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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:20 PM Original message |
Cyber Monday. Now they are just making shit up. |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. I will be spending $0 this year. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. just about the same for me |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. I will just be giving cash to grandkids. |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. What is made up? (nt) |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. This sounds as if it were cooked up by some PR firm. |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. What "fake holiday"? NT |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Like "Black Friday" is a holiday. |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. "Black Friday" is no holiday. It's a business term. NT |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Are you fucking kidding me? It's a celebration of capitalism. |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. And do you think LESS people would go shopping if it were just called |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It has become a tradition to go shopping "the day after Thanksgiving" |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Tradition, maybe. NOT holiday. People often go shopping on the day |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. the term is for RETAILERS not for creating a holiday |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. If I were to ask you "what is the busiest shopping day of the year?" |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. that would STILL NOT MAKE IT A HOLIDAY |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:51 PM Original message |
'No Pants Day' Is this a holiday? |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. just because some SCHMOE calls something a holiday |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. No, you just choose to be obtuse. |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. The last Saturday before Christmas. |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Indeed, but 'most' people would say it's the day after Thanksgiving. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. The busiest day of the year is not Black Friday. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. That isn't the busiest shopping day of the year |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. see post #25 |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. Personally I'd say |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. The word "holiday" can be used very loosely. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. then I am going to make every Saturday a holiday |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
45. What, exactly, makes for such a strict interpretation of the word? |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Black Friday is only a holiday thanks to the previous day |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. it is a milestone |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. That would get in the way of profit. |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Republicans in the carpool |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. You carpool with republicans? |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Answers to your questions |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yep. It would have meaning if they talked about it AFTER the fact... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 02:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. Uh, No. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 04:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Please. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yup. |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's not an OFFICIAL HOLIDAY ... |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. Tomorrow is Tapped-Out Tuesday |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
28. CNN Poll: 77% say they are NOT buying online today. |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Yeah, so much for "Cyber-Monday"... |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
31. My Cyber Monday is spent mostly on DU |
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mr blur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
32. Like Mother's Day, Father's Day, Halloween, |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
34. According to Wikipedia, nobody heard the term before November 2005 |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
39. I get what you mean, Jara Sang |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
41. I read a few articles. Something seems very phony too. |
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