[Ads-l] Floral/Flower Friday

[Barretts Mail]

I’m sure there are lots of things like this out there. I presume Caturday is when you post cat media on social media accounts on Saturdays—because nobody does that on the other six days of the week…….BB

> On 10 Mar 2022, at 13:33, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Is this similar to Caturday?
> DanG
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> On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 3:33 PM Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com <mailto:mail.barretts at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
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>> I was just asked what “Floral Friday” means by someone who was told
>> flowers would be passed out (tomorrow?). I had no idea. It sounded like a
>> social media custom.
>> 
>> 1. Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_shirt#Aloha_Friday <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_shirt#Aloha_Friday> <
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_shirt#Aloha_Friday <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_shirt#Aloha_Friday>>) says that Bill
>> Foster, Sr., campaign pushing for Aloha Friday, on which people could wear
>> Hawaiian (aloha) shirts to work. The custom began the following year and
>> worked its way to the mainland US where it became Casual Friday.
>> 
>> 2. Cultural Inclusions (https://tinyurl.com/59t6uzn7 <https://tinyurl.com/59t6uzn7> <
>> https://tinyurl.com/59t6uzn7 <https://tinyurl.com/59t6uzn7>>, 29 Oct 2020) says on YouTube that in the
>> Torres Straits Islands, everyone wears floral clothing on Friday.
>> 
>> 3. Hashtag Picker (https://hashtagpicker.com/hashtag-view?id=965 <https://hashtagpicker.com/hashtag-view?id=965> <
>> https://hashtagpicker.com/hashtag-view?id=965 <https://hashtagpicker.com/hashtag-view?id=965>>) says:
>> 
>> ###
>> Friday has become the designated day to post floral and flower content
>> under the hashtags #floralfriday and/or #flowerfriday. While it's fine to
>> post flower related material on other days of the week, Friday is a
>> specific day when those searching for flora content will be looking.
>> 
>> ###
>> 
>> 4. I do … Inspiration (https://tinyurl.com/mrx7ynyw <https://tinyurl.com/mrx7ynyw> <
>> https://tinyurl.com/mrx7ynyw <https://tinyurl.com/mrx7ynyw>>)
>> {Floral Friday} Vintage Art Deco Theme
>> Posted by Heather Taylor
>> 14 Nov 2009
>> 
>> ###
>> 
>> Hey everyone and welcome back for another (late) Floral Friday!
>> This week is all about Vintage Art Deco themes for weddings, but when it
>> comes to your floral pieces, there really aren't many limitations to what
>> you can do.
>> 
>> ###
>> 
>> 5. Queensland Government (https://tinyurl.com/muyfx57t <https://tinyurl.com/muyfx57t> <
>> https://tinyurl.com/muyfx57t>)
>> Texas MPHS celebrates five weeks of floral Friday fun
>> 29 Nov 2016
>> 
>> A little bit of the tropics came to Texas recently with staff at the
>> Multipurpose Health Service donning
>> floral shirts for some fun and fundraising.
>> 
>> …
>> 
>> “Ruth returned from a recent contract and she has been the impetus for us
>> to take up a Torres Strait
>> tradition of Floral Friday for five weeks to provide something fun.
>> 
>> “This has involved wearing a floral shirt or outfit on Fridays. The staff
>> embraced this with both hands
>> including the Mingoola Place residents who opted to dress in floral on
>> Fridays also.
>> 
>> ###
>> 
>> Benjamin Barrett (he/his/him)
>> Formerly of Seattle, WA
>> 
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