People are already lining up for Black Friday

And they want your soul!

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14 Responses to “People are already lining up for Black Friday”

  1. Bruce388: November 21st, 2012 at 7:41 am

    Barnyard of the Damned.

  2. Some Techie: November 21st, 2012 at 8:15 am

    Ah, the annual sounding of the Morlocks’ sirens.

  3. tommyspoon: November 21st, 2012 at 10:44 am

    I never go near any retail establishments on that day. Too busy with other things, like living my life.

  4. M. Bouffant: November 21st, 2012 at 12:38 pm

    Demon sheep!

    I can’t remember, but is this the first yr. that every fuggin’ advertiser has been calling it “Black Friday?” Shouldn’t they at least call it “In the Black Friday?”

    Because:

    Definition of ‘Black Friday’
    1. A day of stock market catastrophe. Originally, September 24, 1869, was deemed Black Friday. The crash was sparked by gold speculators, including Jay Gould and James Fist, who attempted to corner the gold market. The attempt failed and the gold market collapsed, causing the stock market to plummet.

    Read more: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/blackfriday.asp#ixzz2CtLNZLge

  5. RitZ: November 21st, 2012 at 1:30 pm

    If someone is dying to spend their $$$ I prefer “Buy Local Saturday.”

  6. moeman: November 21st, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    This is fave version of Black Friday;

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1ZV4Mx7tw8

  7. zombie rotten mcdonald: November 21st, 2012 at 1:41 pm

    Wait, is this a new Carly Fiorina ad?

  8. Axel Grease: November 21st, 2012 at 1:58 pm

    remember when someone was trampled to death at a store in Long Island……

    lets hope we have mad rushes in lots of red states

  9. Some Techie: November 21st, 2012 at 2:55 pm

    Serious question, do they do this in Europe? Or Canada?

  10. Reamus: November 21st, 2012 at 3:03 pm

    @Techie: o what, put sheep in a feed lot before slaughtering the buggers por go shopping on Friday? Yes to the first, no to the second…they have lives there.

  11. Some Techie: November 21st, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    Reamus, just wondering if this is a US media/corporate-driven frenzy or something that occurs in other countries as well.

  12. grs: November 21st, 2012 at 3:43 pm

    Ewe guys.

  13. TheCunningRunt: November 21st, 2012 at 4:27 pm

    grs, that was baaaaaaaad.

  14. Dimitrios: November 22nd, 2012 at 12:13 am

    Black Friday is extreme shopping, or consumerism as a blood sport.

    From what I can learn, Black Friday started in America and, so far, has only recently crossed the border, mostly to big American chains operating in Canada.

    In some locals, Black Friday (and American store employee’s objections) has fueled a debate about holiday sales destroying the holidays, with such extreme remedies as government enforced regulations for holiday store closings being suggested.

    I doubt it will come to much. A recent Harris/Decima poll discovered that 8% of Canadians planned to take advantage of Black Friday and/or Cyber Monday sales, 7% were considering doing so, and about 84% of Canadians simply aren’t interested.

    Note: Thanksgiving in Canada is in October, but the American Thanksgiving weekend is always the date of the Canadian Football League’s Grey Cup game and somewhat of an unofficial holiday.