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Old 11-15-2007, 02:08 PM
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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.
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Yeah, I saw that today. He's also supposed to lose weight, as fat Santa is probably riddled with high blood pressure and possibly heart disease or diabetes.

I would say they're attacking the symptoms and not the problem, but they're not even attacking symptoms. They're attacking meaningless facets of a symbol, once again relegating personal resposibility by saying, "if Santa does it, the CHILDREN WILL DO IT!"
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That's not half as offensive as Kermit-the-Frog when he greets someone and says "Hi ho!"
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That's not half as offensive as Kermit-the-Frog when he greets someone and says "Hi ho!"
Thats what Ho Chi Min's wife used to say to Ho when he came home from the Rice Paddys.

The hookers husband says it too
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What a world. The ACLU must be drinking champagne somewhere.
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Thats the hard left for you... ruining everything for everyone so we are all equally unhappy!
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All this "whack sh!t" that is going on is great news for the Republicans.

Sh!tzer Spitzer and his drivers licenses
Get Santa Claus
Get Jesus
Get Thanksgiving
Get Bush
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Get Halloween
Auntie Pelosi's false teeth
Hillary's Pant Suits
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Thats what Ho Chi Min's wife used to say to Ho when he came home from the Rice Paddys.
Hey, I thought Chinese people never swear Ah-so! Ah-so!
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Hey, I thought Chinese people never swear Ah-so! Ah-so!
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