Comments on: When Black Friday Comes http://www.stinque.com/2009/11/27/when-black-friday-comes/ If it smells, we're on it. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:02:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: baked http://www.stinque.com/2009/11/27/when-black-friday-comes/#comment-56462 baked Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:00:37 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=16070#comment-56462 @<a href="#comment-56434" rel="nofollow">SanFranLefty</a>: remember last year? a sprawlmart security guard was trampled to DEATH by shoppers when he opened the doors. morons. @SanFranLefty:
remember last year? a sprawlmart security guard was trampled to DEATH by shoppers when he opened the doors. morons.

]]> By: SanFranLefty http://www.stinque.com/2009/11/27/when-black-friday-comes/#comment-56434 SanFranLefty Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:54:39 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=16070#comment-56434 @<a href="#comment-56432" rel="nofollow">SanFranLefty</a>: Correction. Fights broke out at <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/11/black-friday-brawls-break-out-at-two-walmart-stores.html" rel="nofollow">TWO different $prawl-Marts</a> in the Inland Empire. @SanFranLefty: Correction. Fights broke out at TWO different $prawl-Marts in the Inland Empire.

]]> By: SanFranLefty http://www.stinque.com/2009/11/27/when-black-friday-comes/#comment-56432 SanFranLefty Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:28:24 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=16070#comment-56432 From the shithole known as San Bernardino County: <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/27/financial/f112105S43.DTL&tsp=1" rel="nofollow">Customers fighting at 2:45 in the morning over shit made in China</a> close down a $prawl-Mart for a few hours. From the shithole known as San Bernardino County: Customers fighting at 2:45 in the morning over shit made in China close down a $prawl-Mart for a few hours.

]]> By: Benedick http://www.stinque.com/2009/11/27/when-black-friday-comes/#comment-56431 Benedick Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:28:02 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=16070#comment-56431 @<a href="#comment-56428" rel="nofollow">Dave H</a>: I appreciate the effort but it smells like a false etymology to me. @<a href="#comment-56423" rel="nofollow">Mistress Cynica</a>: That makes sense. @Dave H: I appreciate the effort but it smells like a false etymology to me.

@Mistress Cynica: That makes sense.

]]> By: nojo http://www.stinque.com/2009/11/27/when-black-friday-comes/#comment-56430 nojo Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:47:11 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=16070#comment-56430 @<a href="#comment-56428" rel="nofollow">Dave H</a>: Apparently the Philadelphia Story is disputed, but I don't recall what I stumbled across the other day that took issue with it. @Dave H: Apparently the Philadelphia Story is disputed, but I don’t recall what I stumbled across the other day that took issue with it.

]]> By: Dave H http://www.stinque.com/2009/11/27/when-black-friday-comes/#comment-56428 Dave H Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:10:22 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=16070#comment-56428 @<a href="#comment-56422" rel="nofollow">Benedick</a>: I cheated and used the Google. Apparently in the mid 60's the Philadelphia police began using the term because of the gigantic traffic jam the shoppers caused. It began to spread to other locales. The booster-types in retail didn't like that negative terminology and created the entire "from red ink to black ink" cover story. @Benedick: I cheated and used the Google. Apparently in the mid 60′s the Philadelphia police began using the term because of the gigantic traffic jam the shoppers caused. It began to spread to other locales. The booster-types in retail didn’t like that negative terminology and created the entire “from red ink to black ink” cover story.

]]> By: Original Andrew http://www.stinque.com/2009/11/27/when-black-friday-comes/#comment-56425 Original Andrew Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:32:33 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=16070#comment-56425 @<a href="#comment-56423" rel="nofollow">Mistress Cynica</a>: Jinx! ; ) @Mistress Cynica:

Jinx!

; )

]]> By: Original Andrew http://www.stinque.com/2009/11/27/when-black-friday-comes/#comment-56424 Original Andrew Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:32:10 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=16070#comment-56424 @<a href="#comment-56422" rel="nofollow">Benedick</a>: It's my rough, non-Googled understanding that most retailers make the majority of their money, and thus their profits, in the fourth quarter (specifically after Thanksgiving), so that's when their books are "in the black." @Benedick:

It’s my rough, non-Googled understanding that most retailers make the majority of their money, and thus their profits, in the fourth quarter (specifically after Thanksgiving), so that’s when their books are “in the black.”

]]> By: Mistress Cynica http://www.stinque.com/2009/11/27/when-black-friday-comes/#comment-56423 Mistress Cynica Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:31:51 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=16070#comment-56423 @<a href="#comment-56422" rel="nofollow">Benedick</a>: Because it's the day when most retail business become profitable for the year, i.e., go from being in the red for the year into being in the black. An insane percentage of retail sales occur during the holiday shopping season. @Benedick: Because it’s the day when most retail business become profitable for the year, i.e., go from being in the red for the year into being in the black. An insane percentage of retail sales occur during the holiday shopping season.

]]> By: Benedick http://www.stinque.com/2009/11/27/when-black-friday-comes/#comment-56422 Benedick Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:26:57 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=16070#comment-56422 Question: if it's such a big shopping day why is it called Black Friday? Question: if it’s such a big shopping day why is it called Black Friday?

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