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| Registered: May 8, 2007 |  Posts: 663 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting skipnet50: Quote:
Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho (oops, politically incorrect)
Ha, ha, ha, ha
Bah humbug
Ho, Ho, Ho Ho!!!!!!
Skip In case anyone missed this hilarious story: 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. 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. "We are talking about little kids who do not understand that "ho, ho, ho" has any other connotation and nor should they," she told the Telegraph. "Leave Santa alone." A local spokesman for the US-based Westaff recruitment firm said it was "misleading" to say the company had banned Santa's traditional greeting and it was being left up to the discretion of the individual Santa himself. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/wl_asia_afp/lifestyleaustraliachristmasoffbeat | | | We're on a mission from God.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 460 |
| | Posted: | | | | That is almost as stupid as Santa being `too fat` ???  Can't remember which country that was, but both are absolutely absurd Santa is jolly and fat (or is it big boned  ) and he says "Ho! Ho! Ho!" BTW Nice update on the logo indeed, 'cept now Invelos is called Inveos ? | | | | Jean-Paul | | | | Last edited: by Zoeper |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | JP: It was Down Under, in fact if I recall correctly one Santa got fired for refusing to comply. It's a madhouse....a madhouse.  Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting eagle61397: Quote:
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. That's so stupid, all I can do is laugh.  In related news, I watched a Christmas episode of Homicide last night. My favorite part was when Munch answers the phone "Ho Ho Ho Homicide". | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | Snopes posted an entry on that Ausie Santa - it was false. He was fired for bad behavour, not for saying "Ho Ho Ho". |
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| Registered: May 14, 2007 | | Posts: 455 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting BYATES1: Quote:
I just thought I would start an early thread wishing everyone a joyous and safe holiday season. Best wishes to you and all of your friends and family regardless of how you celebrate this season. I missed a few days already.
Stay safe and enjoy a good movie or TV Show, documentary, sporting event or whatever you like best. Thanks and same to you and your family. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 347 |
| | Posted: | | | | Just wanted to stop by and wish ...  to one and all ...
Mark | | | | Antec Nine Hundred case, 4GB A-Data DDR2 800 RAM, Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz, ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP MB, XFX GeForce 8600GT XXX 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 video card, ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink, Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s HDD, Zerodba 620W PSU, LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD with LightScribe SATA, Samsung CDDVDW SH-S203B SATA, Hanns-G HH281 28" monitor, Kodak ESP3250 printer, Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 speakers, Windows 7 Professional |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,339 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting stevegblair: Quote:
Looks like Invelos has caught the holiday spirit as well.
Nice update to the logo Ken! here here to that - nice job Ken | | | | -JoN |
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| Registered: May 25, 2007 |  Posts: 263 |
| | Posted: | | | | Wishing everyone a merry christmas and a happy new year. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,796 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | We don't need stinkin' IMDB's errors, we make our own.
Ineptocracy, You got to love it.
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | Merry Christmas and lots of happiness, good health and fun for the New Year to all DVDP users and their loved ones!  Wish you all a very good DVD harvest in 2008! Cheers, DJ |
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| Registered: June 5, 2007 |  Posts: 161 |
| | Posted: | | | | A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 2,652 |
| | Posted: | | | | As we draw ever closer to the big day (same time next week) I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a prosperoius New Year. For those of you going away, travel safely and may you return well rested and ready for whatever comes your way. For those of you who do not celebrate this season Happy Holidays. | | | <---------Mithrandir, Laverne and Shirley
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
Cliff |
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