Thoughts 15 Nov 2007 08:57 am
No more ho-ho-ho
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.
According to the Daily Telegraph, Sydney’s Santa Clauses have instead been instructed to say “ha ha ha” instead.
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.
These nut jobs are not joking.
Even in a sue happy world, isn’t this just a wee bit too politically correct?