No mo' "ho ho ho"

Charles Doyle cdoyle at UGA.EDU
Thu Nov 15 14:08:52 UTC 2007


>From the AFP wire, posted at Yahoo! News:

<< 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. >>

Santas in Sydney now say "Ha ha ha."

--Charlie
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