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Lifestyle => Train of Thought => Topic started by: Don Rizzle on November 15, 2007, 06:00:34 AM
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AFP - Thursday, November 15 02:45 amSYDNEY (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.
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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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They should ban the letter S from the alphabet. Sounds like ass to me.
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I hate people.
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I hate people.
word....thats what my tombstone's gonna say
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Lol
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Oh please, gimme a fuckin' break.
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it aint christmas with out a santa sayin ho ho ho
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Santa's been pimpin' Bitches since EVER and that's a long ass time ago, way before 4-ever.
Fuck all the PC/Tight-ass people in this world with a sick dick.
Ho Ho HO!!
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i also heard in the news that they want skinny santas now
so santa can set a good example for the kids
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i also heard in the news that they want skinny santas now
so santa can set a good example for the kids
An anorexic Santa as a role model. Sounds like a good thing to me. Hunger isn't a problem anymore when everyone considers dieting a virtue. Now they've only got to do something about the AIDS and totalitarian regimes and Africa will be paradise. As long as we keep telling ourselves that.
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politcal correctness gone mad... again.
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Catch a ho and another ho Merry Christmas - B-Real ;D