# Mr. Winkle Licked My Fingers!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 19, 2000, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821 "2000-11-19T04:28:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2000, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/1 "2000-11-19T04:28:58Z")
I have been in the presence of Mr. Winkle, and I will never be the same.
He made an appearance at a local Borders books, and was signing his calenders. So to speak. I actually stood in line for almost 3 hours just to spend 2 minutes communing with Him.
Sigh… he let me feed him a bit of burger!
See for yourself…and envy me!
[Stoid Meets Mr. Winkle](http://www.stoid.com/mrwinkle.htm)
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### Author:  [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2000, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/2 "2000-11-19T04:54:15Z")
Oh, good. A dog. Phew.
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### Author:  [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2000, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/3 "2000-11-19T05:04:16Z")
**AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!**
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?!? KILL IT BEFORE IT BREEDS WITH EARTH WOMEN!!!
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### Author:  [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2000, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/4 "2000-11-19T05:05:23Z")
Stop it, you’re scaring me.
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### Author:  [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2000, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/5 "2000-11-19T05:09:35Z")
> [@](#):
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> I have been in the presence of Mr. Winkle, and I will never be the same.
No, of course not. Now you’ve been infected and we will have to isolate you from other humans. You better hope Sigouney Weaver doesn’t show up with a flame thrower (no, wait, that was Kurt Russell. Same plot, different movie).
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### Author:  [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2000, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/6 "2000-11-19T05:31:54Z")
I understand… your envy drives you to be cruel, to hide your pain, because you could not experience Him. But I forgive you. More importantly…He forgives you.
😃
stoid
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### Author:  [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2000, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/7 "2000-11-19T05:41:51Z")
The cutest dog in the world?
Not as photographed by Stoidela –
As evidence: the photo ‘hiswinkleness.jpg’.
Must be it’s bad side. Speaking of cruelty, and pain. . .
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### Author:  [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2000, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/8 "2000-11-19T05:46:58Z")
He looks like a Pomeranian with a bad haircut, seriously. I’ve seen the calendar, and I have to concur, he’s a cutie… But good GOD. The poor dog is probably neurotic x 50 by now… with all of the strangers/cameras/stupid little outfits they put on him.
I dont envy him one bit.
Though I do envy his owners, who’re making BANK off of his exploitation.
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2000, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/9 "2000-11-19T05:47:59Z")
What the hell?
The end is nigh, surely this is one of the signs of the apocalypse…
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### Author:  [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2000, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/10 "2000-11-19T05:49:01Z")
Quite possibly what I like best is the link to the porno captioning contest at the bottom of the page.
Stoid, you are a study in complexity.
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### Author:  [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2000, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/11 "2000-11-19T05:56:52Z")
::clasps futilely at chest::
WTF!!!
::slumps::
[sub]A non-political thread???[/sub]
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### Author:  [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2000, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/12 "2000-11-19T06:03:25Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by andygirl \*
> \*\*
>
> Stoid, you are a study in complexity. \*\*
That is the nicest thing anyone around here has said to me in quite some time. May I quote you? 🙂
stoid
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### Author:  [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2000, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/13 "2000-11-19T06:07:35Z")
Knock yourself out.
[hijack]
Are you the doper who’s connected to that site? I though that there was someone…
[/hijack]
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### Author:  [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2000, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/14 "2000-11-19T06:40:56Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by andygirl \*
> \*\*Knock yourself out.
>
> [hijack]
> Are you the doper who’s connected to that site? I though that there was someone…
> [/hijack] \*\*
I am that Doper. It is my baby. The way you phrase that, though…you were familiar with it from some other source?
For our Canadian friends, we’re gonna be on TV up there soon. Don’t know the date, though…
stoid
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### Author:  [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2000, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/15 "2000-11-19T07:02:02Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Zenster \*
> \*\*
> [sub]A non-political thread???[/sub] \*\*
Indeed, Zenster. A search for my handle on the Dope turns up nearly 500 threads participated in over the course of the last 18 months.
As Andygirl sez…
stoid
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### Author:  [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2000, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/16 "2000-11-21T00:39:16Z")
How lucky 🙂 But what IS the deal with his tongue? I think it’s cute, but one of my co-workers is concerned that he’s desperately ill, disabled, or deformed and that his owner is exploiting him instead of taking him to the vet. So I was wondering:
1.) Did he appear ill?
2.) Did he ever put his tongue in his mouth?
3.) Did the tongue appear healthy; ie, not dried out, discolored, swollen, etc.?
4.) Is he as cute in person?
5.) Did his owner appear to be a money-hungry bitch who’d pimp a pup for profit?
6.) Really, is he as cute?
My guess is that he’s part poodle, part Pomeranian–a Pomapoo! Though the bottom picture makes me wonder if there’s a little possum thrown in, too 😉 I’m kidding, he’s a sweety and I’m jealous 🙂
I just hope his tongue is all right.
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### Author:  [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2000, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/17 "2000-11-21T01:24:57Z")
i’m glad to hear that you went to see the wee pup. i remember you had mentioned it before. where you able to touch his fur? did you get an autograph? apparently rosie is trying to get him on her show. just remember you saw him first. way to go, stoidela.
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### Author:  [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2000, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/18 "2000-11-21T01:44:03Z")
Did you look for the zipper on the dog suit? I still think they have a cat stuffed in there.
Damn, that tongue is as long as his wwittle weg. (satire)
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### Author:  [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2000, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/19 "2000-11-21T01:58:20Z")
Rather than Pomapoo I would go with Pooderanian. That way he could get a job in tech support.
Now, from the FAQ:
> [@](#):
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> What breed is Mr. Winkle?
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> Since Mr. Winkle is a rescued stray, his exact genetic makeup remains a mystery. Because his official mission is to help animals, Mr. Winkle doesn’t want to create more stray little doggies, so encourages you to NOT try breeding him at home.
So please, DO NOT have sex with Mr. Winkle at home. Go to a park or something.
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### Author:  [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2000, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-winkle-licked-my-fingers/41821/20 "2000-11-21T02:14:39Z")
Just out of curiousity, is this the Borders in LA, on (or near) La Cienega? 'Cause if so, man, that damn “signing” messed up traffic good, with rubberneckers and whatnot…
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