Posted on 08/08/2009 9:34:39 AM PDT by nickcarraway
I am glad to read this.
I thought it said Raghead :)
There’s an excellent Rufosity article on wikipedia.
Now if I could just find a red haired dental hygienist who could sympathize with me, I might go more often. I HATE going to the dentist and yep, I’m a redhead.
I NOW NEED TO BE CLASSIFIED AS A MINORITY AND GET SPECIAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES!!!!
Red hair ping.
Izzit pinup tiem naow?
“redheads were difficult to anesthetize”
My husband would say “redheads were difficult in any situation”.
Redhead PING!
Is that why I’m such a sissy in the dentist’s chair?
I don’t even use Novocaine and I used to have flaming red hair. It’s gone blondish white now though.
Would it matter if you’re a ravishing faux redhead? just askin.....
I’ve heard this is also true of those of Scottish descent.
Then there is the bleeding issue.
No, they just don’t want to spend extra...
I must be an aberration then. I'm a redhead and I get knocked out rather easily. A few weeks back I had a caudal epidural which requires anesthesia (believe me: you don't want to get one of those without it!) As this was my second one in the series, the anesthesiologist decided to use less anesthesia than the first because they had a hard time bringing me out from being under.
I suffer from chronic lower back pain due to an injury years ago and 4 lower back operations (one 8 months ago.) I refuse all narcotics, and the doctors all tell me I have a very high pain threshhold. I walked around with a broken spinal fusion at L5-S1 and a bone spur pressing against the root nerve in my lower back for several months before getting it fixed - and I never took a single pain killer before or after the surgery that corrected it.
I've even had teeth drilled and filled without novocaine. I hate the stuff. I'd rather go without then drool all over myself while it wears off.
The rest of y'all red heads must be real wimps I suppose. C'mon, we're supposed to be the master race for crying out loud!!
(/humor)
“My husband would say ‘redheads were difficult in any situation.’”
My DH has mentioned that, too. ;-) Now we have a red-head DD, who is now in junior high, so he’s getting it in stereo.
The boys have brown hair and eyes like their dad. Give them a band-aid and a pat on the back and they are fine.
DD and I just about need morphine for a splinter, so neither of us enjoys dental work.
No, sorry. Dyeing your hair red doesn't make you a redhead. In fact the red hair is just the warning sign for what lies ahead.
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