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The term "Black Friday" was originally used for Fridays with financial sector crashes or other disasters so I don't see what it has to do with profits.
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A quick wiki lookup will confirm it has **** all to do with profits."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Why did you tell me?"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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nvmI drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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The hell..."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Clearly excess regulation has stifled the innovation of the markets.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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That is not the reason.Originally posted by Kidicious View Post
And yes, the 'Black' has a Philadelphia origin:
What you're talking about came later and also had a Philly origin:The earliest known reference to "Black Friday" to refer to the day after Thanksgiving was made in a 1966 publication on the day's significance in Philadelphia:
JANUARY 1966 -- "Black Friday" is the name which the Philadelphia Police Department has given to the Friday following Thanksgiving Day. It is not a term of endearment to them. "Black Friday" officially opens the Christmas shopping season in center city, and it usually brings massive traffic jams and over-crowded sidewalks as the downtown stores are mobbed from opening to closing.[4]
The term Black Friday began to get wider exposure around 1975, as shown by two newspaper articles from November 29, 1975, both datelined Philadelphia. The first reference is in an article entitled "Army vs. Navy: A Dimming Splendor," in The New York Times:
Philadelphia police and bus drivers call it "Black Friday" - that day each year between Thanksgiving Day and the Army–Navy Game. It is the busiest shopping and traffic day of the year in the Bicentennial City as the Christmas list is checked off and the Eastern college football season nears conclusion.
So what have we learned? That you're wrong, Kidicious, and that Philadelphians name ****.Black Friday, under this theory, is the beginning of the period where retailers would no longer have losses (the red) and instead take in the year's profits (the black).[13] The earliest known use, which like the 1966 example above was found by Bonnie Taylor-Blake of the American Dialect Society, is from 1981, again from Philadelphia, and presents the "black ink" theory as one of several competing possibilities:
If the day is the year's biggest for retailers, why is it called Black Friday? Because it is a day retailers make profits -- black ink, said Grace McFeeley of Cherry Hill Mall. "I think it came from the media," said William Timmons of Strawbridge & Clothier. "It's the employees, we're the ones who call it Black Friday," said Belle Stephens of Moorestown Mall. "We work extra hard. It's a long hard day for the employees."[14]"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
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Obviously it means that Philadelphians are the nastiest, most uncivilized shoppers.Comment
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Originally posted by gribbler View Post
So, Apolyton, no "Thread to keep track of all Rebecca Black 'Friday' mayhem"? Or is that a few months too late?"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
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Originally posted by gribbler View Post
No reason to stop at shoppers. It's true in a general sense.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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I learned that albie doesn't know that words can have two meanings even though it's described for him in his own quote
(Seriously, I didn't want to fight about this)I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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WHICH CAME FIRST, IDIOT?!Originally posted by Kidicious View PostI learned that albie doesn't know that words can have two meanings even though it's described for him in his own quote
(Seriously, I didn't want to fight about this)"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
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No one knows. No one cares. I just know why retailers call it Black Friday, not Philadelphians.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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