I can't wink my left eye
By miamilady
@miamilady (4910)
United States
September 6, 2007 7:41pm CST
Okay, I think I've reached an all time low when it comes to starting silly discussions. I'm in the mood to start discussions. I'm out of profound topics. I'm out of informative topics. So, I'll share an interesting (or maybe not so interesting) fact about myself with you.
I can only wink one eye. I'm not sure why. I just can't wink my left eye. I am the only person that I know that has this problem. Except for my daughter. Oddly enough. She can't wink her right eye.
I think I first discovered this when someone was teaching me to shoot a rifle. I'm right handed, but I can't wink my left eye. This means it's difficult for me to look through the sight. Most of the time when I've tried shooting, I've had to do so left handed.
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@cynddvs (2948)
• United States
7 Sep 07
I can't wink my left eye either. I can barely wink my right eye for that matter. I'm very uncordinated with the left side of my body. Anytime I am doing any sort of aerobics and go to work that side of my body I always end up screwing up some how or feeling really awkward lol.
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@miamilady (4910)
• United States
7 Sep 07
LOL I took an aerobics class ONCE. My friend teased me about it for a long time. We were young, but I was out of shape and uncoordinated. She was in the dance corps at her highschool. I was definetly outmatched.
@pismeof (855)
• United States
7 Sep 07
I have run into people with this problem.I think that it's kind of funny to watch people trying to wink when they can't.The face gets all scrunched up and distorted..hehehe
I having a laugh at your expense MIAMI, Hope your not offended.
When you go shooting wear a patch over your left eye.
@miamilady (4910)
• United States
7 Sep 07
Oh yeah. Give everyone something else to laugh about? lol It is an interesting thought though.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
7 Sep 07
Do you mean wink or close one at a time. It is hard for me to do any of those. I can close my left one and keep my right one open. But if I try to close my right one and keep my left one open. my face squints up and looks real funny.
I can not wink my right eye at all either. I am sitting here trying. I am very, very glad that no one can see me. I can imagine how funny I look.
@miamilady (4910)
• United States
7 Sep 07
lol I'm wondering how many people I got to make silly faces with this discussion.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Sep 07
Don't worry miamilady, we can't always think up profound discussions...I've had a few wacky ones myself..and you know what? They usually got more responses than my deeper ones..go figure.
I guess I have a little oddity myself. Now I'm a photographer, and most people when they use a viewfinder type camera that is on most SLR types, or camcorder, they look through the finder with their right eye...me? Nope...left eye. Don't know why but I feel more comfortable that way, and I'm right handed..
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@agnescav (566)
• United States
7 Sep 07
i can't wink my left eye either. And i was fourteen when I trained myself to wink my right eye. Before that, I couldn't wink at all. I thought i was the only person like that. From the way my brothers made fun of me I was sure I was the only person like that!
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@miamilady (4910)
• United States
7 Sep 07
I have trouble walking and chewing gum at the same time. lol I always thought it was just a figure of speech until I almost choked on a mouthful of Big League chewing gum.
@estherlou (5015)
• United States
10 Sep 07
Okay...I can wink either eye, so I haven't heard of this one. How about this? Can you twist your tongue? LOL. Some things are genetic and I'm sure there are a lot of silly things out there.
@estherlou (5015)
• United States
10 Sep 07
Oh yeah...and can you lift just one eyebrow like Mr. Spock? I can lift my left eyebrow by itself, but not the right one.
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
7 Sep 07
Do you think that's bad? I cannot wriggle my ears. My mother could do it perfectly, she showed me how to do it, but I could not get the hang of it. I tried to use my mental powers, and concentrate, willing my ears, 'OBEY! WRIGGLE!" but they would not do it. For years, this problem plagued me. Other people can wriggle their ears, but not me. So do not feel bad because you cannot blink your left eye. Not being able to wriggle your ears is much worse.
@miamilady (4910)
• United States
7 Sep 07
I can't wiggle my ears either. My best friend when I was a child could wiggle her ears. I never could. I haven't met too many people who can. Of course, I don't go around asking people if they can. It doesn't come up in conversation too often.
@dianagnes (1088)
• Singapore
7 Sep 07
Try to wink slowy..bit by bit on your left eye by moving up your left cheek by your face.Slowy..maybe you will be able to wink your left eye..It may look funny if you see but its kind of face excercise too..haha!
@miamilady (4910)
• United States
7 Sep 07
Nope. That side of my face just won't cooperate. I've tried. I can't even get to the point of making funny faces. It just won't move if the other side doesn't.
@mummymo (23706)
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7 Sep 07
Well honey I like this topic! I have to say I can't wink my right eye which is really quite good as all I can see out of my left eye are slight colours and blurry light! I have to say though that I don't think I could ewver try shooting so it doesn't really make much difference to me! xxx
@miamilady (4910)
• United States
7 Sep 07
Thanks. It's good to fo fun topics once in a while, I think. Take care.
@BayleighGray (4334)
• United States
8 Sep 07
My husband cant wink his left eye, hes right handed. I am right handed and can wink both eyes. We wink a lot at one another, and when I started doing either eye and he couldnt we just got into winking both eyes at one antoher. Sort of like a genie blink. lol It was funny to us, and sort of an inside joke. So in a way, the fact that he cant wink but one of his eyes brought something special between us. lol
@gradyslady (4054)
• United States
18 Sep 07
Is it a disability, or you just can't do it? I know someone who can't wink right just because he can't do it he ends up just blinking.
@lani0529 (1722)
• Philippines
7 Sep 07
Hello miamilady!(",)
So glad to see this discussion of yours because I can definitely relate to it. I can't wink my left eye alone. I can't close it either alone. With regards to eyebrows, I can't raise them separately either. I have so many things that I can't do. To name a few, I can't whistle; I can't roll my tongue. I think there the muscles that control the closing of my eyes is weak. It's okay for many because not being able to do these things doesn't mean I'm less humane, right?
Great day and God bless!(",)
@8ctavarium (552)
• Australia
7 Sep 07
I can, but it is not natural. I can only do it when I am trying to on purpose or am thinking about it. If it was to be a sudden wink, then it will happen in my right eye. I am right handed too. And for when shooting (as in shooting games on consoles and arcades), I usually close my right eye and use my left to aim.
@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
8 Sep 07
Well, you are not alone, I can't wink my left eye either. I can only wink my right eye. I am right handed. I wonder if left handed people can only wink their left eye and right handed people their right eye. I don't know! What do you think the theory on that would be?
@claire03 (1443)
• United States
7 Sep 07
i have no problem about that cause i can wink both my eyes. maybe some people can't really do the same things like other people does. My husband can even move his ears without touching it and i don't know why i can't do it. So don't wonder if you can't wink your left eye, maybe you can do other things than that. have a nice day! :)
@theprogamer (10532)
• United States
7 Sep 07
I can wink either eye. And I'm also honing my ambidextrous skills. I'm almost there, the only roadblock is legibility. Speed is fine though ;p
