Santas warned not to use ho ho ho

[Honey]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071115/tod-lifestyle-australia-christmas-offbea-37b0eca_1.html


Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women

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.

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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.

[vaio]

hmmmm...hearin a santa saying ha ha ha might sound kinda strange.... :?

[Honey]

for real

[Solachica]

Hahaha. !

Stupes. People does try to be to politically correct sometimes.

[Ali]

ha ha ha ?.......wah you laughing at?..............fight start :lol:

[serenity]

Thats taking this politically correct thing to the extreme. YEARS now children hearing hohoho and none eh get frighten. This batch extra sensitive? Isnt it good for Santa to say ho as usual so that the word would not only be associated with someting that's negative?
And how is that offensive to women? Making that statement is offensive to women! Whappen, all women own that label? This is ridiculous!!!

[vaio]

ha ha ha ?.......wah you laughing at?..............fight start :lol:

yuh like to start fights eh Ali???!!!

[Solachica]

Yea. Ah chile ent have no preconcieved thoughts abt HOHOHO! Them taking this to far.
So when they hear hahaha and they ask wht they saying tht wht u wud tell them? Tht hohoho bad?

[kemist]

noooo doh take that away, xmas time is de only time a man could say ho ho ho and doh get slap :D

[sheppy]

*opens his mouth about to comment*


*shakes head and goes back into pot of slowly boiling water*

[vaio]

i was listening to some christmas songs this morning...with ho ho ho in it...yuh think they wld want to change that too... :? :?

[Ali]

this morning i saw santa walking down aranjuez road with a rubber slippers.........more like piper santa :lol:

[vaio]

^^^ :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Ali]

and his trousers were like 4inches above his ankles..........like he passin tru flood :lol:

[vaio]

unless...he robbed the real santa... :shock: :shock: :shock:

[Ali]

unless...he robbed the real santa... :shock: :shock: :shock:


well i didn't quite see any reindeer.......only pothound :?

[Solachica]

I see a Digicel Santa lounging in a beach chair by Gulf City lights this morning. :lol:

[vaio]

^^i saw one on the highway..was a digi promotion...

[Ali]

^ i tink i saw some digi-men waiting for d same santa i saw :?

[vaio]

then its a digi-clause....!!! :D

[Ali]

Is ah digi-piper-santa-clause :mrgreen:

[vaio]

:lol: :lol:

[Solachica]

It had men in 2 yellow band maxis watching over Santa on he beach chair.
:?

[scrunter]

Thats taking this politically correct thing to the extreme. YEARS now children hearing hohoho and none eh get frighten. This batch extra sensitive? Isnt it good for Santa to say ho as usual so that the word would not only be associated with someting that's negative?
And how is that offensive to women? Making that statement is offensive to women! Whappen, all women own that label? This is ridiculous!!!


SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ttttttttttruuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Midnight]

This is absurd !

Midnight

[cocoa]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071115/tod-lifestyle-australia-christmas-offbea-37b0eca_1.html


Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women

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.

(Advertisement)
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.


I understand that in Australia Santa's "ho ho ho " may offend some women, but what does that have to do with Santas in the US that has to stand on the corner to make a living out in the cold weather ringing bells and collecting charity for the red cross. I mean could some one please suggest something for them to say instead of the traditional "ho ho ho," so it won't be so offensive. And that goes for the Caribbean as well?

[Jenny]

Imagine santa walking down the road going He He He.....

[Honey]

PPle go wonder if he going mad!!!!!!

[sapodila]

boi...ah cyar wait to hear santa at de mall greeting peeps ...."ho ho ho.... meeeeerry christmas" The feeling yuh does get that it is Christmas.... especially when it butt freezing cold outside..... no santa had better not be ha ha haing when I pass him.....he go get ah 360 for sure.

[KFCSpicy]

This is rubbish man. I doh feel denigrated by the "ho ho ho!" Once they eh say Ole Ho Ole Ho Ole Ho I good...And even then I eh go be bothered cause me eh one ah dem people who thinks de world revolves around me so he cyah be talking/singing bout me.

Getting a nervous tick in meh eye now. Feeling to shove old people into traffic. :x

[Jenny]

I think people take things too seriously or it was a slow news day and the journalist decided to write a crap story! As KFC said....even if he walk down the road saying ole hoe....i wont think anything...then again....Im too easy going....

[lexbarker]

Isn't that the answer to the riddle, "What did Santa said to the 3 Prostitutes walking down the street?"

[kemist]

:D :D was watching a re-run of an old cartoon, thundercats, remember liono,
thunder....thunder...thunder....thundercats, hooooooooooooooooo! :D

please aussies, dont take away the thundercats too.

[KFCSpicy]

wait....lol lol Kemist ah vex wid yuh for dat last post man lmao lmao :lol: :lol:

So what about people who like to say Oh Ho!? Then we have to start saying oh Ha? or oh Heh?

Strange days and times :?

[trinisuckz]

thats retarded!
so what- its a tradition for Santa to say Ho Ho Ho- !

what next? just now the Easter Bunny will not be allowed to carry eggs because it may offend some women who do not have eggs? :roll: :lol:

[KFCSpicy]

:?

[Jenny]

people need to chill....smoke some herb...ent!?

[vaio]

thats retarded!
so what- its a tradition for Santa to say Ho Ho Ho- !

what next? just now the Easter Bunny will not be allowed to carry eggs because it may offend some women who do not have eggs? :roll: :lol:

:lol: :lol:

[peanut]

Thing to cry for yuh laughing at :lol: and it will happen too, just watch and see

[vaio]

^^what is this world coming too... :shock:

[Scorpio]

Thread worth ressurecting, if only for a laugh. :D

[trini123]

Poor Santa. They are also saying he's a poor rolemodel for kids - he's fat, eats too many cookies, breaks into people houses at night, does not wear a helmet ...

[Wayne]

De word is WHORE.......not Ho or Hoe........dat is EBONICS. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[snowbird]

I never heard about the Santas in Sydney getting any such instructions?

....however, I did hear about those in Tiger Woods neighbourhood being warned....

"Under no circumstances are you to say...... 'Ho Ho Ho' in his presence; because the last thing we need is him asking .... Where? Where? Where?

(ah know, ah know....I've been to one too many Christmas parties)

[Scorpio]

Poor Santa. They are also saying he's a poor rolemodel for kids - he's fat, eats too many cookies, breaks into people houses at night, does not wear a helmet ...

:lol: :lol: :lol: