Tuesday Time-Waster: “Gingers”

Despite the fact that my California driver’s license says my hair is auburn, I know I’m still classified as a redhead. I spent most of my life being annoyed by this fact, because redheads always seem to be slightly stereo-typed — and because I always wanted to be blonde. It probably didn’t help matters that I was (and still am) an ardent fan of the Anne of Green Gables books, and the main character loathed her red hair.

Well, in recent years I’ve mostly gotten over it. I’ve made such progress that I actually call myself a redhead in public. But a “ginger”? Um, that’s a type of man-shaped cookie. But for some reason, that word has become more popular.

And now we come to the time-waster (yes, I was building up suspense). Fellow redheaded runner Morgan posted this link the other day, and I’m still laughing at the Uncyclopedia entry for gingers. Some of it is so true — yep, I’ll last about five minutes at the beach before I burn. Some of it is debatable — maybe we really are “anti-Smurfs”? And some of it is completely untrue — I do not have any posters of Beezlebub in my house!

The part that amused me the most was actually a comment made by an anonymous user in the discussion tab: “At least we’re not French.” See? We also have sense of humor!

So, go amuse yourself by reading that entry. By the way, despite what that article may say, I do not look like this:


One Response to Tuesday Time-Waster: “Gingers”

  1. Avatar famousamy
    famousamy says:

    Funny stuff!

    PS.. that kid might look silly in that picture, but he’s got great comedic timing. He was in a short lived sitcom, Life with Bonnie, but he stole the show. His name is Charlie Hunt – http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0992306/

    I’m really just too much of a t.v. geek. :-)