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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:46 PM Original message |
Ok, I missed it I guess. Why is it called "Black Friday" |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is the day that puts retailers in the "Black". |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. No recession here, from the looks of it. People were buying an |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Well... I Just... |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. When all else fails... |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Accept no substitute. |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Addendum: |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. I thinkit is to get all the retails into the black, out of the red. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. The woman didn't miscarry.. apparently she's ok.. they just reported on MSNBC. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Oh, good. |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's the day of the year when stores go in the black, that is, they make a profit. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. So I probably heard that before and forgot. |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Economists named it. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. I heard on the BBC this morning that it's the day when retailers move from the "red" to the "black" |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. Cash-register monkeys see it as the blackest of all days, that's for sure |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I worked at TRU for 5 years and Kay Bee for three so that's what I always thought it meant. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. I've seen cashiers reduced to tears on Black Friday. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. its an old accountant's thing: red ink entries = debt, black ink = profit |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. I thought it was a tongue in cheek expression |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. Seems Apt |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Ok, you may have a valid point there. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. As mentioned above, it USED to be the day retailers could count on |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. Because we live in a racist society that's run by The Man |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. thats sarcasm right? |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. LOL. n/t |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Gee, this is one of the few times being black is good! |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. The other one being...? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
22. Because "Black Death" was already taken and people have to be reminded of sales-related |
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TypeKast (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
28. Maybe |
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