Quote from: Jon898 on November 28, 2014, 07:12:50 PM
At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised to hear that there's a move for the UK to celebrate July 4th so fireworks can be sold for four months  .

Where I am we do celebrate the fourth of July; Thank goodness we got rid of those troublesome colonies!  

Quote from: BudgieJane on November 29, 2014, 09:08:00 PM
Where I am we do celebrate the fourth of July; Thank goodness we got rid of those troublesome colonies!  

  Too right!

When I first came to the US, I had to remind the "natives" that the only reason they won the War of Independence was that their French were better than our Germans.  They then would start in on the War of 1812 (that I had never heard of...thought 1812 was all about Napoleon in Russia  )...then when my books arrived from the UK, I found one paragraph in History of Britain Volume 5, 1688 to the Present which kind of put that into perspective.  Of course, I've now "gone native" myself so I suppose the joke's on me!

I have to admit that I boought the fallen madonna with the big boobies off amazon and am quite looking forward to watching the full series of Allo Allo, it made me giggle when I was younger lets hope it has the same effect.

Quote from: Chetcombe on November 28, 2014, 04:19:41 PM
With respect guys, I think you should blame your UK retailers rather than America / Americans Remember today is the day after Thanksgiving which for most of the country is a holiday. As such it has always marked the unofficial start to Christmas and it probably isn't surprising that it is the biggest shopping day of the year.

Yes, I get from our American friends over here that the day after Thanksgiving is when they start Xmas in ernest... although Xmas music can be heard in some malls around October time. We get the Thu and Friday as holiday for Thanksgiving, as do most Americans not working in stores.

So, there really is no excuse for Britain to succumb to another American import, other than a marketing opportunity. But in this economy, who can blame the retailers for trying, and the public for wanting cheap stuff?

In the US, it is not actually just tat, and the sales prices can be ridiculously low. I suspect that the handful of 60" TVs that get sold for $200 draw the crowds and they then spend a lot more on stuff that is much less dicounted.

We don't set foot outside the house for those two days and avoid malls the whole of the following weekend... which gives me more time for modeling!

But that said there is no excuse in a civilized society for the kind of behaviour we see over here every year.

Black Friday - when Americans trample each other to death for cheap goods mere hours after giving thanks for what they aleady have!

Please don't let Britain go this way or there will be nothing to come back for (apart from proper bacon butties, of course)!!!