Thursday, November 15, 2007
HO HO HO!
Mornings are fairly routine in the Blocksma household - arising at the sound of my wife's hairdryer, i schlep into the shower, have some cereal and grab some coffee on my way out the door for my 20 minute bike ride (if i'm not lazy) or my 10 minute car commute (if the weather looks bad... and if i'm lazy. I usually am.) to work.
In both scenarios, i have NPR giving me the lowdown on Pakistan's current political turmoil, some market news about how the sub-prime mortgage market has doomed us all, and usually at least one vapid hollywood star's birthday announcement. Sometimes, though, they report something that is so brilliant that i can't help but blog about it... so help the world.
In Australia, Santa is no longer allowed to utter the merry-making phrase of 'Ho-Ho-Ho'. That has been deemed "frightening to children" and also possibly offensive to women. Santa is now supposed to substitute the Ho's for Ha's, which, apparently is not frightening at all.
If you ask me, i'm not going to see a Santa who is standing in the middle of the mall, eyes red and sagging, bellowing at the top of his lungs:
You know why? Because that is how Lex Luthor laughs, not Santa Claus. St. Nick is not a maniacal super-villian, he's a fat guy who hands out toys. It is so much more frightening to me to imagine a santa laughing like that than with the traditional Ho's. Am i alone in this? But, in the least, the story is able to give us wonderful pictures like this:
Happy Thanksgiving Merry Christmas everybody!
In both scenarios, i have NPR giving me the lowdown on Pakistan's current political turmoil, some market news about how the sub-prime mortgage market has doomed us all, and usually at least one vapid hollywood star's birthday announcement. Sometimes, though, they report something that is so brilliant that i can't help but blog about it... so help the world.
In Australia, Santa is no longer allowed to utter the merry-making phrase of 'Ho-Ho-Ho'. That has been deemed "frightening to children" and also possibly offensive to women. Santa is now supposed to substitute the Ho's for Ha's, which, apparently is not frightening at all.
If you ask me, i'm not going to see a Santa who is standing in the middle of the mall, eyes red and sagging, bellowing at the top of his lungs:
"HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!!"
You know why? Because that is how Lex Luthor laughs, not Santa Claus. St. Nick is not a maniacal super-villian, he's a fat guy who hands out toys. It is so much more frightening to me to imagine a santa laughing like that than with the traditional Ho's. Am i alone in this? But, in the least, the story is able to give us wonderful pictures like this:
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7 comments:
well, um, if **I** were santa, that's EXACTLY what I would say...
HA HA HA!
(but it would obviously eventually morph into the classic super villain chortle... the best of which is Toad in Flushed Away. I'm not even kidding. Ian McKellan RULES.)
(yes, I know he's gay)
Even MUHUHUHAHAHA would be less terrifying.
sounds familiar to Brian Bishop's platform for when he eventually runs for president: Silver Bullet for the stupid.
I'd vote for him.
I was never a fan of Santas anyways but I'd like to think that the Aussies would tell their recruiters to get stuffed.
Who stole that picture out of my family album?
seriously? wtf? ho, ho, ho is offensive to women? which women? the hoes(sp?)? why would that be offensive to say, my grandma?
i don't get it.
Ho - A slutty woman
Ho Ho - Something that fat kids eat
Ho Ho Ho - What Santa Freakin' Claus says at Christmas!
I thought that down under Santa's said, "OH OH OH!" My mistake.
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