IRISHNESS AND REDHEADNESS .

Erinfan

In the popular imagination of those who have never set foot in Ireland ( it is my case ) an Irish is a man / woman with a redhead.

How far this assumption is true ?

humanji

It's not, not even slightly.

Ush1

Have they just been in a fight or something in your imagination?

Seaneh

Finland, The Netherlands, Scotland and a few other countries all have more redheads per capita than Ireland.

1ZRed

Considering gingers are going extinct, god permitting, I wouldn't say very true at all.

Shenshen

Not true.
Trust me, I've tried, it's very very hard to find good red hair dye in this country.

wazky

Its a little know fact but anyone who is born or enters this island and is not a redhead, is detained and has their head forcibly dyed an obnoxious shade of ginger.

sbsquarepants

Leave the redheads alone - they're hot!

shopaholic01

There's a woeful shortage of redheads unfortunately.

I think they should be paid to reproduce with each other.


And no, I'm not a red head. I just think they're gorgeous.

Yellow121

Redheads are the real Irish. We should worship them.

sbsquarepants

shopaholic01 wrote: »

I think they should be paid to reproduce with each other.

Or better still - with me. Won't do their numbers any good, but i'd love it!

KTRIC

shopaholic01 wrote: »

There's a woeful shortage of redheads unfortunately.

I think they should be paid to reproduce with each other.


And no, I'm not a red head. I just think they're gorgeous.

I find your ideas intriguing

I'll be first in line to be paid to reproduce with red heads

Procasinator

Seaneh wrote: »

Finland, The Netherlands, Scotland and a few other countries all have more redheads per capita than Ireland.

I've often seen it said that Scotland has the most, but Ireland has always been in second in any source I've seen.

Where have you seen Finland and the Netherlands ranked higher than Ireland?

danniemcq

the only hair on my body that is ginger is my facial hair but only if it gets long.

out of 13 aunts and uncles though there are 6 that are true gingers. Most of these have kids now so at a recent family wedding there was no sign of any extint gene!

The island of Inishboffin off Donegal is full of them too

Iano_128

It's posts like these that make me glad to be a redhead!

Pics of redheads please to confirm, um, stuff....

vitani

1ZRed wrote: »

Considering gingers are going extinct, god permitting, I wouldn't say very true at all.

So... your username doesn't relate to your hair colour then, I take it?

stimpson

My wife is a redhead.


No hair, just a big red head.

danniemcq

KTRIC wrote: »

I find your ideas intriguing

I'll be first in line to be paid to reproduce with red heads

Me too, well if its Faye Reagan...

shopaholic01

Iano_128 wrote: »

It's posts like these that make me glad to be a redhead!

Well then, you might be so kind as to follow moderator instructions:

Deleted User wrote: »

Pics of redheads please to confirm, um, stuff....

Mr Benevolent

I was told yesterday that my fledgling beard contains a single ginger hair. I'm now considering shaving all my hair off and having a vasectomy. I cannot allow even the slightest possibility of another ginger coming into the world.

KTRIC

danniemcq wrote: »

Me too, well if its Faye Reagan...

Just checked her out. I think I'd take one for the lads and reproduce with her :cool:

bumper234

Am stood next to 2 of them right now!

Also in before someone quotes southpark, gingervitis, no souls etc.

shopaholic01

KTRIC wrote: »

Just checked her out. I think I'd take one for the lads and reproduce with her :cool:

I'm a heterosexual woman but I have to admit I would be tempted ......

justforlaugh

nothing wrong being a ginger, i can tell it bother a few Irish people when Ireland get stereotypes

Erinfan

Seaneh wrote: »

Finland, The Netherlands, Scotland and a few other countries all have more redheads per capita than Ireland.

I have been to Netherland several times I have not seen redhead people rather blond head persons.

justforlaugh

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Paul_McShane_2012_Sopot.jpg/225px-Paul_McShane_2012_Sopot.jpg

TheMilkyPirate

Well according to the london 2012 olympic games computer game, 95% of irish people are gingers. And snow white.

Shenshen

justforlaugh wrote: »

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Paul_McShane_2012_Sopot.jpg/225px-Paul_McShane_2012_Sopot.jpg

Not so much.
The guy behind him, though ...

Yellow121

knucklehead6

i'm a ginger....


More grey now but i used be a total carrot top.

Yellow121

linenbag

The positive comments about redheads on this thread makes a nice difference to the slagging we usually get!!

Balmed Out

linenbag wrote: »

The positive comments about redheads on this thread makes a nice difference to the slagging we usually get!!

Its a ploy to out ye before a blanket ginger ban

1ZRed

vitani wrote: »

So... your username doesn't relate to your hair colour then, I take it?

Only my pubes

Ray Palmer

1ZRed wrote: »

Considering gingers are going extinct, god permitting, I wouldn't say very true at all.

Except that isn't true. It is a recessive gene thing so it can't happen. The story about them becoming extinct was a hoax that was reported widely as fact

shopaholic01

linenbag wrote: »

The positive comments about redheads on this thread makes a nice difference to the slagging we usually get!!

Jealousy.


It's also impossible, as Shensen pointed out, to get a realistic red hair dye. So, you've either got it, or you haven't.

1ZRed

Ray Palmer wrote: »

Except that isn't true. It is a recessive gene thing so it can't happen. The story about them becoming extinct was a hoax that was reported widely as fact

Well it's not like I was being serious in my post anyway. Couldn't care less, for or against gingers tbh.

I've seen Rachel McAdams with red hair and l'd tap that in a second. It depends on the ginger, really.

Yellow121

These 2 can't keep their hands off eachother for obvious reasons.

danniemcq

Balmed Out wrote: »

Its a ploy to out ye before a blanket ginger ban

shhhhhhh

humanji

Yellow121 wrote: »

These 2 can't keep their hands off eachother for obvious reasons.

Inbreeding?

Yellow121

humanji wrote: »

Inbreeding?

Can a senior mod ban this mod please.

humanji

Yellow121 wrote: »

Can a senior mod ban this mod please.

No dice. I'm a redhead and can use my powers against them.

endacl

There used to be loads of them when we were all pagans. Then st paddy arrived and apparently we all had to be christians. Since gingers don't have souls, they all had to emigrate.

humanji

I was recently told that during the US/Mexican war, a lot of Irish were drafted in to fight the Mexicans. But they didn't like fighting another Catholic nation and so switched sides. Once the war ended, they settled and as a result you get lots of Mexicans with dark skin and bright red hair. I think they're called something like Los Patrice or something like that. Something to do with St Patrick.

Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Rented Mule

1ZRed wrote: »

Considering gingers are going extinct, god permitting, I wouldn't say very true at all.

Don't worry. We're going to try and take as many of you with us on our way out.

Ush1

Balmed Out wrote: »

Its a ploy to out ye before a blanket ginger ban

Lure them in to the open, then into a giant jar to be placed in the sun!

Pumpkinseeds

The ginger hair is Gods' way of marking the Devils' minions that lurk amongst us:D

Legs.Eleven

The whole of my dad's side, including my dad, have red hair. His family hail from Cavan. Three of my siblings have bred with fargners (turns my stomach thinking about it :mad:) and two of them have spawned red heads. As long as my clann lives, red heads will never die! Never I tell you!

Hope to spawn a few meself, in fact.

Fox_In_Socks

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

The whole of my dad's side, including my dad, have red hair. His family hail from Cavan. Three of my siblings have bred with fargners (turns my stomach thinking about it :mad:) and two of them have spawned red heads.

What's a fargner? A Cavan farmer?

Legs.Eleven

Fox_In_Socks wrote: »

What's a fargner? A Cavan farmer?

Fergnerrr. From Frgnin. :mad: