Scottish Mag 3 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 (edited) ffs ffs ffs? First Thundercats, now Santa. Edited November 16, 2007 by Fop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Have the Mail had any 'Xmas banned' stories yet btw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Have the Mail had any 'Xmas banned' stories yet btw? Christmas banned was to be banned in November, but there was outrage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Have the Mail had any 'Xmas banned' stories yet btw? Christmas banned was to be banned in November, but there was outrage. I'd be all for banning it in November mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Have the Mail had any 'Xmas banned' stories yet btw? Christmas banned was to be banned in November, but there was outrage. I'd be all for banning it in November mind. Me and wor lass were just on about this the other day. IMO the shops shouldn't be allowed to advertise or promote Christmas until the 1st of December, same goes for having adverts for toys between programmes on the kids channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Instead of banning somethin that 'may' be offensive who about they do something usefull? What kind of retard would find that offensive for fucks sake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Instead of banning somethin that 'may' be offensive who about they do something usefull? What kind of retard would find that offensive for fucks sake? Same sort of person who'd manage to spill hot coffee from McDonald's in their lap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustaphaKaka 0 Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Ban Xmas, and keep your women at home in the kitchen where they belong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6703 Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Ban Xmas, and keep your women at home in the kitchen where they belong I'd get back to the bait shop if I were you, not likely to get a bite round here with dross like that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustaphaKaka 0 Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Foolish person that you are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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