Better Red Than Dead
According to a story in National Geographic, redheads are not long for this earth. Not individual redheads, of course: your eccentric aunt or hot girlfriend or the boy at camp who won't go canoeing because he burns will live a long and rewarding life. But redheads as a species are nearly through. The phenomenon, which began thousands of years ago in Europe, originally helped to increase the body's ability to produce vitamin D from sunlight. Now, though, the mutation has outlasted its usefulness and redheads may be extinct within a hundred years. Meanwhile, please enjoy this presentation by Professor Eric Cartman.
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Redheads Going Extinct?
Posted Aug 23rd 2007 1:11PM by Ben Greenman
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181. I don't believe redheads will become extinct, however, is it really relevant? I am a redhead but its NOT that important to me. We live in a world of racial mixing now which has finally become more accepted because we are all just PEOPLE. We are only here for a small amount of time so make the most of life and focus on making sure there is a planet here in a hundred years for our next generations to come instead of worrying about their hair or skin color!!! Lets just make sure they will have a healty planet.
Angie at 12:56PM on Sep 2nd 2007
182. I'm a redhead and I love it :]
Coral at 5:45PM on Sep 2nd 2007
183. im a red head and after this episode o south park aired i had some harrasement from the kids at school. although it passed as soon as the next episode aired a week later is europe the harrasment is content. a tv show did a special on ginger is england. i doubt i would last a day without being thrown in jail as a result of the dozens of fights i'd get in. we ginger must unite and take over the world (as seen in south park), before we go extinct (as seen on aol).
mark at 7:59PM on Sep 3rd 2007