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goosey_84 Posted Thu 15 Nov, 2007 4:27 PM |
hahaha the best thing i came across this morning....
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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AbsolutPurple Posted Thu 15 Nov, 2007 4:30 PM |
| hahaha |
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weirdmom Posted Thu 15 Nov, 2007 4:36 PM |
| I saw this too. Gimme a break is right. What about a ho-down? Are we not allowed to say that? |
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ricv64 Posted Thu 15 Nov, 2007 5:10 PM |
| Well LL Cool J said it on his first album |
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Thu 15 Nov, 2007 5:13 PM |
I think that's a big step towards the end of sexual discrimination... hohoho!
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DAKOTA Posted Thu 15 Nov, 2007 5:40 PM |
What about this delicious treat? |
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megg_inc Posted Thu 15 Nov, 2007 6:59 PM |
lol
people are insane, really |
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AbsolutPurple Posted Fri 16 Nov, 2007 6:37 AM |
| Ho-w are you ? |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Fri 16 Nov, 2007 7:03 AM |
Yet another example of political correctness gone mad, and it must be bad if the Aussies are starting they're the most un-pc people on the planet, hehe
does this also mean this guy is out...
Ho Ho Ho Green Giant (David Prowse, also known as The Greeen Cross Code Man and lesser known as a minor character in aa little sci-fi film... Darth Vader)
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