Comments on: “Black Friday”: An Unfortunate Expression http://www.dailywritingtips.com/black-friday-an-unfortunate-expression/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:29:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Becca http://www.dailywritingtips.com/black-friday-an-unfortunate-expression/comment-page-1/#comment-30482 Becca Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:37:49 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/black-friday-an-unfortunate-expression/#comment-30482 I always assumed the term "Black Friday" was a negative term, used in reference to how insane shopping can be on that day. As someone who worked in a retail store on that infamous day more than once, I can tell you most employees use it in a negative sense, as in "Did you have to work on Black Friday?" "Yes, the crowds were horrible." I always assumed the term “Black Friday” was a negative term, used in reference to how insane shopping can be on that day. As someone who worked in a retail store on that infamous day more than once, I can tell you most employees use it in a negative sense, as in “Did you have to work on Black Friday?” “Yes, the crowds were horrible.”

]]> By: Katie http://www.dailywritingtips.com/black-friday-an-unfortunate-expression/comment-page-1/#comment-25541 Katie Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:33:10 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/black-friday-an-unfortunate-expression/#comment-25541 Interestingly enough, in China, the color white is synonymous with death. Interestingly enough, in China, the color white is synonymous with death.

]]> By: Dan http://www.dailywritingtips.com/black-friday-an-unfortunate-expression/comment-page-1/#comment-6432 Dan Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:14:26 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/black-friday-an-unfortunate-expression/#comment-6432 In Australia, our "black" days tend to remember disastrous bushfires, like the 1967 Black Tuesday fires which killed 60 people in Tasmania, and the infamous Black Friday fires of 1939 which killed 71 people and was also the hottest day recorded in Melbourne history (45.6C, or 114.1F). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Tasmanian_fires http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(1939 In Australia, our “black” days tend to remember disastrous bushfires, like the 1967 Black Tuesday fires which killed 60 people in Tasmania, and the infamous Black Friday fires of 1939 which killed 71 people and was also the hottest day recorded in Melbourne history (45.6C, or 114.1F).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Tasmanian_fires
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(1939

]]> By: curt http://www.dailywritingtips.com/black-friday-an-unfortunate-expression/comment-page-1/#comment-5676 curt Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:44:38 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/black-friday-an-unfortunate-expression/#comment-5676 The Retailer's Prayer Our Retailer, Who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy Sales; Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, at the mall as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily coupons, and forgive us our frugality, as we forgive those hardcore shoppers who get there before us; and lead us not into debt on Black Friday, but deliver us our online purchases before the 15th of December. Amen. <a HREF="http://ecology666.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">The Bliggity No Diggity Blog-a-Log</A> The Retailer’s Prayer

Our Retailer, Who art in heaven
Hallowed be Thy Sales;
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
at the mall as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily coupons,
and forgive us our frugality,
as we forgive those hardcore shoppers who get there
before us; and lead us not into debt on Black Friday,
but deliver us our online purchases before the 15th
of December. Amen.

The Bliggity No Diggity Blog-a-Log

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