Closet-Sinkies occasionally partake of food and beverage while standing over their kitchen sinks or in comparable informal fashion, although intentionally unobserved for reasons of guilt, shame or embarrassment. With all due respect, the Sinkie Association believes these reasons are needless and misguided.

Norm Hankoff, Founder of the Sinkie Association in 1991, explains our once-a-year honor: "We have no actual evidence such as snapshots, videotapes or witnesses willing to testify, but we wouldn't raise even one eyebrow if our recipients didn't occasionally savor the laid-back dining styles millions of ordinary people enjoy."

The next six "Suspected Closet-Sinkies" were officially enshrined with their fellow casual-comfort-food gourmets on "Sinkie Day" - the day after Thanksgiving; on Friday, 23 November 2007.

Honorees in years past include Martha Stewart, Newt Gingrich, Miss Manners, Mr. Blackwell, Dionne Warwick, Rush Limbaugh, Oprah Winfrey, Al Gore, Kathie Lee Gifford, George Will, Janet Reno, Cosmo Kramer, Jenny Craig, Michael Jordan, Barbara Walters, Tony Blair, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Kenneth Starr, Judge Judy Sheindlin, Sidney Poitier, Calista Flockhart, Hugh Downs, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Bill Gates, Vanna White, George Hamilton, Maya Angelou, Sammy Sosa, Elizabeth Dole, Dave Thomas, Diane Sawyer, Pat Sajak, Angela Lansbury, George Zimmer, Ann Landers, Rudy Giuliani, Gloria Estefan, Richard Simmons, Barbara Bush, Barry Bonds, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Alex Trebek, Melanie Griffith, George Foreman, Joan Rivers, David Hyde Pierce, Liza Minelli, Donald Trump, Patti LaBelle, Jay Leno, Mia Hamm, Tony Bennett, Patricia Heaton, Bill Cosby, Ellen DeGeneres, Martin Yan, Annika Sorenstam, Jamie Farr, Condoleezza Rice, Bill O'Reilly, Diana Ross, James Carville, Daisy Fuentes, Paul Anka, Ann Coulter and Tiger Woods.

Without further ado: 'Suspected Closet-Sinkies of 2007!'

Standing In Nutritious Kitchens Ingesting Everything