know you or not.

It tends to cheer people up I find, a grin a wink and a 'howaya?'

Chris P. Bacon

NoDice wrote: »

I'm the complete opposite. Love when a guy winks! It makes me melt, it's soo sexy coming from the right person. Earns my BF super brownie points.

Jesus Wept

ejmaztec wrote: »

Says the person with the Jedward avatar.:pac:

Jedward are our saviors.

NoDice

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

Ha ha, seriously think it's sexy coming from the right person as Lostgirly puts it! Not a Father Jack type! :pac:

I know a girl that subtly winks whenever she says "you know what I mean".. It's hard to put into words actually but I think it's just so cute!

Ha, in hindsight it looks like I've just described a character from D'unbelieveables. She's actually a cute little polish girl.

Alter-Ego

I'm a winker.

I do it all the time. When I bump into or I'm meeting up with somebody I know. Its just a habit that came out of nowhere really as I don't really know any other winkers.

I do the standard Wink-Smile-Click followed by a toothy grin.

Winking FTW

stupidusername

Does anybody use winking as a way of letting someone know you're interested?

neil_hosey

Dangerous Man wrote: »

It's by no means uniquely Irish.

No, im fairly certain that only irish people can wink and whistle.

Fluorescence

Wow I never realised that there exist people who can't blink... That's just weird :eek:

BengaLover

Cos winking can be misconstrued for twitching..then you end up looking silly.

Karona

:)I like whistling.

Chris P. Bacon

NoDice wrote: »

Ha ha, seriously think it's sexy coming from the right person as Lostgirly puts it! Not a Father Jack type! :pac:

I know a girl that subtly winks whenever she says "you know what I mean".. It's hard to put into words actually but I think it's just so cute!

Ha, in hindsight it looks like I've just described a character from D'unbelieveables. She's actually a cute little polish girl.

She sounds very nice, I like cute Polish girls