A week of Black Fridays
Nov. 22nd, 2018 04:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shewhomustI 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?
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?
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Date: 2018-11-23 03:13 pm (UTC)No, that's glib. It's not entirely untrue, but it's not entirely true, either! Especially right now.