Thread: O'Farrell referred to Prime Minister Julia Gillard as a "ranga".

Well she is a 'Ranga'

Being a "baby boomer" I had never heard the term until recently when a Gen Y friend was using the term

I would have used 'Bluey' or Red Nut but I love Ranga - a bit derogatory - just a little.

A bit insulting to Orang Hutans ( =man of the jungle in Malay) If you ask me.
They are not overly ambitious so far as I have noticed and do not tend to stab their mates in the back. And the ladies have sweet dispositions.
Regards Philip A

and th think our resident AULRO "ranga", isn't !

I'd never heard the term either and I'm a Gen X'er, just.




Well I sure as hell aren't old enough to be a bloody boomer, bunch of old farts they are

Originally Posted by rick130

Well I sure as hell aren't old enough to be a bloody boomer, bunch of old farts they are

Originally Posted by MickS

SWMBO reminded me when I told her of this thread that one her friends is still commenting on my telling her that red headness is attributed by recent studies to indicate Neanderthal genes.

Studies in Europe now accept that Neanderthals coexisted with Home Sapiens for several thousand years in Europe and that the races may have mixed.

London - Red hair may be the genetic legacy of Neanderthals...

There are a lot of other posts that say the gene is different but I recall reading recently that now scientists think intermingling was possible.
Interesting thought seeing I have a very prominent forehead, hmm long arms.
Regards Philip A

Like the original Ranga's - human Ranga's are an endangered species as the red head gene is slowly being deleted from the Gene Pool. Read somewhere that within 500 years there will be no more human red heads.

G