Santas traditional greeting of "ho, ho, ho" may be derogatory to women.

[ohiosmith]

He is an unlikely revolutionary but this Christmas, Santa is a rebel with a claus.

He is having the last laugh on political correctness - and it's a great big fat belly laugh.

Santas across Sydney are rebelling against attempts to ban their traditional greeting of "ho, ho, ho" in favour of "ha, ha, ha".

Recruitment firm Westaff - which supplies hundreds of Santas across the country - has told its trainees that the "ho ho ho" phrase could frighten children and could even be derogatory to women.

Two Santa hopefuls reportedly quit the course because of the hullabaloo of the ho, ho, ho.

more: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22761386-2,00.html

[flvegan]

1. I never thought that getting 3 hos from a guy would ruin Christmas.

[ohiosmith]

2. :

:rofl:

[Deja Q]

3. Who made it derogatory in the first place?

Sod them, Santa's definition came first. By several decades, if not longer. Naa nanny nah-nyah...

[BOSSHOG]

8. Interesting song on word meanings by Tim McGraw a few years back

the song "Back when" included the lyrics:

Back when a hoe was a hoe
coke was a coke
back when a screw was a screw
the wind was all that blew

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/timmcgraw/backwhen.html

[PVnRT]

11. Sounds like a ripoff of Mellencamp's "Cherry Bomb" chorus

[MrCoffee]

4. remember the Playboy christmas ad with Santa and the Bunnies?

santa was rolling around on the floor with the three scantily-clad Playmates and says, "It's good to be the Santa!"


i love that commercial

[ohiosmith]

6. No. What year?

[MrCoffee]

7. it ran for several years in Houston...early 90's, maybe?

[IndianaJones]

5. we don't love them ho's. nt.

[Swede]

9. "Ha ha ha" is derogatory to the Ha tribe of Tanzania.

The Ha are an ethnic and linguistic group based in Kigoma Region in western Tanzania. In 2001 the Ha population was estimated to number 990,000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha_%28ethnic_group%29

[AllegroRondo]

10. funny, I just saw this for sale....

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7842453

[PVnRT]

12. Is pimpin' easy for Santa Claus?

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