# How come nobody loves Ginger? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2000, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-nobody-loves-ginger/15096 "2000-03-24T01:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-nobody-loves-ginger/15096/1 "2000-03-24T01:35:00Z")
I’ve never met a guy who liked Ginger better than MaryAnn. So, how about you guys? Anyone out there who would rather have the movie star? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-nobody-loves-ginger/15096/2 "2000-03-24T01:43:00Z")
Ginger is to intimidating for most guys, so she would be either too eager or too standoffish. MaryAnn is more practical, down to earth, and more experienced. Draw your own conclusions. * * * -Dave “Violence is the last refuge of the ignorant.” -I. Asimov ---
**Author:** ![MadPoet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@MadPoet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPoet)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-nobody-loves-ginger/15096/3 "2000-03-24T02:19:00Z")
I woulda gone for Ginger, not because of the glamour, but because I’m helpless in the presence or a redhead. * * * [http://www.madpoet.com](http://www.madpoet.com) “I never meant to hurt you,” you said, And buried yourself in lies instead. Next time I would rather be slain, Than forced to bear your mercy again. ---
**Author:** ![MadPoet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@MadPoet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPoet)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-nobody-loves-ginger/15096/4 "2000-03-24T02:21:00Z")
Why is it that no matter how much you look over your message, mistakes don’t jump out until AFTER you hit send? Damn you murphy, damn you to hell! I did, of course, mean “of a redhead”. * * * [http://www.madpoet.com](http://www.madpoet.com) “I never meant to hurt you,” you said, And buried yourself in lies instead. Next time I would rather be slain, Than forced to bear your mercy again. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-nobody-loves-ginger/15096/5 "2000-03-24T02:21:00Z")
Guys like to fool themselves that they don’t go for the slut, but subconsciously they realize that Mary Anne was likely a much bigger ho than Ginger. Look at those shorts, for God’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-nobody-loves-ginger/15096/6 "2000-03-24T02:55:00Z")
There’s a few Ginger fans about, as ferreted out by Officer **Bluepony** in: [Mary Ann or Ginger?](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000174.html) ---
**Author:** ![SingleDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SingleDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleDad)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-nobody-loves-ginger/15096/7 "2000-03-24T07:06:00Z")
Not to put too fine a point on it, but it’s well known that Mary Anne will do things that Ginger won’t do. ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-nobody-loves-ginger/15096/8 "2000-03-24T07:09:00Z")
I always thought Ginger had a much nicer butt, but maybe those shorts just showed it off more. * * * “No one cares how pretty the souffle is, if the appetizer is turds-in-a-blanket.” Bill McNeil, _NewsRadio_ ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-nobody-loves-ginger/15096/9 "2000-03-24T07:35:00Z")
Because Ginger snaps… Ba-dum-bum-tch! * * * “Winners never quit and quitters never win, but those who never win and never quit are idiots.” ---
**Author:** ![royalbill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@royalbill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/royalbill)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-nobody-loves-ginger/15096/10 "2000-03-24T07:59:00Z")
Or perhaps that contrary to common opinion, most guys really do perfer a woman with a brain, common sense and a nice personallity over a drop dead gorgeous body alone. Course Mary Ann wasn’t exactly ugly either… ---
**Author:** ![royalbill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@royalbill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/royalbill)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-nobody-loves-ginger/15096/11 "2000-03-24T08:02:00Z")
Hey Lexi…does this thread require my browser to accept cookies? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-nobody-loves-ginger/15096/12 "2000-03-24T12:46:00Z")
What **RoyalBill** said. Ginger was too full of herself. _resisting the urge to say …_ ## Besides Mary Ann was prettier. “I must leave this planet, if only for an hour.” – Antoine de St. Exupéry Are you a turtle? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-nobody-loves-ginger/15096/13 "2000-03-24T16:30:00Z")
Hey, what about Mrs. Howell? She must’ve had SOMEthing going for her, to capture one of the world’s richest men! ---
**Author:** ![drollman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f04885/32.png) [@drollman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drollman)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-nobody-loves-ginger/15096/14 "2000-03-24T17:17:00Z")
MaryAnn was obtainable! She was the girl next door that would smile at you every morning while she walked to her car. Ginger was from a world of money, glamour and phony-ness (sp?) If you saw MaryAnn at a dance and asked her onto the floor, she would politely say yes and dance with you. Then retreat back to her friends. You may never dance with her again, but, for the time being, you felt like a king and it was a great ego boost. If you asked Ginger to dance, she’d look at you like you were crazy and then turn to her stuck up friends who would laugh long and loud while you slinked to the other side of the gym. She was better than you and she knows shes better than you. She’s only good enough for the captain of the football time and they get married right after high school and he starts drinking and they have 3 kids and no prospects and they live in a two bedroom apartment and at the high school reunion she saddles up to you like she was your best friend and…sorry, sorry. Geez, this is going to mean therapy years before I planned on it…sorry, everyone. ::clears throat:: I prefer MaryAnn. Thank you. * * * My fate keeps getting in the way of my destiny. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-nobody-loves-ginger/15096/15 "2000-03-24T17:22:00Z")
Ladies, how about us? Mr. Howell’s bankroll was appealing, true; but for me, the Professor was the only hot guy on the island. A little dry and humorless, maybe, but he seemed sincere, at any rate. And I liked his J. Crew look! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-nobody-loves-ginger/15096/16 "2000-03-24T17:33:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Ladies, how about us? > > Mr. Howell’s bankroll was appealing, true; but for me, the Professor was the only hot guy on the island. A little dry and humorless, maybe, but he seemed sincere, at any rate. And I liked his J. Crew look! So you’re looking for a sincere, intelligent guy, but with a sense of humour? Do you like pilots? 😉 (Oh, I’m sorry. This should have gone into the “Flirting” thread!) * * * “I must leave this planet, if only for an hour.” – Antoine de St. Exupéry Are you a turtle? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-nobody-loves-ginger/15096/17 "2000-03-24T19:32:00Z")
I’d say **drollman** nailed it pretty well. Furthermore, Ginger is obviously high-maintenance. Mary Ann would be a lot more fun. More likely to go on a camping trip with you, more likely to take joy in life’s simple pleasures…PLUS she made a mean coconut cream pie!