Goodridhirring

Good riddance – From Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida (Act 2, Scene 1, Line 116). Meaning: a welcome departure.

Red herring: A red herring, also referred to as a kipper, is a dried, smoked, herring. The curing process turns the fish red. The phrase red herring has a number of metaphorical senses that share the general sense of something being a diversion from the original objective. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring