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From: William.Wilson@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (William Wilson)
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Subject: Re: MOSES, AARON OR IS IT WILLIE?  NEVER MIND, I GUESS IT IS REALLY NOT
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Date: 18 Jul 90 20:50:57 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 DK> PERHAPS YOU CAN ENLIGHTEN ME, WHAT IS THE ORIGEN OF THE WORD, 
 DK> IS IT ONE OF THOSE WORDS THAT ARE OKAY FOR YOU AND I TO USE BUT 
 DK> ARE NOT ARE FRIENDS?  AND FINALLY, WHAT THE HELL IS A WINK?  

Henry, (I ain't sure how David got to be Henry, but it's Jake by me!)
     If I tell one more time how I, as a recently blinded person being
"rehabilitated", first heard the word "blink", I think I will be stoned
like heretic rather than praised like Moses by these adoring masses, so
nope, I'll wait till I'm feeling a bit braver to do that.
     Basically speaking, however, I think the word blink has a nice ring
to it when it is used here, I use the term wink to describe a sighted
person and to give the same connotations to them that blink gives to the
rest of us, whatever those connotations may be, and hey, you ever make a
list of all the words that rhyme with blink and wink and compare it to a
list of all the words that rhyme with blind or sighted??? <smile>
                                                        Willie
 

... Like a bat out of Bellview!

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