Tanya - and 10 000 posts

Post by **bigginger** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 5:04 pm

If Tanya (ex Mog owner from NZ, and all round good person) does make it to here (she said I'd persuaded her to) WELCOME. This also marks my ten thousandth post... Note to self - must get a life
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Post by **MoggyTech** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 5:31 pm

Well done Andrew, and all quality stuff

Post by **bigginger** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 6:38 pm

I wish

Post by **bigginger** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:07 pm

OMG...<br>

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Post by **Kevin** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:14 pm

Andrew you should really be celebrating with a pint of Old Moggie not with a bottle of fizzy pop

Post by **bigginger** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:31 pm

Academic, really, given that I don't drink alcohol

Post by **ASL642** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:59 pm

Freshly squeeezed orange juice then sir?!

Post by **bigginger** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:38 pm

Hm - coffee please, white no sugar...

Post by **Peetee** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:57 pm

Note to self - must get a life

You have one....you're real:...I've seen you...you're sort of tall and gingery.

Post by **bigginger** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:05 pm

Ah, but did you really?

Post by **bmcecosse** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:16 pm

Very well done Andrew - you did it while I was away 'firing' on Thomas the Tank Engine !
As an aside - do you happen to know what is the general average % of 'Ginger' kids is in Scotland? There seemed to be a great number at Bo'ness today - all desperate to visit T the T !!

Post by **Kevin** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:17 pm

Come on Andrew admit it you are a real person

and not a rumour.

Post by **bigginger** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:15 pm

Shan't - I'm a fake, with a load of poltergeist posts. Not as many as you though, I was surprised to see ;)

Post by **jonathon** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:26 pm

certainly don't believe in 'moderation' then

Post by **bigginger** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:14 am

I like my little bits of late night lack of moderation, certainly...

Post by **LouiseM** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:57 am

As an aside - do you happen to know what is the general average % of 'Ginger' kids is in Scotland?

According to an article I read in a newspaper yesterday, only 2% of the world population is ginger. However Scotland has the highest percentage worldwide with 13% of residents being ginger

Perhaps the reason for this is that redheads are prone to burning in the sun so Scotland will be pretty safe for them

Post by **bigginger** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:36 pm

Enough to mean you don't get stared at in the street. unlike (say) London...

Post by **LouiseM** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:21 pm

I think you'll find that Londoners don't stare at gingers in the street. They just cross over to the other side of the road very quickly

Post by **bigginger** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:04 pm

Don't haveto 'think I'll find' - I lived there long enough

Post by **bmcecosse** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:30 pm

Well - 13% of 'ginger' kids might have been about right! Certainly seemed to be more than 1 in 10. It is a Scottish gene and sure sign of Scottish ancestry. Unfortunately another Scottish gene seems to give a susceptibility to developing MS - far higher % in Scotland than in rest of UK. That gene is known to have come from Scandinavia (Viking invasions!) and it may be the 'ginger' gene has the same ancestry.