Thanks giving and black Friday

cena

Would you like one of these in Ireland.

Chris P. Bacon

Racist.

Red Hand

Thank F*ck it's Friday Day. Commonly known as Friday in Ireland.

MIN2511

Thanksgiving - yes!
Black Friday - no!

I see thanksgiving as a day with the family; sharing and thanking whoever you believe in for another year of health, life and hoping for a better future

chin_grin

cena wrote: »

Would you like one of these in Ireland.

Only one? They are Americanisms that we do not participate in. Although I wouldn't hold my breath!

cena

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

Racist.

Not at all. I guess you don't know what that day is

RichieC

we have our own day when dublin is over run with country folk shopping and why the fk would we celebrate one of the worst genocides in human history? Thanks for your land Injun! now go sleep on the pox blankets!

cena

MIN2511 wrote: »

Thanksgiving - yes!
Black Friday - no!

I see thanksgiving as a day with the family; sharing and thanking whoever you believe in for another year of health, life and hoping for a better future

Was thinking the same. I should of been in the states for it but stuff came up

Chris P. Bacon

cena wrote: »

Not at all. I guess you don't know what that day is

I do,i was just joking because if you say black around here your a racist.

Anyway Amazon are doing deals all week for it.

kfallon

Why do we need Thanksgiving when we have the Holy Souls in November :pac:

Anyway if you have Thanksgiving I think it'd take something away from the magic of Christmas with just a month apart!

cena

RichieC wrote: »

we have our own day when dublin is over run with country folk shopping and why the fk would we celebrate one of the worst genocides in human history? Thanks for your land Injun! now go sleep on the pox blankets!

I don't do any shopping in Dublin. Just saying

az2wp0sye65487

What is Black Friday anyway?

AnonoBoy

I heard Naas were going to establish a town-wide Black Friday this year but the Mayor vetoed it.

RichieC

Marcel Tart Grommet wrote: »

What is Black Friday anyway?

US chrimbo shopping day, you get great deals and sometimes you get stampeded to death.

cena

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

I do,i was just joking because if you say black around here your a racist.

Anyway Amazon are doing deals all week for it.

I'v different coloured people in my family so Im not a racist. But I know what your saying

who the fug

Marcel Tart Grommet wrote: »

What is Black Friday anyway?

Well its like a Friday , but black

LighterGuy

MIN2511

cena wrote: »

Was thinking the same. I should of been in the states for it but stuff came up

I have family in the states and loads of American friends in Dublin - I've been to a few thanksgiving dinners and I appreciate the celebration...

Pherekydes

RichieC wrote: »

US chrimbo shopping day, you get great deals and sometimes you get stampeded to death.

Sounds like fun.

Thanksgiving (with Packers @ Lions at 5:30): Yes.

Being stampeded to death: Not sure. :pac:

foxyboxer

Thanksgiving? No Thanks.

You really just want another bank holiday don't you?

cena

MIN2511 wrote: »

I have family in the states and loads of American friends in Dublin - I've been to a few thanksgiving dinners and I appreciate the celebration...

I too have family over there. Such a nice day to have family around plus all the football on that day. Also the parade is nice to see

MIN2511

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

I do,i was just joking because if you say black around here your a racist.

Anyway Amazon are doing deals all week for it.

That's wrong - there's NOTHING wrong with calling someone black!

Just don't call them a n!gger/coloured in a derogatory manner - simples!

ejmaztec

RichieC wrote: »

US chrimbo shopping day, you get great deals and sometimes you get stampeded to death.

...and the scent of cowsh1t and diesel, because they're worth it

biko

American cultural imperialism gone mad.

Senna

We used to have Black Eye Friday. The day all the builders used to finish work before Christmas, lots of drinking and fighting.

uncle_sam_ie

kfallon wrote: »

Why do we need Thanksgiving when we have the Holy Souls in November :pac:

Anyway if you have Thanksgiving I think it'd take something away from the magic of Christmas with just a month apart!

That's whats great about Thanksgiving. Not everyone in the States celebrates Christmas so, it's a holiday that includes all no matter what religion you follow. There is no shopping for it or card giving. You just get a day off eat a feast and then fall asleep on the couch while watching a football game. It's the one holiday I miss.

Dermo

uncle_sam_ie wrote: »

it's a holiday that includes all no matter what religion you follow

except the indians

WoollyRedHat

Marcel Tart Grommet wrote: »

What is Black Friday anyway?

It's where Gold crashed,

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/harp/1016.html

As for the others, they're all imposters

Duckworth_Luas

Dermo wrote: »

except the indians

They conveniently forget about the ancient aliens as well!

uncle_sam_ie

Dermo wrote: »

except the indians

Thanksgiving has nothing to do with Indians. The baloney about Pilgrims and Indians is just folklore. Thanksgiving started with Abraham Lincoln http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/thanks.htm

InTheTrees

Its called black friday because its the day the big sales start before xmas and retailers supposedly go into "the black" from being in the red i suppose.

Er. thanksgiving is always on a thursday and americans get friday off so thats why the sales start that day.

orourkeda

anything for a day off work

nice_very

Rebecca Black Friday?

El Weirdo

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

I do,i was just joking because if you say black around here your a racist.

No you're not.

However, you are when you come out with stuff like this:

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

Fairplay to him,i really dont like Nigerians and if that makes me a racist then so what,they contribute nothing to this country,they are the most ignorant people i have ever met and the sooner they all leave the better.

meoklmrk91

Thanksgiving: Sounds nice, day spent with the family lovely big dinner which in reality would be a large argument a couple of hours into it followed by a frosty dinner, followed by everyone going to their respective rooms being bored off their heads.

Black Friday: Why would anyone put themselves through that, Amazon is the only way to go for X-mas shopping.

GetWithIt

Festivus yes! Bagels no!

eth0

Black friday: Mindless 'follow the crowd' consumerism binge of people buying shoite they don't need.

Thanksgiving: Celebration of a genocide as someone already said

No thx, the yanks can keep both of these

Thanksgiving is lovely, but I see it pretty much as the same situation as Hanukkah - A lovely tradition, but nothing to do with me and would take away from Christmas.

It's an American tradition - I don't get why we would do it.

As for Black Friday, a holiday centred around shopping not only makes me a little sad but would also not work in Ireland. Suddenly all those oul' biddies that usually push you around with their wheely-trollies in supermarkets would be out all at once and with maximum gusto. In addition pram pushers would be out in full force too (I don't mean mothers, I mean those particular people who push you up and down aisles in Pennys with their buggies). Aggression, pushiness, desperate dashes for queues. I'm basically imagining all the worst bits of Christmas shopping but all of them in a confined space.

And another thing oul' biddies do; every time you take a step forward in the queue they take two, until you're genuinely convinced they've succeeded in getting lodged up your a*se.

Wetai

eth0 wrote: »

Black friday: Mindless 'follow the crowd' consumerism binge of people buying shoite they don't need.

Plenty of people wait until Black Friday to buy stuff that they want, to get them cheaper.