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Could Red Soon Be Dead? [Readheads going extinct?]
Radio Netherlands ^
| November 2, 2005
| by Kathy Clugston
Posted on 11/06/2005 4:43:16 PM PST by aculeus
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posted on
11/06/2005 4:43:17 PM PST
by
aculeus
To: RepubMommy
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posted on
11/06/2005 4:45:03 PM PST
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: aculeus
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posted on
11/06/2005 4:47:06 PM PST
by
pissant
To: aculeus
I remember when my first daughter was born. My first thoughts were "oh no, red hair".
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posted on
11/06/2005 4:47:49 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: aculeus
I like redhead chicks in theory, but in practice it's hard to find a good one.
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posted on
11/06/2005 4:48:17 PM PST
by
JohnnyZ
("She was appointed by a conservative. That ought to have been enough for us." -- NotBrilliant)
To: aculeus
I always thought dark red was a nice hair color, all the more so because it's unusual. Here's hoping these people are wrong.
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posted on
11/06/2005 4:49:04 PM PST
by
Irish Rose
(Will work for chocolate.)
To: aculeus
Yeah, and I hear sickle cell disease will disappear too - because of genetics, low prevalence, and its deleterious nature.
(Flame away, biologists....)
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posted on
11/06/2005 4:50:28 PM PST
by
SteveMcKing
("I was born a Democrat. I expect I'll be a Democrat the day I leave this earth." -Zell Miller '04)
To: aculeus
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posted on
11/06/2005 4:50:28 PM PST
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
To: Incorrigible
Interesting ping, thanks! Have to forward this to my mom. hey, even if the "breed" dies out, there will always be artifical means which as a redhead, I understand how other would want the color;)
To: Beelzebubba
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posted on
11/06/2005 4:52:35 PM PST
by
ECM
Comment #11 Removed by Moderator
To: aculeus
Oh, NO! Get those red head guys and red head gals together breeding! Some of the best moments of my life were with an Irish, blue-eyed, fair and auburn beauty. :)
(Little River Band in my head)
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posted on
11/06/2005 4:54:44 PM PST
by
manwiththehands
("They wanted a Harley, they got a Scooter Libby." -Don Surber)
To: aculeus
"But if you go to Ireland or England, and also some Scandinavian countries, you'll see more people with red hair there than you will in China or Africa." Wow this person's a GENIUS!
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posted on
11/06/2005 4:54:53 PM PST
by
SteveMcKing
("I was born a Democrat. I expect I'll be a Democrat the day I leave this earth." -Zell Miller '04)
To: aculeus
I have a dark-brown-haired father and a red-haired mother. I came out with dark brown hair, incredibly fair skin, and red highlights in the beard.
As long as people like me are reproducing, the gene is going to stay alive. The fact that it isn't being expressed has nothing to do with its existence. Look at the domestic dog. Every variety, from the puny Chihuahua to the gigantic Great Dane (and everything in between) evolved from a common ancestor. All the genetic qualities needed to produce a Chihuahua, a Great Dane, a Maltese Terrier, and even the Pug, were present within the genetic makeup of that common ancestor. They simply weren't expressed until selective breeding brought them out.
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posted on
11/06/2005 4:55:34 PM PST
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: Clemenza; pissant
To: aculeus
A recent report by the Oxford Hair Foundation in the UK has caused shockwaves in the Netherlands: redheads, it says, are dying out, and could become extinct as soon as 2060.
I'm currently pg with my third girl, my hair is naturally auburn and I have true redheads on both mine and my husband's side. One of my daughters is a brunette, the other is a dirty blonde. I put in the order for the redhead the second I found out I was pg.
To: aculeus
I was reading an article about Ramses the Great a while back and was struck by something. He had red wavy hair.
At first they thought the henna dye was to change his hair color but study with electron microscope showed it was definitely red. Apparently it had turned grey and he had dyed it back red.
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posted on
11/06/2005 4:58:36 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: JohnnyZ
I like redhead chicks in theory, but in practice it's hard to find a good one. Did the curtains match the carpet?
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posted on
11/06/2005 4:59:26 PM PST
by
Recovering Hermit
(Hand me a quran...I'm out of toilet paper.)
To: aculeus
Well, they put out like crazy, so it's hard to imagine they will become extinct...
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posted on
11/06/2005 5:01:05 PM PST
by
Jim Noble
(Non, je ne regrette rien)
To: aculeus
And no one is half a redhead - you're either a redhead or you're not.Not true. My oldest brother is a dark brunette (what he has left, that is) but the one time he tried to grow a beard, it was definitely red! I'm the only one of 4 kids that actually was born a redhead but my youngest brother (blonde) passed the gene on to two of his four kids.
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posted on
11/06/2005 5:01:14 PM PST
by
mollynme
(cogito, ergo freepum)
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