From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:03:40 -0800   
   Snidely  wrote:   
      
   > Kerr-Mudd, John was thinking very hard :   
   > > On Thu, 28 Nov 2024 13:50:02 -0800   
   > > Snidely  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> Hey, if you're in the US, Happy Thanksgiving!  May all your gatherings   
   > >> be cheerful and warm!   
   > >>   
   > >> If you're in Canada, I hope you have happy memories of your   
   > >> Thanksgiving.   
   > >>   
   > >> If you're elsewhere, I hope that the harvest or planting celebrations   
   > >> are prompting thanks for the bounty before the winter's chill ... or   
   > >> the summer's scorch for the Upside Down Folk.   
   > >>   
   > > We (UK) have Black Friday. We don't know much about it yet, but if there's   
   > > a cheap deal...   
   >   
   > Before the mailers started, what would you have thought "Black Friday"   
   > referred to?   
   >   
   > (The Mary Poppins answer: It's the Day all the Sweeps get together to   
   > sing "Chim Chim Cherree".)   
      
   It was back when the UK joined the ERM for a few hours. Oh that was   
   Wednesday. We also had Blue Mondays.  Maybe all days are colour-coded, and   
   I've forgotten.   
      
   --   
   Bah, and indeed Humbug.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)