If I hear "black Friday" one more time, I'm going to start acting out scenes from American Horror Story. . .

Not sure what you're complaining about. I always enjoy a little dark meat on the day after Thanksgiving.

A bunch of the Occupy people are going to try to occupy chain retailers and prevent people from Black Friday shopping which should be fun!

We are the 99 percent!

Specifically which scene? I hope you are ok.

If I hear "black Friday" one more time, I'm going to start acting out scenes from American Horror Story. . .

I think my friend survived "beep beep (to respect EXPAT's request not to mention it) shopping" because I didn't hear anything on the news. I am going to see him at a party tomorrow so I am going to ask him whether he got he wanted. There was an incident where a woman used pepper spray at a store. I think that's unfortunate.

There was an incident where a woman used pepper spray at a store. I think that's unfortunate.

Why is that an incident? Is that not just part of the American culture now? We follow by the examples set for us. I don't think she did anything wrong do you? It is is good enough for our police, isn't it good enough for the citizens?

Oh my Oz I didn't know you were so radical . It's not in the norm of our society yet. If that's the case I am leaving this country ASAP because that means it's the end of the world. Where should I go to be safe? BiBottomBoy can you accommodate me in France? I think we can get along well.

I hope he doesn't want to reenact the scene from American Horror Story where the guy gets his dick bitten off.

Wow... That's horrible. So that happen in one of the episodes...

I hope he doesn't want to reenact the scene from American Horror Story where the guy gets his dick bitten off.

To be fair the guy deserves it.

If you start telling female ghosts that women are only good for sucking your dick or making sandwiches then you best be careful where you stick your dick.

To be fair the guy deserves it.

If you start telling female ghosts that women are only good for sucking your dick or making sandwiches then you best be careful where you stick your dick.

Now if this post doesn't get non-watchers watching that show then I don't know what will. ROFL.

The fact that there is a really cute twink wearing a skin tight vinyl BDSM outfit in nearly every episode? As well as Dylan McDermott jerking off and Zac Quinto making out with a guy?

Wow...

The fact that there is a really cute twink wearing a skin tight vinyl BDSM outfit in nearly every episode? As well as Dylan McDermott jerking off and Zac Quinto making out with a guy?

Yeah, you should really download the show.

On the latest episode there is a scene where a 15 year old girl says "Gay porn is so hot!"

If I hear "black Friday" one more time, I'm going to start acting out scenes from American Horror Story. . .

In case you didn't know, the term "Black Friday" originated in the Philadelphia police department in the 1960s. It referred to the cops' frustration at having to deal with the rush of shoppers at the same time as the arrival of many rowdy fans for the annual Army-Navy football game. It took many years for it to become a generally recognized appellation just for the shopping day.

In case you didn't know, the term "Black Friday" originated in the Philadelphia police department in the 1960s. It referred to the cops' frustration at having to deal with the rush of shoppers at the same time as the arrival of many rowdy fans for the annual Army-Navy football game. It took many years for it to become a generally recognized appellation just for the shopping day.

So, you place no credence to the notion that Black Friday suggests that merchants have "finally" arrived into the "black"? This seems especially appropriate lately, meaning many are struggling to be financially successful. Just a quick option.

Best regards,

RA1

I've always heard it was because it was the weekend when merchants finally started making a profit for the year.

That makes a lot more sense than cops being worried about drunk army/navy fans.

So, you place no credence to the notion that Black Friday suggests that merchants have "finally" arrived into the "black"? This seems especially appropriate lately, meaning many are struggling to be financially successful. Just a quick option.

Best regards,

RA1

That was an interpretation that was added much later after the term was commonly applied only to the shopping aspect of the day.

Interesting that Wikipedia dates the use of it to describe a big retail shopping day to 1966 but says it was only used to describe the Army/Navy game bullshit in 1975.

History is fun!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_%28shopping%29

If you give credence to Wikipedia, and I do, here is what they have to say:

Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. On this day, most major retailers open extremely early, often at 4 a.m., or earlier, and offer promotional sales to kick off the shopping season, similar to Boxing Day sales in many Commonwealth Nations. Black Friday is not actually a holiday, but some non-retail employers give their employees the day off, increasing the number of potential shoppers. It has routinely been the busiest shopping day of the year since 2005,[1] although news reports, which at that time were inaccurate,[2] have described it as the busiest shopping day of the year for a much longer period of time.[3]

The day's name originated in Philadelphia, where it originally was used to describe the heavy and disruptive pedestrian and vehicle traffic which would occur on the day after Thanksgiving.[4] Use of the term started before 1966 and began to see broader use outside Philadelphia around 1975. Later an alternative explanation began to be offered: that "Black Friday" indicates the point at which retailers begin to turn a profit, or are "in the black".[5]...

(Posted simultaneously with bibottomboy's post)

Male Escort Review is all about historical fact checking.

Google has changed the world, as well as Wikipedia and other info resources. One can sit at dinner and disagree on something, while the other discreetly checks his smart phone to Google the true answer in seconds. Takes some of the fun out of it, but then one never has to come to blows anymore!

I don't much care for the term and never heard of it before 4 or 5 years ago.

I have Xmas shopped my entire life and never needed such a designation to help me observe the holiday. It is clear that it is blatant commercialism pushed by commercial interests to turn the holiday into a profit generating orgy of spending.

I have nothing against exchanging gifts with friends and family at Christmas but the emphasis was always on exchanging, not buying. Sure, they go together but it seems that a period of a couple of weeks was enough to get the job done in the distant past. Now, its got to be a couple of months of unending hype and maddened crowds. Some seem to treat it as an endurance and strategy sport where the score is determined by who scores what and by how early. Not for me.

One of the benefits of being older is remembering earlier times when the spirit of the season dominated the holidays through Santas and creches and huge Xmas cards on display, or decorations in the downtown streets with Xmas music. One year, businesses got together with the City of Tampa and arranged for an entire block of a downtown street to be blocked off. They trucked in tens of truckloads of snow from the north and built a three or four story ski jump. Sure, it was a device to get people downtown to shop but that wasn't the focus. It was showing kids and older natives what snow was like and to watch some ski jumping -- not the usual Florida sport. And people shopped the stores too. But not like todays version of the the Oklahoma Land Rush on the Department Store level. Retailers had not yet found how to turn Xmas shopping into a Coliseum blood-sport. But that was then.

I had no idea the term could be found on Wikipedia. I was going by my personal recollection of having lived in Philly in the 60s and 70s, when my friends elsewhere had no idea what I was talking about if I referred to the day after Thanksgiving as "Black Friday".

Is there anything that CAN'T be googled now?

You can google anything - including depraved things that people used to never, ever talk about like "Canada's History."

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Canada%27s%20History