TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, November 30, 2015

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Did anyone go shopping for Black Friday? I still have yet to subject myself to that craziness. I'd much rather shop online in my jammies than spend time fighting people over the cheapest electronic.

However, I do know some people that LOVE Black Friday shopping, and can't wait to get up at 3 a.m. to stand in line for the best deal. Godspeed to them!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Shopping is a woman thing. It's a contact sport like football. Women enjoy the scrimmage, the noisy crowds, the danger of being trampled to death, and the ecstasy of the purchase."

HINT: (1927-1996), was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper column that described suburban home life from the mid-1960s until the late 1990s.

RANDOM TIDBITS
In 1951, employers coined the term "Black Friday" because so many employees called in sick the day after Thanksgiving. The term had absolutely nothing to do with the shopping festivities.

In 1961, newspapers in Philadelphia used the term to illustrate the resemblance of the great number of people and the city's hysteria.

In 1981, the media first used the phrase to indicate a store was making a profit rather than losing.

In 1939 Franklin D. Roosevelt moved the date for Thanksgiving one week earlier, so there was a longer shopping period. Some people referred to it as Franksgiving.

In 1952, the first true Christmas craze was caused by a Hasbro commercial, which led to a huge sale in toys.

In 1975, the pet rock was released. Five years later, the Rubik's Cube came out. In 1983, Cabbage Patch became a national craze, followed by the release of the Transformers in 1984.

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Shopping is a woman thing. It's a contact sport like football. Women enjoy the scrimmage, the noisy crowds, the danger of being trampled to death, and the ecstasy of the purchase."

ANSWER: Erma Bombeck.

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