Canadian Black Friday

[Joel S. Berson]

Today either my AM car radio or my TV CNN said something about how
the rest of the world was being influenced by the U.S. Black
Friday.  I wasn't really listening, however, so I can't tell you how.

Joel

At 11/29/2013 11:04 AM, Michael Quinion wrote:
>Dave Wilton commented:
>
> > I'm hearing radio ads for "Black Friday" sales here in Toronto. This
> > strikes me as odd since yesterday wasn't a holiday up here. It's kind of
> > like hearing ads for "Boxing Day" sales in the States.
>
>We've been seeing them here in the UK, too, which is even weirder. For
>example: http://dailym.ai/1j0I9m1 .
>
>
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>Michael Quinion
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