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Denmark: Sperm bank turns down redheads
Telegraph ^ | 09/16/11 | Richard Orange

Posted on 09/17/2011 4:34:47 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Denmark

Sperm bank turns down redheads

The world's largest sperm bank has started turning down redheaded donors because there is too little demand for their sperm.

By Richard Orange

4:41PM BST 16 Sep 2011

Ole Schou, Cryos's director, said that there had been a surge in donations in recent years, allowing the facility to become much more picky about its donors.

"There are too many redheads in relation to demand," he told told Danish newspaper Ekstrabladet. "I do not think you chose a redhead, unless the partner - for example, the sterile male - has red hair, or because the lone woman has a preference for redheads. And that's perhaps not so many, especially in the latter case."

Mr Schou said the only reliable demand for sperm from redheaded donors from Ireland, where he said it sold “like hot cakes”.

Cryos’s stores have now reached their peak capacity of 70 litres of semen, and Mr Schou has a waiting list of 600 donors.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Humor; Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: denmark; freckles; gingergene; gingers; helixmakemineadouble; redhair; redhead; redheads; spermbank
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To: misharu
You tell ‘em, my red headed sister!!

Unless I woke up this morning after a sex-change, that would be brother.

Nice to meet you, fellow redhead!

41 posted on 09/17/2011 6:05:09 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: usconservative
Just fyi, the only sure fire way to verify she’s a redhead is to check the carpet (if you know what I mean.)

It's so funny you say that, usc. Years ago, I was in a local clothing story waiting to pay for my purchases when the woman behind me said how she loved the color of my hair. How beautiful the shade was. She then asked me where I got it colored. I told her it was natural but she wouldn't believe me.

I finally got so exasperated over her denial the color was true that I finally said, "Let's go down to the bathroom and I will prove it to you!"

Needless to say, she dropped the conversation right then and there.

REDHEADS OF THE WORLD UNITE!

42 posted on 09/17/2011 6:08:04 AM PDT by misharu (US Congress: Children without adult supervision.)
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To: usconservative

She did instruct for quite a while but is no longer teaching.

9mm are nice for target shooting


43 posted on 09/17/2011 6:09:20 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: misharu

I don’t believe its natural. ;)


44 posted on 09/17/2011 6:10:40 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: misharu
Hahahahahaha!!!

You know it's funny: Whenever someone wants to know if a woman is a real redhead they're curious about the carpet.

No one ever asks us men to check the carpeting around our .... well, you know.

Sigh.......

45 posted on 09/17/2011 6:10:45 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: usconservative

Ewps! Sorry, my redheaded brother! But the conversation was veering toward the female sex so I assumed. My utmost apologies!


46 posted on 09/17/2011 6:12:33 AM PDT by misharu (US Congress: Children without adult supervision.)
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To: driftdiver
9mm are nice for target shooting

Which my non-redhead wife and I will be doing today.

My oldest son (14) is into cars, girls and now guns. He's showing me this $560 target revolver, .22 cal with fiber optic sights that he wants for Christmas.

Ha, good luck with that .....

47 posted on 09/17/2011 6:14:17 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: driftdiver

Hmmmm....if I knew how, I would give you your wish and prove it . . .but posting a picture of a Burning Bush shrub! ;-}


48 posted on 09/17/2011 6:14:24 AM PDT by misharu (US Congress: Children without adult supervision.)
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To: driftdiver
I don’t believe its natural. ;)

Horn-dog. Me either. ;-)

49 posted on 09/17/2011 6:15:18 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: TigerLikesRooster
What could possibly go wrong?


50 posted on 09/17/2011 6:16:30 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: usconservative

Your son is already 6’3” and he’s only 14??? Seems like the NBA might want to look into scouting more redheads if that is the rule rather than the exception.

Seriously, though, I know redheads are usually exceptionally fair-skinned and prone to sunburns, which in turn makes them at an increased risk of skin cancer. My best friend’s red-headed, fair-skinned and freckled husband who is remarkable in his even-tempered demeanor for ANYONE, red-head or not, went to a dermatologist about some suspicious areas that turned out to be basal cell carcinoma. Got to it early and he will be fine.

Moral of the story: hats of all sorts, sunscreen and SPF clothing are all the friends of red-heads everywhere.


51 posted on 09/17/2011 6:26:00 AM PDT by bigredkitty1 (March 5,2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster; Black Agnes

bttt


52 posted on 09/17/2011 6:30:42 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: usconservative
...those bastards stole our potatoe's...

Dan Quayle is a ginger Freeper! Who knew?

53 posted on 09/17/2011 6:31:13 AM PDT by Vide
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To: usconservative
There are two kinds of men.

Those who know redheaded women are the most beautiful in the world, and those who are wrong.

54 posted on 09/17/2011 6:31:59 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Sorry, but they are natural brunettes. I must say their colorist did an excellent job for the HP movies. Had I not watched a special on The Biography Channel, would have never guessed.


55 posted on 09/17/2011 6:35:13 AM PDT by bigredkitty1 (March 5,2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

On a visit to Ireland two years ago I could have sworn half the population had red hair. But they printed a story in a Dublin newspaper while we were there that only ten percent of the Irish are red-haired. The same thing when I go to the Milwaukee Irish Fest. You’ll never see so many red-haired people in one place.


56 posted on 09/17/2011 7:30:53 AM PDT by driftless2
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To: driftless2
On a visit to Ireland two years ago I could have sworn half the population had red hair. But they printed a story in a Dublin newspaper while we were there that only ten percent of the Irish are red-haired.

And this includes auburn, not the Carrot Top phenotype. Here's something from Wikipedia talking about a survey done of Irish people in the 1940s (emphasis added).
C. Wesley Dupertuis conducted a survey of Irish people in the 1940s under the guidance of the Department of Anthropology of Harvard University, and gathered the following data:[13]

The hair color of the Irish is predominantly brown. Less than 15% have black or ashen hair; 50 % have dark brown hair. Medium brown hues make up another 15%. Persons with blond and light brown hair account for close to 5%, while approximately 10% have auburn or red hair. Both golden and dark brown shades can be seen in the southwestern counties of Ireland, but fairest hair in general is most common in the Central Plain.[14] Ulster has been evidenced to have the highest frequencies of red hair, with the lowest found in Wexford and Waterford.[13]

Studies have indicated the Irish are "almost uniquely pale skinned when unexposed, untanned parts of the body, are observed" and "40% of the entire group are freckled to some extent." Moreover, "in the proportion of pure light eyes", data shows that "Ireland competes successfully with the blondest regions of Scandinavia", as approximately 42% of the Irish population have pure blue eyes. Another 30% have been found to possess light-mixed eyes and "less than 1 half of 1% have pure brown".[13]

57 posted on 09/17/2011 7:38:32 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Last year the news had an article on Red hair becoming increasing rare and is expected to disappear from the genetic pool: as are white people ... going to become absorbed and no more white people. I PROTEST!
58 posted on 09/17/2011 8:05:58 AM PDT by geologist (The only answer to the troubles of this life is Jesus. A decision we all must make.)
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To: usconservative
Hey, I don't decree the English language, I just report it.

Not all redheads are fiery-tempered - my red-headed (now gray-headed) Irish-Scottish-French-German husband is a good example of a level-headed redhead. But there are enough riotous Irish to create the stereotype . . .

Just to make it worse: Judas traditionally was a redhead.


59 posted on 09/17/2011 8:41:02 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: bigredkitty1
Your son is already 6’3” and he’s only 14???

Yep, and he doesn't play basketball (never seen him dribble) and doesn't like baseball either. His Jr. High school gym teacher and now his Freshman high school gym teachers have both asked him to play basketball. He's told them in no uncertain terms "NO." His high school basketball coach called here last week and I told him the same thing "if he doesn't want to play, he doesn't have to play."

So much for a college scholarship, guess I'm paying his way...

60 posted on 09/17/2011 8:54:47 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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