# what it means to earn your red wings (TMI) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903 "2004-10-18T21:18:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/21 "2004-10-19T03:45:01Z")
I’ve only heard it in biker circles. Cunnilingis during menstruation. Whats the big deal? Tattoos are for savages. ---
**Author:** ![Thinks2Much](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Thinks2Much](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thinks2Much)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/22 "2004-10-19T14:06:44Z")
> [@gatopescado](#): > > Tattoos are for savages. You are entitled to your opinion, I suppose, but using labels isn’t stamping out ignorance… ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/23 "2004-10-19T14:15:54Z")
> [@Mithril](#): > > I googled [it](http://www.gang-busters.com/terms/html/..%5Chtml%5Cletter_p.aspx). I admit it. Yuck. :eek: One wonders how long the act has to be performed for it to count. One also wonders how ‘ripe’ the other participant has to be. _shivers_ if I were that deviant i wouldn’t be wanting a tattoo to proclaim it to the world… ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/24 "2004-10-19T14:29:26Z")
I’ve known about red wings for a lot of years. Why anyone would get a tattoo of red wings is beyond me… ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/25 "2004-10-19T14:45:38Z")
I’m mighty fond of my [Red wings](http://www.redwingshoes.com/). In fact, I plan on getting another pair. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/26 "2004-10-19T14:52:09Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > You gonna argue with the Hell’s Angels? Well, I have argued with a Hell’s Angel (singular) before. But it was playful arguing and I was 19 at the time and full of piss and vinegar and also hoped my incredible cuteness and naivete’ would protect me. Seriously though he was a nice normal guy except for the shaved head (before it was fashionable) and all the tatoos … and the murder warrant on his head. > [@Cisco](#): > > Now some of the other wings I’ve read about in Hell’s Angels books…:eek: You don’t even want to know what purple wings are. I don’t know if I should be proud of myself for figuring out what those were before it was posted or whether I should go seek professional help. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/27 "2004-10-19T14:53:42Z")
> [@](#): > > I can confirm “red wings” as being oral sex performed on a woman who is mentruating. Yuck! Ew! Good grief, that’s just…ick. Can someone give me a hint as to what purple wings symbolize? I’m too afraid to click the link posted a few replies ago. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/28 "2004-10-19T15:15:49Z")
I wouldn’t even allow my husband to do that to me during “Aunt Flo’s visit”. Ick! I can’t even imagine being the one going down (not that I do that, I’m just saying…). I second **yosemite** ’s “Why do I open these threads??” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Frostilicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Frostilicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostilicus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/29 "2004-10-19T15:21:25Z")
I knew what ‘red wings’ meant… first heard it in the 80s, and I remember hearing a related expression at the same time: **‘bread wings’**. Bread is made with yeast, and I ain’t going to say no more. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/30 "2004-10-19T16:47:02Z")
I concur with the meaning of the “red wings.” I also heard, years ago, that blue wings meant that one had performed oral sex on a female law enforcement officer. This was an outlaw biker thing, so one would presume it was without the officer’s explicit permission. IANABiker or a Biker’s girlfriend but I have ridden on a Harley, does that count for anything??? ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/31 "2004-10-19T17:33:07Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > Yuck! Ew! Good grief, that’s just…ick. > > Can someone give me a hint as to what purple wings symbolize? I’m too afraid to click the link posted a few replies ago. What color would you be if you were cold, very very cold. And I’m not talking about an eskimo either. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/32 "2004-10-19T17:39:48Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > I’m mighty fond of my [Red wings](http://www.redwingshoes.com/). In fact, I plan on getting another pair. [Buff Lightyear] _To the carpet… and beyond!_ [/Buff Lightyear] ---
**Author:** ![Thinks2Much](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Thinks2Much](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thinks2Much)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/33 "2004-10-19T17:57:29Z")
I am happy - **lieu** posted in my thread. 🙂 So, I tried using that terminology site to see what they said about blue and gray wings, but neither was listed. They did, however, have [green wings](http://www.gang-busters.com/terms/html/letter_g.aspx). (almost as yucky as purple, be warned.) They also claimed that white wings was just for oral sex with a white woman, not anything more sensationalistic. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/34 "2004-10-19T18:09:03Z")
Whenever my husband walks around the house saying he’s hungry, if I happen to be on my time o’ the month, I give him the most perverted grin I can and say, "You’re hungry? Want a piece of my strawberry _Piiiiiiiie?_ " The look of disgust on his face is worth any sex I might forfeit later for it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/35 "2004-10-19T18:47:27Z")
I’ve heard the term for years now. I’m too much of a gentleman to acknowledge if I ever got my red wings or not, but they’re no big deal, really. 😃 But purple wings…geez. It figures I would read that just after eating. [shudder] ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/36 "2004-10-19T18:49:45Z")
Cunningwingus? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/37 "2004-10-19T19:36:28Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Cunningwingus? sometimes… ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/38 "2004-10-19T19:40:08Z")
> [@gatopescado](#): > > Tattoos are for savages. Tattoos: not just for savages anymore. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/39 "2004-10-19T21:16:58Z")
> [@Edward The Head](#): > > What color would you be if you were cold, very very cold. Or just room temperature. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903/40 "2004-10-19T21:43:17Z")
> [@yosemite](#): > > Why do I open these threads? _WHY do I open these threads?_ The OP title warned TMI, so _ **why do I open these threads?!?!** _ > > I only blame myself. Is it cool if I blame you as well? I’m in TMI denial. And I am soooo not going to click on the purple wings link. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-it-means-to-earn-your-red-wings-tmi/269903.md?page=3)