Carrot Top,
Ginger, Redhead. These are just 3 of the many nicknames gingers have been
called. Being a ginger is neither a
curse nor a blessing. It is a unique
experience to say the least. Being a ginger means that you are already from an infant subjected to
ridicule from boring people who just wish that they could have your beautiful
copper locks. It also means that you are inherently special, only 2% of the WORLD's
population has the same orange puffball that they call hair as you. This copper
color of hair is also an old lady magnet, (seriously I can't go anywhere
without some old lady of whom I've never met before caressing my hair and
telling me to never dye it and that it is a gift from god (more like a curse
from Hades).
How to tell if someone is a TRUE
ginger.
If someone
is lucky enough to be blessed with
the curse of having red hair (or if they are just a wannabe), there are some
telltale signs if they're faking it or not. First, look for the FRECKLES,
Freckles are a definite quality all redheads (or every real one I've met) has.
Second, The pale skin. Every redhead has unnaturally pale skin and an inability
to tan (It really is quite bothersome when you are on the beach in the summer
and you are whiter than the clouds). A third defining although iffy quality is
if they have fuzzy, curly huge hair.. some VERY LUCKY redheads have naturally
straight hair, but most have completely fuzzy, frizzy, curly out of control
hair and it never does what the person who has it wants it to do (look nice, or
presentable at the least)
Gingers and their… Quirks.
Gingers are
commonly known to be well, CRAZY!!! And in my case, it is 100% true. I am an
absolute nut job. At one point I was debating with my brother on how Tim Hortons was like potatoes (potato
aliens to be exact). I also have been known to speak in various accents
(Southern, English, German, some sort of European thing) when I am over- tired.
Why I hate South Park (gasp)
I have never
watched the show South Park and I probably never will, I won't because that
show started the holiday KICK A GINGER DAY. Which is a whole day in which to
celebrate it, you kick a ginger and this is a real thing… trust me there's a
website and everything: kick-a-ginger-day.com
Ginger Stereotypes:
Gingers are
known for many things ranging from being unbelievably geeky nerds (most likely
stereotype) to in the odd case, for ginger women and men being sex gods. Yes,
gingers can be both of these things but so can every other hair coloured person
in the world if they want to (except for the sex gods thing, that is reserved
specifically for gingers… Sorry!) Fiery temper also being a very prominent
stereotype (which might I add is TRUE! so for any ginger "haters" out
there, I would watch my back if I were you). Gingers are almost always in
movies or anything really on TV, they are nerdy characters. This is unfair in
my opinion. Gingers may be smart but that does not mean we always must be
pinned as "the nerd". So many gingers are also perceived as weird, so
think about it if you are or when you were in high school, how many redheads in
your school had or have boyfriends\girlfriends?? not many right? This is due to
the fact that because of television, we are perceived to either be extreme
nerds, extremely creepy or just complete sociopaths.
Overall I really
am proud to be a ginger, and even though having my orange puffball I call hair
can be a tumultuous experience, I love it and I couldn’t think=k of having any
other hair colour (although I have always wanted to see what I would look like
as a blonde… (not really))
See? what did i tell you? ALWAYS THE NERDS!!!
