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16-The Canadian Champion, Friday, Juiy 23, 2004 Seeing red can sometimes be a good thing Gogi has red bair. You heard me, 1 said Gogi has red hair. Who's Gogi, you ask? Tbat's my granddaugbîer. Mv daugiher w'bat tincaîlas and neilther (tocs she. 'Ele point is ibat she has red hair. Red-haired people are slereotyped as we ail know. Tbey're supposed bo have fiery tenîpers for one ihing. Vve neyer been that curious about tl before. but ils flike wben you gel a tîew car and al of a sudden you notice otticis with the sanie mnake as yours that you neyer saw before. The Gogi and i go for waiks alinost daily n her sîroiler- she just îumed one last week. People often comment about the red hair, whîcb i proudiy make sure is on ful dispiay. At firstili was like, "Oh no she has red b:îîr." but noss i cuuldn't be bappier kids are good kids or whetber they're lttie monsters. So. i ask. or iri i toli wiîhout asking. O()îe i showed ine piciures ol bis red- haired grandkids and used unprintabie words 10 desci ibe ibieir bebaviour. Okay. flot so good tbere. A wonian told nie about ber niece witb red bair. wiîo was very. very well betîaved. As iuck would have tl, she bas the sanie naine as my granddaugbter. No, flot Gogi, buti1took it as ago ifn. i met another woman and son ai a yard sale. He was1 ever. i was told wiih a laugi encouraging, untii i leame deaf unti he was five. Somebody else said that litte Nicole Kidmnan witb iiked that, especiaily consid native, wbich a generation wouid have been Lucilte B2 1 asked a red-beaded woîr if she had been a rotten ki( wasn't, and that she didn'th per, but added that red-haîît very good ai one other thin I'm flot going there. 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Usuaiiy t resisi tbe temptation to ask red- beads if tbey're bot tempered, in case tbey are and bave a temper tantmum because t 'ktýfl ihe îiiesiîeîi In h t tif îhî f(le fuse <..i"I I/'Jt< iîîsy .ikinic. itiîabout il i ,l l lI iiiî. nhe iniy tbing i've noticed is that red- loose beaded people secîn excepîionaiiy nice, wiis anotber good sign. i baven't seen O . nîy exatapies oîf tbe stereotypes being truc. i wenl on-line iii researcb ibis furtber and couldn't tînd any studies about red-beaded id ber red-baired temper. Studies do show tbat red bair is the qutetest ktd more prevaient in Irisb and Scottisb peo- i. 'bat was very ple, but I wenî to scbools when i was a kidt ied tbat be wa.s tbat were about f80 per cent Italian and 1 remember one of tbem baving brigbt red Gogi was like a baîr. i even remember bis name, wbicb itbe red bair. i1 înay say sometbing about red-baired peo- ýdering tbe aiter- pie being more memorabie. n or two before Gogi bas sbown to bave a temper about ail, certain things, but t think it's pretty mucb man of about 30 the same for ait babies. Most of the time id. Sbe said sbe sbe's very, very cairn. In fact, sbe's been bave a bad terr- notbing but an anget. red people were Maybe tbat's it. Maybe redbeads are gifts ing. Okay. Weli, from beaven, and corne witb a brigbt red wrapping s0 that we know it.