Ginger People
A couple of years ago I worked with a woman who was utterly convinced that ginger-haired children are the result of a hasty fumble between a brown-haired and a blonde-haired parent. She wasn't a complete idiot by any means, but she just could *not* understand that hair colour is connected to genetics and is NOT the human equivalent of mixing the poster paints.
(Draco Rattus ate all the pies on, Sun 6 Mar 2011, 20:12, 9 replies)

Don't be silly.
Gingeism is caused by witches. Or as a punishment from God.
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Sun 6 Mar 2011, 20:23, closed)

So genetics
isn't the human equivalent of mixing poster paints then?

Wait till I tell my stupid work collegues at the life centre in newcastle tomorrow.
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Sun 6 Mar 2011, 21:54, closed)

I feel this doesn't make her particularly stupid.
Most people seem to think that genetics IS the mixing of genes, and therefore mix a blond gene with a brown gene and hey presto a ginger gene. Maybe what you needed to explain to her was that sexual reproduction is the shuffling of genes, and at no point do any genes join with of mix with any nother genes.
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 6:29, closed)

Good idea.
You could tell them about this guy called Mendel while you're at it...
But I suspect that they've heard of him!
(silene, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 8:44, closed)

My Apologies
I don't have a degree in any advanced scientific subject, therefore I am clearly a dull twat. Perhaps you could tell me the *proper* way to explain how a grey-haired person and a grey-haired person will not produce a grey-haired child? That's what I was trying to get at here.

EDIT: Bollocks, sorry, I don't think that makes any sense either after reading it... I'm going to go and eat a yoghurt and leave the science to the professionals.
(Draco Rattus ate all the pies on, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 21:34, closed)

Durrr.
Any fule kno that gings are what you get for shagging during your period.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 8:17, closed)

private eye regularly runs articles confirming this
cheers
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Mon 7 Mar 2011, 8:53, closed)

Cheers.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 10:00, closed)

I don't want a Ginger kid
Was a coworker's excuse for not giving up smoking while pregnant - cos she knew two people that did and they gave birth to gingers so it must be true!
(karnuvap, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 19:24, closed)