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Fat Freddy
Lord of all PBR's
Number of posts: 21117
Age: 42
Registration date: 2007-02-21
|  Subject: Santa Can't Say "Ho, Ho, Ho?" Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:01 pm | |
| It seems that political correctness is running amuck again...  Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women Wed Nov 14, 11:04 PM ET SYDNEY (AFP) - Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to women, it was reported Thursday. Sydney's Santa Clauses have instead been instructed to say "ha ha ha" instead, the Daily Telegraph reported. One disgruntled Santa told the newspaper a recruitment firm warned him not to use "ho ho ho" because it could frighten children and was too close to "ho", a US slang term for prostitute. "Gimme a break," said Julie Gale, who runs the campaign against sexualising children called Kids Free 2B Kids. "We are talking about little kids who do not understand that "ho, ho, ho" has any other connotation and nor should they," she told the Telegraph. "Leave Santa alone." A local spokesman for the US-based Westaff recruitment firm said it was "misleading" to say the company had banned Santa's traditional greeting and it was being left up to the discretion of the individual Santa himself.
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T-Roy
Metal is in my blood
Number of posts: 3727
Age: 39
Registration date: 2007-07-27
| | Subject: Re: Santa Can't Say "Ho, Ho, Ho?" Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:18 pm | |
| I know it offends the hell out of me. I only like Twinkies and Dingdongs. HoHo's are NASTY....I mean the pastry. |
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Thrasher73
Much Cooler than the other 72
Number of posts: 6494
Age: 39
Registration date: 2007-01-19
| | Subject: Re: Santa Can't Say "Ho, Ho, Ho?" Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:41 pm | |
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Fat Freddy
Lord of all PBR's
Number of posts: 21117
Age: 42
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| | Subject: Re: Santa Can't Say "Ho, Ho, Ho?" Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:54 pm | |
| | T-Roy wrote: | | HoHo's are NASTY....I mean the pastry. |
Maybe they need to change their name to "HaHas" 
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| | Subject: Re: Santa Can't Say "Ho, Ho, Ho?" Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:59 pm | |
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mc666
Master Sailboat
Number of posts: 7556
Registration date: 2007-01-21
| | Subject: Re: Santa Can't Say "Ho, Ho, Ho?" Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:06 pm | |
| nobody laughs like that anyway _________________   |
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T-Roy
Metal is in my blood
Number of posts: 3727
Age: 39
Registration date: 2007-07-27
| | Subject: Re: Santa Can't Say "Ho, Ho, Ho?" Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:39 pm | |
|  ...such a realist. |
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Fat Freddy
Lord of all PBR's
Number of posts: 21117
Age: 42
Registration date: 2007-02-21
| | Subject: Re: Santa Can't Say "Ho, Ho, Ho?" Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:42 pm | |
| | spectrefate wrote: | | Too much like TATAs. |
They'd probably sell TEN times as many if they were called TATAs!!
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Santa Can't Say "Ho, Ho, Ho?" Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:04 pm | |
| Australia? Retarded. |
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Metal is my Life
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Age: 26
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| | Subject: Re: Santa Can't Say "Ho, Ho, Ho?" Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:14 am | |
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Troublezone
Dog Will Hunt!
Number of posts: 9885
Age: 36
Registration date: 2007-01-29
| | Subject: Re: Santa Can't Say "Ho, Ho, Ho?" Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:47 am | |
| I hate all the crybaby rights activists always trying to change every little tradition. I mean what's the matter? Have all the ho's in Australia been offended? Give me a break. |
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Fat Freddy
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Age: 42
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