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Title: Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women
Post by: doinkies on November 18, 2007, 03:44:11 AM
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. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/wl_asia_afp/lifestyleaustraliachristmasoffbeat)

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Title: Re: Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women
Post by: Asmodai on November 18, 2007, 05:13:59 AM
That's idiotic. Ho has been used for hundreds of years to indicate laughter before it acquired its gangsta rap meaning.

Ho as an interjection: 15th century
Ho as a noun: 1965

Stupid Australians.
Title: Re: Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women
Post by: shadowstar on November 18, 2007, 09:30:42 AM
Reminds me of Will & Grace  XD

"Please welcome, Santa's Ho Ho Ho!" *points at Karen*
Title: Re: Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women
Post by: Bleachhh on November 20, 2007, 12:56:48 AM
ashahahhahahaah! ridiculous. Next thing you know theyre going to ban that one snack HOsHOs (which is tasty btw LOL)
Title: Re: Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women
Post by: vscarecrow on November 25, 2007, 01:04:49 AM
Ho ho ho...

This news is hillarious.

(oops)
Title: Re: Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women
Post by: fsw on November 26, 2007, 09:12:59 PM
Political correctness gone mad! There really is no need for this. Some people have no idea about context.
Title: Re: Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women
Post by: Masabi on November 28, 2007, 06:36:14 AM
lol unless the santa was pointing at me and laughing hysterically and perhaps saying other slanderous things while saying it i wouldn't be offended.
Title: Re: Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women
Post by: mckool on December 03, 2007, 03:54:41 PM
yeah, heard about that earlier..

i was wondering... when i came to the states as a middle-school kid, the first 'slang' words i learn is that one, so i found that xmas slogan to be xtremely funny even back then ~!

it's time somebody banned it  :lol: :w00t: hahhaah....hohoho!!
Title: Re: Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women
Post by: kazitakato on December 08, 2007, 02:44:24 PM
dunno....things under PM Howard never made sense.....