"Chambers" <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> wrote:
> (For those who don't know, Black Friday refers to the last Friday in
> November in the US, and it is the single busiest shopping day of the
> year.  Traditionally, most retailers either make very poor profits, or
> actually lose money, all year until that day.  That is, all year long
> they're "in the red," until they begin turning a profit on this day,
> when they're "in the black").

Thanks for the interesting explanation.

> Yesterday's appellation of "Black Friday" was appropriate in more ways
> than one, as several deaths occurred as a result of the holiday shopping
> madness in the US.

I saw on TV and was astounded.  It's really a stampede, people begin behaving
like raging bulls!

So far I only knew of it through two movies: an old Jerry Lewis one and one
starring Schwarzenegger.  I thought it was typical Hollywood exhageration...

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