Domino’s drivers getting the old pinky wag

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This pinky-wagging thing is really catching on in Australia. It all started, you recall, with a set of anti-speeding commercials from the New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority. The ads showed women wagging their pinky fingers at male speeders—suggesting they may be poorly endowed and trying to make up for it with aggressive driving. The gesture was then adopted outside of advertising, which led to some unpleasant results. Now, it’s being employed by a local pizza chain called Eagle Boys to poke

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