Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women

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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.

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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.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/od_afp/lifestyleaustraliachristmasoffbeat

[Breeze54]

1. I think this is dumb but it's in Australia so

I don't really care. :P

It's not like their Santa's are coming to the US, are they?

[bdamomma]

4. we also have people here who slander Christmas

shhhhhhh...they may copy cat Australia.

[angstlessk]

10. I think santas in Australia wear bathing suits, too, so I am not

worried either! now if he bellowed 'whore, whore, whore', I'd worry!

[zanne]

2. You must have Fox News in Australia, no?

Oh--The Daily Telegraph. Is that anything like The New York Post?

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. It's owned by Murdoch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph_%28Australia%29

[flordehinojos]

3. isn't that ridiculous?

[RB TexLa]

5. Are they saying it's offensive to women or to women who work as prostitutes?

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. 'They' aren't saying it - one unnamed source in a Murdoch paper claims they are

and they deny it.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

9. those are called sheilas

no hos.

[WillyT]

8. Well... Offensive To Three Women, Unless Santa Is A Stutterer...

:rofl::evilgrin::rofl:

[DinahMoeHum]

11. I smell a hoax here.

Just sayin'.

[OHdem10]

12. Political Correctness gone amuck.

[eppur_se_muova]

13. First phony shot in the annual Phony War on Christmas ?

Somebody somewhere said something, so we printed it as news.