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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-05-07 06:31 PM
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More War on Christmas!! "ho ho ho"=slang for "whore", could offend women.
Edited on Wed Dec-05-07 06:34 PM by uppityperson
"ho ho ho"?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071205/od_nm/santa_dc_1

Laughing Santa gets the old heave ho ho ho

A Santa in an Australian department store said on Wednesday he has been fired for saying "ho ho ho" and singing Christmas songs to children.

Employment company Westaff, which supplies stores with red-robed, white-bearded Father Christmases, had earlier asked its Santas to say "ha ha ha" because the word "ho," which is American slang for whore, could offend women, media reported.

In the latest incident, the Cairns Post newspaper said 70-year-old John Oakes was fired on Monday for saying "ho ho ho" and for singing the Christmas song Jingle Bells. "They're trying to kill the spirit of Christmas," said Oakes, a retired entertainer who has been a Santa for three years.

Westaff spokesman Bert Jansz told the paper Oakes had been dismissed because of his attitude, and not for his ho ho ho-ing.
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-05-07 06:38 PM
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1. A new book: "I Wanna Be a Ho-Ho-Ho" by Velvet Jones...
Edited on Wed Dec-05-07 06:38 PM by Cooley Hurd


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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-05-07 10:23 PM
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2. It's going to make me look twice at santas now.
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