Sarah Palin is a real Merkin...

[MineralMan]

You heard it here first.

[Dogmudgeon]

1. Isn't a "merkin" a pubic wig?

I woulda thought Sarah would be the kind of gal to shave that thang.

It's a real boy-pleaser, and remember, we're talking GOP.

--d!

[Taverner]

2. I thought it was a kind of fish

no??

[MineralMan]

4. No. You're confused.

Only dead fish go with the flow, so they cannot be real Merkins like Sarah.

[MineralMan]

3. I didn't say she wore a merkin...

[liberal N proud]

5. That went downhill real fast

[MineralMan]

6. I know. My play on words just didn't work.

Maybe I should have said "Sarah Palin is a Great Merkin." instead...

Oh, well...

[Warpy]

9. Yep

sort of a precursor to the g-string. Once upon a time, the g-string was referred to as a merkin.

Prostitutes shaved their genitalia to cut down on the residence of the pubic louse. The merkin gave the look of bush.

[KansDem]

7. I thought the term was "...'Murkin?"

As in "George W. Bush was a real good 'Murkin!"

Perhaps the difference in spelling and use of the hyphen are regional?

[MineralMan]

8. Pronounced identically.

Or, is that pronunciated? I can never remember.