A week of Black Fridays

[shewhomust]

I have been slow on the uptake this year.

I did think, as I trailed round the shops of Newcastle in search of a wrist watch, that today couldn't possibly be Black Friday, since it was only Tuesday. And I may have grouched about the abundance of Black Friday deals in my inbox and on my television: I know that Black Friday is simply an encouragement to make a bridge (or is that a Gallicism?) from the Bank Holiday to the weekend, and go shopping, but this has extended far beyond a long weekend.

But it wasn't until this afternoon, ironing through Countdown, that I realised that no, today still isn't Friday, it's Black Thursday. Oh, wait -

Yes, it's always Black Friday and never Thanksgiving. Where is that lion when we need him?

Comments

[athenais]

Here the Black Friday mania starts on Thanksgiving and continues through Cyber Monday. But I have never had that kind of gift shopping to do and find the whole thing tiresome. I'm sorry it's been exported.

[shewhomust]

Oh, we adopt all your worst ideas!

No, that's glib. It's not entirely untrue, but it's not entirely true, either! Especially right now.