What's wrong with ginger?

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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    "i love those redheads" - wooderson

    :)
  • sweet adeline
    sweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    sweet adeline wrote:
    they called murray from flight of the conchords "ginger balls".

    here's the proof: http://youtube.com/watch?v=mqbB8aPD1UU&feature=related
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    cutback wrote:
    "i love those redheads" - wooderson

    :)

    shit youtube has everything! :D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCvXcBWkas0

    :D
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,578
    theres nothing wrong with Ginger - http://www.merryswankster.com/images/Gingerreyes.jpg
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    "Some people are into that, who am I to say" -- EV
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  • failedpersephone
    failedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    it's because the red hair means they have no souls.

    it's the indicator for the second coming of Beelzebub.
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  • sweet adeline
    sweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    cutback wrote:
    shit youtube has everything! :D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCvXcBWkas0

    :D

    mccouneghy is the shit in that movie.

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    edit: youtube added: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo4kDrWBa6c&feature=related
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    Fifthelement wrote:
    I agree D2D and Sian . . . Gingers are usually one or the other in terms of looks. Mine's definately on the hot side. But back to my original question . . . Why are gingers made fun of, harrassed, etc.? Is there some sort of superstition surrounding red hair in the UK? It rather seems like a mediaeval mentality :)



    again, i think it's b/c of being *different.* now sure why it's so specific in the UK, i wouldn't know.....but even here in the states i've seen it happen enough in my student and teacher days.



    and yes, referring to someone as 'gnger-haired' is definitely a UK thing. in the states we call em redheads. either way, both are incorrect huh? :p



    and i too initially thought this thread was about the spice ginger....or at least ginger from gilligan's island. :o haha.
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  • pearljamjen
    pearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    I had never heard the term "ginger" before the South Park episode. Which is odd since I lived in Ireland. :eek:

    BUT I had never heard of people being teased/made fun of until a few months ago on this board (I think someone posted an article about gingers being harrassed or something).

    One of my best friends is a redhead, and she and her brother have never been made fun of or anything; I've known her since high school and she has always been super proud to be a redhead!

    Personally I like redhead hair better on women than men, and I agree that redheads/gingers are either really atrractive or really not...

    I must say I think the British chick on Lost is very pretty...her eyes are wild and soooo pretty too!
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    probably has something to do with the Irish and Scottish people originally. They have the highest percentage of red hair and no doubt there is some deep rooted old hatred due to the conflicts over the years.

    There are loads of sexy red haired women out there in the world.
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  • vital5
    vital5 Posts: 5,486
    Gossard_Is_God wrote:
    never trust a ging-er
    haha nice first response to this question!!

    thinking back to Little Britain....
    "Get out of my store ginger!.. we don't serve your kind around here!" or words to that effect... ha
  • vital5
    vital5 Posts: 5,486
    *dawn* wrote:
    hmmm...never heard the term "ginger". been called many things...carrot top, 'annie' (little orphan), red, red dawn, etc. but never ginger..
    How about Fire Crotch?

    *dawn* wrote:
    I don't know why anyone would say that "ginger's stink of piss". I shower on a daily basis, and I do not stink of anything, especially not piss..
    The piss smell can never be washed off and you are immune to it! :eek: I think the medical term is Gingerpissitis

    *dawn* wrote:
    As far as why do we get picked on a bit more? Because we're different. I used to be bummed about it as a kid, but now I very much enjoy the fact that I don't look like everyone else.
    Because you're all angry... firey people!
  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 1,683
    many in the UK are grey or bald well before their 30's, there's some sickeners in respect to that! Btw, I'm not ginger, but I'd rather be than a.......
  • vital5
    vital5 Posts: 5,486
    pearljamjen wrote:
    I had never heard the term "ginger" before the South Park episode. Which is odd since I lived in Ireland. :eek:

    BUT I had never heard of people being teased/made fun of until a few months ago on this board (I think someone posted an article about gingers being harrassed or something).

    One of my best friends is a redhead, and she and her brother have never been made fun of or anything; I've known her since high school and she has always been super proud to be a redhead!

    Personally I like redhead hair better on women than men, and I agree that redheads/gingers are either really atrractive or really not...

    I must say I think the British chick on Lost is very pretty...her eyes are wild and soooo pretty too!
    YOu must have lived under a rock in Ireland... Was it the Blarney Stone?

    Your friends have blocked it all out.... surely when they walk past people every day some says under their breath in a harsh way... "fucking ginger!"

    Yes there are some hot redheads, but some very ugly ugly ones too... :d
  • Gossard_Is_God
    Gossard_Is_God Posts: 1,031
    Lizard wrote:
    GINGER HAIR!!!

    at first i thought you were gonna say people in the UK don't like to cook with ginger!

    That is one ugly baby!!
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  • vital5
    vital5 Posts: 5,486
    Gossard_Is_God wrote:
    That is one ugly baby!!
    The poor mother.... she was duped by the guy who got her up the duff... he was in disguise as a bald guy (having shaved his head)
  • Gossard_Is_God
    Gossard_Is_God Posts: 1,031
    I BrisK I wrote:
    theres nothing wrong with Ginger - http://www.merryswankster.com/images/Gingerreyes.jpg


    some GIRLS can pull it off very nicely indeed, there used to be a hot redhead on the board, cant remember her username, but yeah she was one.
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  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    I happen to have three friends that are natural red heads and they are beautiful :) All different shades of red and very different looks but all of them are very pretty women.

    I once was in lust with a sort of red haired fellow... that boy made me swoon and well a few other things too :p;)
  • OneLove
    OneLove Posts: 563
    vital5 wrote:
    How about Fire Crotch?




    Because you're all angry... firey people!

    I have a t-shirt that says "The legendary Spit Fire Redhead"... it suits me.


    I have auburn (not fire engine) red hair. Its workin for me so far...freckles and all.

    We are a spirited bunch..but I wouldn't say an angry one. Just don't piss us off! We live passionately, thats all. ;)
  • HailHailVitalogy
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