just want to say Happy Birthday to definately our youngest member Lil Miss UKRed, Happy Birthday Jamie she is 2 today...... you know you hear her in reds headset everynight.....
and jase she is not ginga either......she is a sweet young lady......
Wow, not GINGA! You got a milkman mate, or maybe postman, paperboy?!?!?!
GINGA genes are actually recesive but can pop up in generations to come! I've included some facts for you RED, you may like to quote some later: -
aside from guaranteed beatings at school and an inability to tan, being ginger is pretty special - in fact, I share my buffont pigment with just 3% of the world. Thus, a selection of ginger facts for your perusal...
I hope this helps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Red heads have thick hair, but the least number of hairs per head, at an average of 90,000. The overall average is 100,000. So at least you haven't got as many hairs to drop out as a brunnette! :clapping:
People with red hair are more susceptible to pain, according to doctors. Research carried out in the US suggested that redheads need 20% more anaesthesia than people with other hair colour. Could explain why you are currently moaning about your ear! :crying:
Redheads "are deemed to be the emotional slaves of our colouring as no other group," wrote redheaded Nicola Tyrer in the Daily Telegraph. RED a slave! :giggle:
Common Redhead stereotypes are: bad temper, sexual fire, untrustworthy, being smart and eccentric. I agree with most but smart?!?!?! :giggle:
Harvard dermatologist Madhu Pathak calls redheads "three-time losers" because their red pigment is an inadequate filter of sunlight and their skin is more susceptible to sunburn, skin cancer and wrinkling with age. Definately a loser! :clapping:
Genetically Redhair is a recessive trait. Which means it can hide in genes and pop up several generations later. Two Redheads would most likely have a Redhaired child(RR). To have a Redheaded child both parents must carry the red hair gene. The Red hair pigment is called pheomelanin. The gene is melanocortin 1 receptor. I'd get checking out the ancestory prior to agreeing to relationships when the little one gets old enough mate! :hug:
In France , to be redheaded is thought to be a fate so dire that some women have formed a Proud to be Red association. Similar to a GINGA GEORDIE?!?!? :angry:
Percentages of redheads in different countries range from single digits to a fraction of 1 per cent -- a recent estimate for France is 0.03 per cent of people. (A 1977 estimate for North America is 4 per cent) Redheads generally are more numerous in northern latitudes, but also turn up among Hungarians, Egyptians, Israelis and certain Nigerian tribes. It doesn't mention Hartlepool, how did you get it? :whimper:
Ancient Greeks died their hair red to show courage. There you go, if only you were Greek! :faint:
“In Denmark it is an honour to have a redheaded child. In Corsica , if you pass one in the street you spit and turn around. In Poland , if you pass three red-heads you'll win the state lottery," claims Sylvia Stevez, the Parisian founder of Association Francaise des Rousses. Go to Poland and meet up with other redheads, with your luck you are bound to win! :clapping:
There are two kinds of redhead, says Mary Spillane, managing director of British image consultants Colour Me Beautiful. There's "the autumn type with hazel eyes," and the Celtic type with translucent skin, light eyes and carrot top -- leprechaun redness "that people have trouble with." What about the GEORDIE type! :angry:
Redheads have been thought untrustworthy. As a 17th-century Frenchman observed, "Judas, it is said, was red-haired." Did the monkey have red hair mate? That would be it, onions round its neck, stripey polar neck and riding a bike, WITH RED HAIR! 'HANG IT, IT'S AN UNTRUSTWORTHY FRENCH SPY! :idea:
Ginger superstitions include… “red hair is unlucky”, “it's lucky to rub your hand on a redhead's head”, “bees sting redheads more often”. Ever been stung RED? :blushing:
Aging Redheads don't turn grey. First the hair turns a blondish color then white. See, you'll go blonde next, then white! Bleach would also do the same mate! :thumbup:
The Egyptians regarded the colour as so unlucky that they had a ceremony in which they burned red-headed maidens alive to wipe out the tint, says author Claudie De Lys. 'No don't burn me, I'm a GEORDIE, not an Egyptian, it's not my dress either!' :faint:
Oxford researchers believe that all redheads inherited the gene from European Neanderthals. Based on rate of gene mutation, Oxford says the redhead gene appears to be much older than Cro-Magnon man in Europe . The accepted explanation is that the Celtic tribes had a strong remnant of Neanderthal blood caused by Cro-Magnon/Neanderthal interbreeding. Maybe you're Scottish after all! :angry:
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