Gingers are allergic to everything

By thegingerphiles, August 20, 2012 at 6:33 pm
Gingers are allergic to everything

Gingers are like having Negative Type O blood. They can save everyone but no one can save them.

That's what the anesthesiologist told me when I had surgery last week.

I rattled off a list of the antibiotics I'm allergic to -- there are at least three -- and she said, "Oh, that's because you're a redhead."

Apparently, redheads are allergic to everything.

And everyone's allergic to us.

But she said she was still jealous of my hair.

Filed under: Facts

Tags: allergies, anesthesiology, antibiotics, blood types, penicillin, redheads, surgery, Type O

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    The Ginger Phile has had the unfortunate disposition of being a ginger since birth. She has tried various medications to cure her gingervitis, including therapies such as tantrum-throwing. Her efforts have been to no avail. Instead, she is trying to write it out, via this blog. Unfortunately, she doesn't think it will bear a soul for her. The Ginger Phile is from the exotic land of Wisconsin, where she had daily inner turmoil over whether she was a ginger or a daywalker. So far, three of three votes say daywalker. She begs to differ, as someone recently told her they would want to be with her if they were biking at night because she is so pale.

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