*exposition mode engaged*It's a pun of sorts on the term Redcoat, which is associated with that peculiar British vacation tradition, the Holiday Camp.
'Ho-de-Ho' is meant to to be a response to a call-and-respond triggered by the phrase 'Hi-de-Hi', which was also the title of a long-running British 80s sitcom based in the 50s/60s at a fictionalised Maplins Holiday Camp, where they wore yellowcoats instead.
There's also an unrelated store in the UK called Maplin, which is roughly equivalent to Radio Shack.
('Ho-de-Ho' is meant to to be a response to a call-and-respond triggered by the phrase 'Hi-de-Hi', which was also the title of a long-running British 80s sitcom based in the 50s/60s at a fictionalised Maplins Holiday Camp, where they wore yellowcoats instead.
There's also an unrelated store in the UK called Maplin, which is roughly equivalent to Radio Shack.
JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks,
Mon 6 Aug 2018, 15:20,
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now that it's explained, it's hilarious. *I'll wait in the car*
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LS18,
Mon 6 Aug 2018, 16:55,
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