# You Guys, Let's Play Hinkey-Pinkey! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 11, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701 "2009-04-11T00:30:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/81 "2009-04-13T20:24:29Z")
Crystal pistol. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/82 "2009-04-13T20:25:42Z")
crystal pistol! That same question of mine still stands. A late banquet. Also good point about the plantation. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/83 "2009-04-13T20:48:41Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > crystal pistol! > > That same question of mine still stands. A late banquet. Late fete, although I bet that wasn’t the answer you were looking for. ETA: Or the simpler tardy party. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/84 "2009-04-13T20:53:00Z")
Hink pink: a very small pier. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/85 "2009-04-13T21:32:40Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Late fete, although I bet that wasn’t the answer you were looking for. > > ETA: Or the simpler tardy party. :smack: No need to overestimate my intelligence, I had the second one in mind. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/86 "2009-04-13T21:35:35Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Hink pink: a very small pier. Would that be a “stock dock”? I don’t know if you can use “stock” like that though but stocky means short, which is kind of like small. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/87 "2009-04-13T21:40:24Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Would that be a “stock dock”? I don’t know if you can use “stock” like that though but stocky means short, which is kind of like small. Good, but not what I had in mind. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/88 "2009-04-13T21:42:23Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > No need to overestimate my intelligence, I had the second one in mind. 😃 I fugured you probably wouldn’t use “late” in the clue if that was one of the words. The actual answer was a head-slappy moment. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/89 "2009-04-13T21:50:08Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Good, but not what I had in mind. 🙂 Dwarf wharf? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/90 "2009-04-13T21:59:46Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Dwarf wharf? Right! Speaking of which, I ran across this little game which is very un-PC but pretty fun: [Dwarf on a Wharf](http://www.freeworldgroup.com/games5/gameindex/dwarfonawarf.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/91 "2009-04-13T22:23:46Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > chunder blunder Correct. > [@hocow](#): > > Pooter Looter Not quite. Hint: the first word is very vulgar. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/92 "2009-04-13T22:32:06Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Dalmatian plantation (“nation” doesn’t have enough syllables, plus “grown” suggests something specifically related to crops). Right! How about this one: Hink pink: Undead saliva ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/93 "2009-04-13T22:43:29Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > Right! > > How about this one: > > Hink pink: Undead saliva Ghoul drool! ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/94 "2009-04-13T22:58:42Z")
Hink pink: a bucket that doesn’t succeed, in an internet-meme way. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/95 "2009-04-13T23:02:44Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > Isn’t a redeye an _early_ flight? Not always. It pretty much describes any flight that people take when they’d usually be sleeping. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/96 "2009-04-13T23:03:46Z")
> [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](#): > > Hink pink: a bucket that doesn’t succeed, in an internet-meme way. Fail Pail (even if it’s not in the Epic sense) ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/97 "2009-04-13T23:06:48Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Fail Pail (even if it’s not in the Epic sense) Correct. Epic pail… By the way, that midget tossing game is hilarious. Thanks **pravnik**. Hinky pinky: liquid rabbit ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/98 "2009-04-13T23:41:14Z")
Runny bunny. I’m not entirely sure what the difference between a hinky pinky and a hink pink is, but I’ll try one: a fortune teller’s adult beverage ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/99 "2009-04-13T23:51:58Z")
> [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](#): > > Hinky Pinky: buttsecks robber Bugger mugger? ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701/100 "2009-04-13T23:53:05Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I’m not entirely sure what the difference between a hinky pinky and a hink pink is, but I’ll try one: a fortune teller’s adult beverage A hink pink is where the answers have a syllable each, while in a hinkey pinkey they each have two. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-guys-lets-play-hinkey-pinkey/492701.md?page=6)