Gingers in Ireland?

Micky Dolenz

Bodhidharma wrote: »

Is all this Ginger stuff some offshoot of British influence? I never heard that word growing up, heard red head and foxy but never Ginger.

Completely. Introduced by the British media. Back in the old days only the odd household had non Irish channels, now everyone has them.

Bazinga_N

My Nan Has An Obsession With Gingers... She Loves Them... It's Actually Creepy.. :eek:

Mickey H

crfcaio wrote: »

Please do tell me that they still exist.
You know, red-haired females with freckles and whatnot.

Of course they do.

There you go.

Doc Ruby

Bodhidharma wrote: »

Is all this Ginger stuff some offshoot of British influence? I never heard that word growing up, heard red head and foxy but never Ginger.

Its just south park, for pity's sake.

/facepalm

Killer Wench

Yes, and I heard that by law, they are the onliest ones that can say "Top o' the mornin' to ya".

beardedmaster

My hair fairly brown and boring coloured...

but my beard... is the colour of FIRE!

crfcaio

That's been one thing in my list of life achievements:
Date a red-haired, preferably Irish, woman.

Then I'd die happy (:

44leto

crfcaio wrote: »

That's been one thing in my list of life achievements:
Date a red-haired, preferably Irish, woman.

Then I'd die happy (:

My desire is more base then dating, but if dating followed I wouldn't object.

noddyone2

Red hair, pale skin = gorgeous. Far better than the orangey tangoed look.

I Heart Internet

Hate the word ginger applied to red-haired people. It's a word I associate with britain, Catherine Tate and all that.

In Ireland we have red-haired people or, in Cork, foxy people.

Foxy girls are often hot - fact.

I've never seen why some people think red-hair is a bad thing.

Funglegunk

I'm a ginger lad. PM me for pics, btw asl?

toexpress

there is a delivery guy who delivers to me now and then ... hot ginger seriously I have fantasies about doing the whole "maybe now I can help you with your package" thing

Lyra Fangs

Gingers do seem to be popping up less and less in this country. I think I only know of one ginger baby being born in my family in the last three or so years.

I suppose those ginger dating websites will soon come back into fashion again in an effort to repopulate :P.

MajorMax

"Man, you ain't lived
Till you've had your tires rotated
By a red-headed woman" Bruce Springsteen

the purple tin

Bodhidharma wrote: »

Is all this Ginger stuff some offshoot of British influence? I never heard that word growing up, heard red head and foxy but never Ginger.

I think it started with Chris Evans. The media used to call him the Ginger Whinger and that sort of thing.

grey_so_what

I used to have red hair.

Now I have free highlights from God.

Sergeant

Doc Ruby wrote: »

Its just south park, for pity's sake.

/facepalm

No, the man was right. People suddenly being ridiculed and made fun of for having red/ginger hair was a subtle campaign that started back in the late 70's/early 80's by the British tabloids, and which coincided with the IRA bombing campaigns, and anti-Irish sentiment. There is a guy from some media department in an English university doing a Phd on it.

Before this, having red hair was seen as a very attractive feature, and many propaganda movies of the war period show a buxom red head motivating the troops before they go to war. And the peoples of most Asian and Med countries consider red hair to be extremely beautiful and unusual.

El Siglo

Yeh, still have my red mop! I never did understand the hype about why it was seen as unattractive. Suppose Chris Evans didn't help much!

fishy fishy

crfcaio wrote: »

^I'm sorry, but I don't really care about ginger men.

but what about Bradley?

Darkginger

My hair was bright ginger when I was younger - now it's..erm..dark ginger - hence the name

Ush1

Wasn't there some study that showed gingers have a higher sex drive than non gingers?

davet82

Ush1 wrote: »

Wasn't there some study that showed gingers have a higher sex drive than non gingers?

its obvious, red heads get less sex hence their higher desire to have sex :cool:

shopaholic01

El Siglo wrote: »

Yeh, still have my red mop! I never did understand the hype about why it was seen as unattractive. Suppose Chris Evans didn't help much!

I blame Mick Hucknall, now there's amn who would be ugly with an hair colour - but apparently he had to fight women off with sticks. Maybe it was the money ..........................

SteoL

Born in the 70's, grew up in the 80's in a rough north side Dublin with the usual 'carrot top', 'ding a ling your hairs on fire' slaggings which progressed to 'red balls/copper clit' amongst others in secondary school. Fearing doom in terms of sex I despaired.

Then it became apparent that people WERE attracted to redheads and all those fears of not being laid were laughed at. Had a very satisfactory sex life. Am now 34 and it's getting lighter on top. It's not grey but it is no longer the colour I was mocked for as a child & sought for by people wanting to play dirty games in my 20's. Luckily have one special friend I still play dirty games with.

Mickeroo

Isn't the word Ginger considered a borderline racial slur in parts of America now?

Funglegunk

SteoL wrote: »

Then it became apparent that people WERE attracted to redheads and all those fears of not being laid were laughed at. Had a very satisfactory sex life. Am now 34 and it's getting lighter on top. It's not grey but it is no longer the colour I was mocked for as a child & sought for by people wanting to play dirty games in my 20's. Luckily have one special friend I still play dirty games with.

Bita scat Twister eh? Gotta love it.

Wattle

Do ginger haired people have worse tempers than non-gingers? Having gone out with a ginger I would have to say yes. Bitch had a crazy temper.

Teyla Emmagan

I hate the word 'ginger'. And it is more common nowadays, with people even referring to themselves as ginger, but it was originally only ever used as an insult. A casual and sh(tty insult designed soley to put somebody down. Which is why I never use the term to describe anybody.

And for the record I love red hair

Sergeant

Wattle wrote: »

Do ginger haired people have worse tempers than non-gingers? Having gone out with a ginger I would have to say yes. Bitch had a crazy temper.

She might have had enough of your crass and lazy stereotypes, or your instance on calling her bitch, and lost her temper.

Crann na Beatha

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