It's an Urban Legend
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Reposting interesting comments on modern folklore. Urban myths, rumors, legends, hoaxes, misconceptions, and apocryphal anecdotes.
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(The shopping day after Thanksgiving was only called "Black Friday" beginning in the 1950s. And the name originated in things other than an old accounting practice involving red and black ink.)
November 29, 2024 at 11:49 PM
(The shopping day after Thanksgiving was only called "Black Friday" beginning in the 1950s. And the name originated in things other than an old accounting practice involving red and black ink.)
(Is it a Kia dealership?)
November 29, 2024 at 9:43 PM
(Is it a Kia dealership?)
(That "any retail outlet could show you the yearly profit and loss statements" doesn't mean that this "red to black" thing is the origin of the name for the day.)
November 29, 2024 at 4:06 PM
(That "any retail outlet could show you the yearly profit and loss statements" doesn't mean that this "red to black" thing is the origin of the name for the day.)
(But even that’s not the true origin, I’m afraid.)
Whitewashing Black Friday: The Rebranding of an American Shopping Holiday
We’ve heard it before, that the origin of “Black Friday,” that crazy shopping day following Thanksgiving, lies in an old accounting practice. It’s said that retailers, operating at a loss in the bu…
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November 28, 2024 at 11:43 PM
(But even that’s not the true origin, I’m afraid.)
Reposted by It's an Urban Legend
There's a town here in Victoria called Kilmore and (possiblg urban) legend has it there used to be a sign pointing to the old people's home saying "Kilmore Old People".
November 28, 2024 at 6:20 AM
There's a town here in Victoria called Kilmore and (possiblg urban) legend has it there used to be a sign pointing to the old people's home saying "Kilmore Old People".
(The earliest version I've found dates to early 1919, but it may have been based on an older tale about drunken turkeys. Note that the drunken-turkey version from 1914 includes the construction of clothes for the poor naked birds, as do versions involving chloroformed turkeys.)
November 27, 2024 at 6:34 PM
(The earliest version I've found dates to early 1919, but it may have been based on an older tale about drunken turkeys. Note that the drunken-turkey version from 1914 includes the construction of clothes for the poor naked birds, as do versions involving chloroformed turkeys.)
Totally agree! I once had started a list of such. (I think this deserves a Wikipedia entry, too.)
November 26, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Totally agree! I once had started a list of such. (I think this deserves a Wikipedia entry, too.)