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New York, 6:07 AM
Fri Nov 27
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    Don't Just Sit There — Go and Shop!

    Five Ways to Avoid a Black Friday Trampling

    And the Bony, Terrifying Hand of Black Friday Beckons

    The Blackest Friday

    Wal-Mart Employee Killed In Black Friday Stampede

    Black Friday: 02138 Folds

    Black Friday better than the last one
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    Image of bodegacat bodegacat
    02:55 AM

    In reply to Five Ways to Avoid a Black Friday Trampling

    You could combine 1, 2, 3 and 4 by yelling "Look, it's Rob Pattinson!" and then pushing through in a tight V-formation in this uniform:
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    Image of Dot Dot
    03:48 AM

    @bodegacat: I would be quite relieved to see something that normal at a Wal-Mart. Plus, good combo!
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    12:26 AM

    In reply to Five Ways to Avoid a Black Friday Trampling
    My brush with (the Wal-Mart, Black Friday) death:
    Because of hangovers and still being awake, and after a vicious T-giving fest with my family, my manfriend and I decided to check out the 5 a.m. extravaganza at Wallyworld. Incipient brain death was our only excuse, not only for being at Black Friday, but for being at (for fuck's sake) Wal-Mart at all, ever. After pulling up in the car and viewing the inbred, wild-eyed, ravenous crowd huddled together in a seething mass of undulating hell, we said "Fuck, no", and left to go get pancakes.
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    11/26/09

    In reply to Five Ways to Avoid a Black Friday Trampling
    I was dragged to a Black Friday sale at a Circuit City by my yuppy cousin two years ago. Never again. Online shopping and excursions to the mall in mid-December for me, thanks.
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    Image of Mike Jahn Mike Jahn
    11/26/09

    In reply to Five Ways to Avoid a Black Friday Trampling
    If you get caught wearing a Walmart uniform you will lose your health benefits no matter where you work.
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11/26/09

    In reply to Don't Just Sit There — Go and Shop!
    Don't even TALK to me about this. Do you know how long I was formatting affiliate links for the blog network I work on? Well, I got up about 23 hours ago. Let's just put it that way.

    And the affiliate websites are actually crashing from everyone else doing exactly the same thing.
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    Image of Glib and Bitchy Glib and Bitchy
    11/26/09

    In reply to Don't Just Sit There — Go and Shop!
    Being forced to work on a family holiday pretty much stinks, but in these tough times I'd think that every workplace has staff that would welcome the extra hours, particularly if overtime/holiday pay factors in -- which it darn well should, though I am sure it doesn't always. As a newspaper refugee, working holidays was something I got used to and even sought.
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    Image of Helio Helio
    11/26/09

    In reply to Don't Just Sit There — Go and Shop!
    Don't tell me what to do, Ravi! I am perfectly content sitting around waiting for the food to stop cooking.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    11/26/09

    In reply to Don't Just Sit There — Go and Shop!
    All I ask for is that these stores put their sales online so I don't have to wake up at four or get trampled by fat crazy people. So far, the only store to get my Black Friday cash is Amazon.com. Thanks for the $5 MP3 albums, guys!
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    Image of Magister Magister
    11/26/09

    @DahlELama: I'm just about to go through all of the "Black Friday" ads in today's paper.

    I'm not really planning to buy a lot tomorrow and it's way too early for me to think about gifts, but there are a couple of things I've been needing and since I live in a non-metro area, Black Friday isn't a scary thing.
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    Image of Glib and Bitchy Glib and Bitchy
    11/26/09

    @DahlELama: Unless they've got their eye on one of the door-buster promo sales, I never understood why anyone would put up with the predawn rush. And even then. . .
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11/26/09

    @DahlELama: See my post above. I've been getting 30-40 emails a day from affiliate stores trying to induce me to PICK THEM PICK THEM to throw some traffic to on Friday. I am heartily sick of capitalism now, and I didn't even buy anything!
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    Image of Dictator for Life Dictator for Life
    11/26/09

    @Glib and Bitchy: Those door buster sales are always on the stuff that's cheap anyway. Get a DVD player for $39! It's the Korean one that's regularly $49, but it's a helluva deal! (Valid from 4-6 am only, limit 6 per customer.)
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    Image of Rozelle’s Bagman Rozelle’s Bagman
    11/26/09

    In reply to Five Ways to Avoid a Black Friday Trampling
    The wedge is illegal this year. You can get the chair in the usual states.
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    Image of RandomLunatic RandomLunatic
    11/21/09

    In reply to And the Bony, Terrifying Hand of Black Friday Beckons
    The Zhu Zhu Pets are a danger as old as the Betsy-Wetsy Doll:

    [dangerist.typepad.com]
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    Image of Rozelle’s Bagman Rozelle’s Bagman
    11/21/09

    In reply to And the Bony, Terrifying Hand of Black Friday Beckons
    John, I'm only hamsterdancing.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/21/09

    In reply to And the Bony, Terrifying Hand of Black Friday Beckons
    It is clearly the next step in the total enslavement of the US by our Chinese overlords. The hamsters are obviously wiring home what they learn.
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    Image of mommy_dearest mommy_dearest
    11/21/09

    In reply to And the Bony, Terrifying Hand of Black Friday Beckons
    A pretend pet is far superior to a real pet, any day. I would get this for my youngin' if she insisted on a pet (although I will not stand in line for one). I did get Sea Monkeys for her because I thought she would like them, but turns out they are really dull, and none of them wear actual crowns like in the picture. They ended up released to the sea, which I don't feel too bad about since they were just entering the food chain where they probably belong, rather than on my kitchen counter.
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    Image of Charlotte Rae's Web Charlotte Rae's Web
    11/22/09

    @mommy_dearest: My kiddo is getting one but I got it at a normal price in the store. My child is forgetful and loves letting our dogs upstairs to her room - I'm afraid one of our dogs would make a quick snack of a real hamster when my daughter lets the dog and hamster play, then wanders off.

    This way, no death, no food, no smell.
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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    11/22/09

    @Charlotte Rae's Web: yeah, mixing pets. A whole 'nuther episode. Thanks for thinking this through.
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    11/21/09

    In reply to And the Bony, Terrifying Hand of Black Friday Beckons
    As for Richard Gere I always heard it was a gerbil. A much different animal altogether.
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    11/21/09

    In reply to And the Bony, Terrifying Hand of Black Friday Beckons
    Clearly this is the Chinese version of the 70's arms race that bankrupted the Soviet Union.
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