is being a hairist as bad as being a racist?

mudcow007
mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
edited September 2012 in Commuting chat
right monday afternoon debate

basically, there was a story on R2 then about a women who was in a bank

the cashier made a comment along the lines of "i bet your glad your daughter hasn't got red hair like you"

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  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
    I'm going to stick my neck out and say: It isn't as bad. But ginger jokes are pretty pathetic. My wife is ginger and whenever I'm calling her Duracell or Outspan or Carrot-top she just calls me "a sad fvcking sack of venom and sh1t and she wishes she never married me."
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  • jds_1981
    jds_1981 Posts: 1,858
    clarkey cat wrote:
    I'm going to stick my neck out and say: It isn't as bad. But ginger jokes are pretty pathetic. My wife is ginger and whenever I'm calling her Duracell or Outspan or Carrot-top she just calls me "a sad fvcking sack of venom and sh1t and she wishes she never married me."

    :D

    I remember a Chris Evans? song sketch about being ginger which I found very amusing at the time but can now barely remember.
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  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    Aside from the historical reasons*, I don't see much difference.
    Offensive is offensive.

    *The historical reasons are a huge part in it though.
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    I come from a long history of dating red-heads and twice wrecking relationships that I was in by shagging red-heads on the side.

    Married a red head.

    Eleven and a half years later it all seems to be going OK :-)
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  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
    remind me not to introduce Simon to my wife.
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    :-)
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  • Big_Paul
    Big_Paul Posts: 277
    SimonAH wrote:
    I come from a long history of dating red-heads and twice wrecking relationships that I was in by shagging red-heads on the side.

    Married a red head.

    Eleven and a half years later it all seems to be going OK :-)

    It was a ginge that turned me from a boy into a man, as it were.

    Ever since I have had a severe liking for them, there's a natural redhead living at the bottom of the street and SWMBO has banned me from talking to her on pain of castration with a spoon.

    Redheads are a gift from whatever your chosen deity is.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    There's a group on FB called I Love Redheads... You can spend a happy hour or two looking through the photos....
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  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
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  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
    just to clarify... that is NOT my wife.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    clarkey cat wrote:
    just to clarify... that is NOT my wife.


    No waay.
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  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
    This isn't my wife either. Although I have seen her look like both of these redheads on occassion.

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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    my favorite redhead

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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Is this going to turn into a 'gorgeous red head' thread?

    (I really hope so and can we keep the mods out so they don't throw into BB?)
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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    Anyone remember Chinny's take on racism? All just a laff innit?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    Is this going to turn into a 'gorgeous red head' thread?

    (I really hope so and can we keep the mods out so they don't throw into BB?)


    Er no it's not.
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  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
    don't be a spoilsport Rick... we'll even throw a few up for you.

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  • walkingbootweather
    walkingbootweather Posts: 2,443
    I went out with a redhead once. No hair just a red head.
    Nobody told me we had a communication problem
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Given the monumental waves of sh!t some of the moderators had to deal with re the girls in... stuff, I will refer to this post: viewtopic.php?f=30005&t=12842296

    Specifically, this passage:
    Pictures of a sexual nature, nudity, erotica or suggestive imagery or animations are now banned from the Cake Stop, Commuting Chat and The Hub section. One such thread per the Crudcatcher and the Bottom Bracket shall be permitted, again with strict warnings regarding content. Existing threads will be locked or merged.

    I've had a sense of humour failure today.

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  • walkingbootweather
    walkingbootweather Posts: 2,443
    clarkey cat wrote:
    don't be a spoilsport Rick... we'll even throw a few up for you.

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    FTFY
    Nobody told me we had a communication problem
  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
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  • walkingbootweather
    walkingbootweather Posts: 2,443
    Gingers do have souls Alright!
    Nobody told me we had a communication problem
  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    what about old Reg?


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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Big_Paul wrote:
    Redheads are a gift from whatever your chosen deity is.
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  • cyclingprop
    cyclingprop Posts: 2,426
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    Better?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
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    Oh. Wait.
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  • JamesB5446
    JamesB5446 Posts: 471
    From my research it seems that there are very few average looking ginger birds. They are either hot or mingers.

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