rcb said:wat the hell do you mean by "every family has the red-headed step-child?
Apparently some people in the UK have irrational traditions that dislike people with red hair. I'm guessing the figure of speech that Zombie picked up came from people with that attitude (maybe Zombie was watching British people speak?).
As an American I found that anti-red-head attitude very weird. I have a younger brother who has red hair and he's as normal as can be. Oh well. Hehe, strange world.