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Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:53 pm
by Ian
And here I thought the US was bad. In Australia, they're afraid that Santa's going "ho ho ho" will be offensive to women.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/od ... masoffbeat

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.

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:03 pm
by dolphinius_rex
I read about this.... I can't believe how stupid it is :o

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:06 pm
by LoneWolf
John Howard putting out unofficial decrees, perhaps? #-o

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:02 pm
by JamieW
"Ho ho ho" wasn't actually offensive until they officially took the position that the reference was to "whores" instead of "ho" as defined as an interjection. So they made it offensive in...order...to stop it...from being offensive? I'm so confused I'm going to start wearing my Santa hat and saying "whore whore whore."

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:42 pm
by MediumRare
JamieW wrote:I'm so confused I'm going to start wearing my Santa hat and saying "whore whore whore."

Do you mean like this ? :wink:

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:31 pm
by Ian
I see a new avatar in JamieW's future.

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:51 pm
by redk9258
LOL..