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Offline karajorma

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No wonder he's so jolly.
on: December 08, 2007, 06:33:47 am
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN0558178520071205?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews

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A Santa in an Australian department store said on Wednesday he has been fired for saying "ho ho ho" and singing Christmas songs to children. Employment company Westaff, which supplies stores with red-robed, white-bearded Father Christmases, had earlier asked its Santas to say "ha ha ha" because the word "ho," which is American slang for whore, could offend women, media reported.

In the latest incident, the Cairns Post newspaper said 70-year-old John Oakes was fired on Monday for saying "ho ho ho" and for singing the Christmas song Jingle Bells.

"They're trying to kill the spirit of Christmas," said Oakes, a retired entertainer who has been a Santa for three years.

Westaff spokesman Bert Jansz told the paper Oakes had been dismissed because of his attitude, and not for his ho ho ho-ing.
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Offline wolfen

Re: No wonder he's so jolly.
Reply #1 on: December 08, 2007, 07:39:18 am
You have got to be kidding me.
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Offline Dark Hunter

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Re: No wonder he's so jolly.
Reply #2 on: December 08, 2007, 08:17:44 am
I get the feeling that the whole story isn't there (they say he was fired for his attitude, but they never mention what this "attitude" was)... but wtf about "ho ho ho"? Everyone knows that Santa laughs like that, how could it possibly be misconstrued as a slang term for whore? :wtf:
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Offline Herra Tohtori

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Re: No wonder he's so jolly.
Reply #3 on: December 08, 2007, 08:56:53 am
 :wtf:

It's not like speech bubbles actually come out of Santa's mouth reading "Ho ho ho". It's a fracking onomatopoeia about how laughter is perceived to be heard.

I mean, he could've easily claimed he was laughing like "oh oh oh" and it would sound exactly the same, deep bellowing laughter.


Perhaps it was his attitude though, I bet we don't know the whole story... :blah:
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Re: No wonder he's so jolly.
Reply #4 on: December 08, 2007, 09:06:43 am
Awful....just simply terrible.
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Re: No wonder he's so jolly.
Reply #5 on: December 08, 2007, 09:27:33 am
*facepalms*
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Offline wolfen

Re: No wonder he's so jolly.
Reply #6 on: December 08, 2007, 11:58:17 am
If its all the perception of how its received by the hearer, he the Joly Green Giant better leave the valley soon
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Re: No wonder he's so jolly.
Reply #7 on: December 08, 2007, 01:30:19 pm
*dies a little*
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Re: No wonder he's so jolly.
Reply #8 on: December 08, 2007, 05:13:37 pm
Does human stupidity knows no bounds? Damn you Einstein, you were right!
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Re: No wonder he's so jolly.
Reply #9 on: December 08, 2007, 05:39:49 pm
I don't know what's worse: the utter stupidity of prohibiting Santa from laughing or that the "War on Christmas" crackpots are starting to sound credible.

Happy Hon-Denominational Festive Season everyone!
 

Offline wolfen

Re: No wonder he's so jolly.
Reply #10 on: December 08, 2007, 06:03:14 pm
Quote from: Rictor on December 08, 2007, 05:39:49 pm
I don't know what's worse: the utter stupidity of prohibiting Santa from laughing or that the "War on Christmas" crackpots are starting to sound credible.

Happy Hon-Denominational Festive Season everyone!

Both, the war against Christmas has gotten so bad here in Virginia that I'm scared to death to say Merry Christmas to anybody for fear that I'll start the next war on terror. And if I don't say Merry Christmas the religious right here get so mad they want to crucify me. I'm damed if I do and damed if I don't, so I have come to the conclusion that human stupidity will never reach its peak.
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Re: No wonder he's so jolly.
Reply #11 on: December 08, 2007, 07:31:10 pm
Up here there was a campaign a while ago to make Christmas Trees "Holiday Trees".
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Reply #12 on: December 08, 2007, 10:19:16 pm
ph33r the wrath of satans claws!!!
muhahahaha!
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Re: No wonder he's so jolly.
Reply #13 on: December 09, 2007, 12:06:51 am
Santa will shove coal so far up their stockings that they'll be coughing up diamonds.  :drevil:
  

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Re: No wonder he's so jolly.
Reply #14 on: December 09, 2007, 07:49:50 am
Terrible...really terrible.

I hope santa shoves that coal into something else than stockings for those idiots.
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Offline wolfen

Re: No wonder he's so jolly.
Reply #15 on: December 09, 2007, 09:12:52 am
Quote from: BloodEagle on December 09, 2007, 12:06:51 am
Santa will shove coal so far up their stockings that they'll be coughing up diamonds.  :drevil:

I wanna watch that :)




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Re: No wonder he's so jolly.
Reply #16 on: December 09, 2007, 10:15:46 am
Quote from: TrashMan on December 09, 2007, 07:49:50 am
I hope santa shoves that coal into something else than stockings for those idiots.

I'd suggest coal in a sock. But as a weapon not a present.
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Offline wolfen

Re: No wonder he's so jolly.
Reply #17 on: December 09, 2007, 11:29:35 am
Quote from: karajorma on December 09, 2007, 10:15:46 am
Quote from: TrashMan on December 09, 2007, 07:49:50 am
I hope santa shoves that coal into something else than stockings for those idiots.

I'd suggest coal in a sock. But as a weapon not a present.


I have a really big tube sock that my daughter used to wear that comes all the way up to the knee :)
And I'm sure that one of the schools around here in town has some coal left around somewhere
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Re: No wonder he's so jolly.
Reply #18 on: December 09, 2007, 12:58:56 pm
Me thinks that this Santa was fired for having the boss' wife on his lap.  ;7
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Re: No wonder he's so jolly.
Reply #19 on: December 09, 2007, 01:10:02 pm
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