48803 Redheads

vorpal blade · Post by **vorpal blade** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:28 pm

I hadn't really noticed that there is a higher percentage of redheads in the Church, or at BYU, than elsewhere. I wonder if it is true.

I can answer Whistler's implied question: "It's just a sign that redheads are somehow inherently superior to others. Kind of kidding. While Scotland and Ireland have the highest percentages of redheads (approximately 13 and 10 percent, respectively), the US has the largest flat-out population of redheads. One wonders if some of this Scottish and Irish redhead blood got converted and immigrated to America!" Some of my ancestors came from Ireland. They joined the church in the 1830s and immigrated to America. They had numerous descendents - the children were polygamous. Many of those descendents are redheads.

Of course, not all the redheads at BYU are my relatives, but I know some of them are.

bismark · Post by **bismark** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:24 pm

redheads of the world UNITE!

361 · Post by **361** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:27 am

bismark wrote:redheads of the world UNITE!

Sounds like something Razor and Blade might say...

Imogen · Post by **Imogen** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:23 pm

i LOOOOOOVE redheads. redheads are a lot more attractive than most people, imo. if a redhead asked me to marry them, i would say yes.

Giovanni Schwartz · Post by **Giovanni Schwartz** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:11 pm

Hey bismark... Did you hear that?

Fredjikrang · Post by **Fredjikrang** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:46 pm

Hehe. I was thinking the same thing Gio.

Nanti-SARRMM · Post by **Nanti-SARRMM** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:26 pm

Blast me and my perpetual blondness.

yellow m&m · Post by **yellow m&m** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:53 pm

Nanti-SARRMM wrote:Blast me and my perpetual blondness.

Don't worry. I still think you're cute.

Tao · Post by **Tao** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:49 am

One downside of being a redhead is that you can't really get away with anything. My mother relates a time when she was young and stole a watermelon from a nearby garden with a group of her friends. Every single one of her friends got away clean, but being the only one with hair so red ended any of her future plans of larceny.

It does seem as though we are slowly establishing our hold on the world though. I saw a little Hispanic girl in southern California that had coarse, tightly curled, auburn hair and bright blue eyes. It sure made you look twice.

bismark · Post by **bismark** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:09 pm

imogen, baby, you need to call me.

Imogen · Post by **Imogen** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:56 pm

what's yo number baby?

Portia · Post by **Portia** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:21 pm

(bismark and Imogen would have some seriously smokin' children.)

I think BYU/the LDS church/UT does have a disproportionate amount of redheads, because we are of disproportionate British/Irish/Scottish ancestry (the purple is British and the blue is German). Britons are more likely to be redheaded than those of other national origins. I think this also helps to explain our pale skin, freckles, and Mormon-sounding last names (Udall is one that comes to mind).

Imogen · Post by **Imogen** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:40 pm

Portia, your comment made me giggle.

bismark · Post by **bismark** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:35 am

hmm... now i am a little intrigued.

Imogen · Post by **Imogen** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:36 pm

well i am easily located on the facebook.

vorpal blade · Post by **vorpal blade** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:38 am

Imogen wrote:well i am easily located on the facebook.

Is Imogen attempting to CAPITALIZE (on bismark's being a redhead)?

[I hope you'll pardon the pun.]

Giovanni Schwartz · Post by **Giovanni Schwartz** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:31 pm

like heck i'll forgive it.

vorpal blade · Post by **vorpal blade** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:52 pm

Giovanni Schwartz wrote:like heck i'll forgive it.

Does this recent lack of capitalization indicate that Giovanni Schwartz is suddenly shiftless?

Giovanni Schwartz · Post by **Giovanni Schwartz** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:08 pm

No, it just indicates that I'm giving you a hard time. : )

361 · Post by **361** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:43 pm

vorpal blade wrote:
Giovanni Schwartz wrote:like heck i'll forgive it.
Does this recent lack of capitalization indicate that Giovanni Schwartz is suddenly shiftless?

Well at least we know Gio isn't full of shift anymore...