[Ads-l] Floral/Flower Friday

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Here are a few acronymic days on social media

TBT: Throwback Thursday
FBF: Flashback Friday
FF: Follow Friday
WCW: Womancrush Wednesday
MCM: Mancrush Monday
TGIF: Thank God it's Friday
HBD: Happy birthday
OOTD: Outfit of the day
POTD: Photo of the day

On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 1:53 PM Baker, John <JBAKER at stradley.com> wrote:
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> Specifically, Caturday is the day to post LOLcats, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolcat.
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> John Baker
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> Subject: Re: Floral/Flower Friday
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> 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
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> > On 10 Mar 2022, at 13:33, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM<mailto: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<mailto:mail.barretts at gmail.com%20%3cmailto: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>> <
> >> 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.
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> >> 2. Cultural Inclusions (https://tinyurl.com/59t6uzn7<https://tinyurl.com/59t6uzn7> <https://tinyurl.com/59t6uzn7<https://tinyurl.com/59t6uzn7>> <
> >> 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.
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> >> 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>> <
> >> 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:
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> >> ###
> >> 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>> <
> >> 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
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> >> ###
> >>
> >> 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<https://tinyurl.com/muyfx57t>> <
> >> https://tinyurl.com/muyfx57t<https://tinyurl.com/muyfx57t>>)
> >> Texas MPHS celebrates five weeks of floral Friday fun
> >> 29 Nov 2016
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> >> 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.
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> >> “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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