Ginger and proud?

[pastafreak]

Did anyone see the report this weekend of the family in Newcastle who were suffering at the hands of the local yobs because they were all ginger/red-heads? The children in the family were bullied and the family had moved 3 times as a result. Apparently ginger-abuse is quite common in this country-yet in the states red hair is seen as something to be proud of. What is YOUR experiance? Do you dislike gingers?

[Goodsoulette]

I love them. I have black hair myself but my son has taken after my grandad and has ginger hair. He is gorgeous looook http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d178/goodsou lette/jandfred-1.jpg

However, he has had one gingerist experience in his life and I was with him, he is 5 and some 10 yr olds were just shouting ging at him. I turned around and one of them was superbly overweight. I asked them how they would like it if I called them fat, they didn't like it much. Then came to apologise. He didn't understand any of it. Gings in at the moment anyway.

[pastafreak]

I had dark red(as it is called in the States)hair---I always got called carrot-top and ketchup head lol! In high-school some older girls thought it wasnt real cos I had very dark eyebrows and dark brown eyes...guess they thought everything has to match!lol!

[pastafreak]

PS-he's gorgeous!

[red~bez]

I have two brothers and a sister who where ginger, I say where because because now they are now dark auburn... My sis it a bit older than me, but my bros I don't remember them ever being skitted........When I was at school you got skitted if you wore those NHS glasses......and if you wore the patch aswell it was even worse.

[pastafreak]

OI! did you read my question Legend????? just wanted to know attitudes to follks with the highly exotic attribute of flaming hair. (as opposed to common blonde,brownetc)

[red~bez]

Oi you ****** arse......I'm on me mams side......dark brown...... :p

[red~bez]

Oh why did that get starred out I only said sh!tty arse....lol

[pastafreak]

Thought you were highly principled person Legend...now your not fussy...lol

[pastafreak]

H*ll no! honesty always better...prob not enough these days. And on that note-if you smack me you will have my english-irish-italian temper to deal with...hehheh...oh yeh -there might be some cherokee in there also. Proper mutt I am!

[pastafreak]

Excuse ignorance...wot's a 'divot'

[pastafreak]

Not to worry Legend...didn't think you were. jeezzz...hope I haven't given bad impression

[pastafreak]

SO glad I asked...learn something new every day....