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The Song Challenge:   Giving Frosty The Cold Shoulder -- The snowman is sexist, out of date and should make way for snow-women, an academic claimed yesterday. Dr. Tricia Cusack, of Birmingham University, carried out a five-year study into the "cultural meanings" of snowmen. She believes that they are old-fashioned symbols of gender discrimination. She has called for snow-women to appear on Christmas cards and wrapping paper.  Writing in the cultural history periodical New Formations, Dr. Cusack described snowmen as the "rotund relics of Bacchanalia". They were gluttonous and indulgent, and symbolised the grotesque with their portly appearance and carrot noses.  However, she added: "I don't want to ban snowmen or anything, let's just be a bit more imaginative - why not have a snow-woman? We need to be alert to which particular images have got currency. Why is it always male, and why is it so popular at Christmas? At least the snowman has lost his pipe as society is less geared towards promoting smoking."


Let It Snow by Clifton53

(Written in response to this message from Sinsull on the original thread!)

Oh the weather outside's surprisin'
But the snow beast has it risin'
Last count it was 8 feet high
My oh my, my oh my, my oh my

Straight to the sky like a tower
Such anatomical power
Take a look now don't be shy
My oh my, my oh my, my oh my.

Oh the stuffed-shirts all were fainting
But granny was thinkin' of painting
And the kids will laugh 'til they cry
My oh my, my oh my, my oh my

There's only one thing that's missin'
What if this thing starts pissin?
Stand back and guard your eye
My oh my, my oh my, my oh my

The men were feelin' rejected
But the women, they inspected
Is there really any need to ask why?
My oh my, my oh my, my oh my

So there's the winter's glory
Risin' to the second story
Take a gander in passing by
My oh my, my oh my, my oh my.

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