Post by: Ex-MA Hole on November 15, 2007, 03:39:33 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/wl_asia_afp/lifestyleaustraliachristmasoffbeat
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.
Post by: charby on November 15, 2007, 04:07:43 AM
Post by: Jamisjockey on November 15, 2007, 04:10:22 AM
Oh, and "Whore" is the only appropriate term. It carries way more power than "Ho"...."Ho" is just derrogatory. "Whore" is clear and understood when used.
Post by: Manedwolf on November 15, 2007, 04:31:45 AM
"You'll shoot your eye out, kid."
Post by: Spot77 on November 15, 2007, 05:49:13 AM
Post by: Thor on November 15, 2007, 06:42:46 AM
Post by: Mabs2 on November 15, 2007, 06:52:02 AM
I'm so gay right now.
Post by: Manedwolf on November 15, 2007, 07:09:58 AM
HO HO HO EVERYONE.
I'm so gay right now.
I'm so gay right now.
That's a very queer thing to say!
Have you perhaps been outside stacking bundles of faggots?
(loves archaic words...)
Post by: Mabs2 on November 15, 2007, 07:20:59 AM
HO HO HO EVERYONE.
I'm so gay right now.
I'm so gay right now.
That's a very queer thing to say!
Have you perhaps been outside stacking bundles of faggots?
(loves archaic words...)
I'm drowning in faggots! No matter how hard I work on them they just keep coming! They're so large and strong that even though I bundle them so tightly they still burst free!
Post by: HankB on November 15, 2007, 07:22:29 AM
Post by: AmbulanceDriver on November 15, 2007, 07:24:48 AM
Post by: CAnnoneer on November 15, 2007, 07:25:34 AM
Post by: Manedwolf on November 15, 2007, 07:31:49 AM
A British colleague would join in this discussion, but he's outside in the designated smoking area right now, sucking a fag.
If you use the older definition than that, even, it was bundles of sticks used to start fires.
I still remember seeing some or the other bit of period fiction in which someone angrily "threw a flaming *Not nice word for gay men*" at someone else.
Even more recently in the 20th century, popular slang has COMPLETELY changed meaning. For instance, this term used to mean "a serious mistake that people laugh at"...
Post by: Mabs2 on November 15, 2007, 07:39:25 AM
Even more recently in the 20th century, popular slang has COMPLETELY changed meaning. For instance, this term used to mean "a serious mistake that people laugh at"...
That's great, because I can still say I have a huge boner in my pants. 
Post by: Ex-MA Hole on November 15, 2007, 08:04:57 AM
Post by: Brad Johnson on November 15, 2007, 08:30:24 AM
Ho! Ha Ha! Guard, turn, parry, dodge, spin, ha.. THRUST! *doiiink!*
Brad
Post by: CAnnoneer on November 15, 2007, 08:38:48 AM
Guard, turn, parry, dodge, spin, ha.. THRUST! *doiiink!*
Was that the "unstoppable forehead thrust" of the Marquis de Nevers?
<ahem...If it is French, it's either sex or swordsmanship, or both.>
Post by: cosine on November 15, 2007, 09:49:17 AM
(And for the obscure reference of the day...)
Ho! Ha Ha! Guard, turn, parry, dodge, spin, ha.. THRUST! *doiiink!*
Brad
Ho! Ha Ha! Guard, turn, parry, dodge, spin, ha.. THRUST! *doiiink!*
Brad
Daffy Duck preparing to take on Porky Pig as Friar Tuck with his buck-and-quarter quarterstaff in Robin Hood Daffy.
Post by: Antibubba on November 15, 2007, 08:38:29 PM
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"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.
"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.
the fact that this woman, whom one would expect to leading the ban, is actually THE VOICE OF REASON???
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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.
I think we can all agree that this store has really pulled a boner.