rubbernecking again

[Kim & Rima McKinzey]

>         Many of the citations posted here recently for the word "rubberneck"
>show that people have lost sight of the image that made it such a
>glorious linguistic creation. ...

My thoughts too.  Rubbernecking must involve motion while gawking
doesn't.  Also, my connotative sense of lookie-lou is of someone
looking but not buying (in a shop, car dealer, real estate venue).

Rima