11-28-2008, 10:17 AM
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Wal-Mart employee trampled to death on Black Friday stampede
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11-28-2008, 10:22 AM
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Voted for Kodos
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So much for Black Friday sales being slow.
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11-28-2008, 10:23 AM
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Director of the HFBI
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Maybe they should rename it to bloody friday 
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11-28-2008, 10:28 AM
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Dances with Wolves
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I've wanted to kill people to get out of a walmart but never to get into a walmart.
Trampled by people who would rather save $20 on an ipod then pick you up ... what a depressing way to go.
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11-28-2008, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Ronald Pagan
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I especially like how the first part of the article has a little blurb about the trampling, and then the rest reads like a promotion.
"Somebody died, but you can get some great deals on televisions and Guitar Hero (tm)..."
The police should try to identify as many people involved as possible and charge them all with manslaughter.
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Last edited by FlamesAddiction; 11-28-2008 at 10:31 AM.
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11-28-2008, 10:30 AM
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No kidding what a terrible article.
Man dies in flood of consumerist rage. But look at all these great deals on Plasma TVs!!
Sad sad indictment of our society.
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11-28-2008, 10:34 AM
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Okay trampling death aside the dumbest part of this article is some of the people's reasons for lining up.
They're saying things like "Well the budget is tight so i lined up so I can save $50 on a tv"
Damnit people, Buying a $400 tv does not save you $50 it costs you $400.
If you're serioulsy worried about that $50, maybe you should rethink the purchase.
It's that damn the more I buy the more I save mentality that is the reason for the current economic problems right now.
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11-28-2008, 10:38 AM
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Dances with Wolves
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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
Okay trampling death aside the dumbest part of this article is some of the people's reasons for lining up.
They're saying things like "Well the budget is tight so i lined up so I can save $50 on a tv"
Damnit people, Buying a $400 tv does not save you $50 it costs you $400.
If you're serioulsy worried about that $50, maybe you should rethink the purchase.
It's that damn the more I buy the more I save mentality that is the reason for the current economic problems right now.
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Absolutely agree. The logic people try and spew out is shocking at times. I have a friend who is in some rather serious financial trouble. He'll say something along the lines of "I quit smoking and I determined that the money I save each month on cigarettes is roughly equal to the monthly payment on a boat ... so i bought a boat".
That there is a head scratcher.
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11-28-2008, 10:39 AM
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Not the one...
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Originally Posted by Ronald Pagan
No kidding what a terrible article.
Man dies in flood of consumerist rage. But look at all these great deals on Plasma TVs!!
Sad sad indictment of our society.
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Couldn't agree more.
The article about a tragic and horribly silly death finishes with;
“I think we are going to see the busiest Black Friday ever, but will it carry over past 10 a.m.?” he said. “The bottom line is a great Black Friday does not make a season.”
Embarrassing.
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11-28-2008, 10:50 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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I think this should be added to the FAIL thread.
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11-28-2008, 10:59 AM
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Norm!
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Originally Posted by Russic
I've wanted to kill people to get out of a walmart but never to get into a walmart.
Trampled by people who would rather save $20 on an ipod then pick you up ... what a depressing way to go.
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Obviously you weren't around for the famous cabbage patch kid brawls of the mid 80's, where house wives would kick the ever loving hell out of each other so they could get thier hands on the ugliest toy ever made.
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11-28-2008, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Obviously you weren't around for the famous cabbage patch kid brawls of the mid 80's, where house wives would kick the ever loving hell out of each other so they could get thier hands on the ugliest toy ever made.
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Hey! My wife got one of those for our 9 month old daughter for xmas, it's the 25 year anniversary, and apparently they are popular once more. Hell, she only had to bust up 2 other Moms, and was certainly nowhere close to kicking the ever loving hell out of them.
Now the Tickle Me Elmo brawls, not the ugliest toy ever made, but quite possibly the stupidest.
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11-28-2008, 11:26 AM
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Norm!
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The other awesome retail war involved Teddy Ruxpin (sp?), I still remember buying one for a nephew and seeing the ugliness there as one old lady ripped the fluffy talking toy out of another womans hands and made a beeline to the cashier holding it high over her head as the Teddy sang some kind of happy song.
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11-28-2008, 11:27 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Obviously you weren't around for the famous cabbage patch kid brawls of the mid 80's, where house wives would kick the ever loving hell out of each other so they could get thier hands on the ugliest toy ever made.
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Originally Posted by Khel
Hey! My wife got one of those for our 9 month old daughter for xmas, it's the 25 year anniversary, and apparently they are popular once more. Hell, she only had to bust up 2 other Moms, and was certainly nowhere close to kicking the ever loving hell out of them.
Now the Tickle Me Elmo brawls, not the ugliest toy ever made, but quite possibly the stupidest.
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These are far more modern people. They octagon for a X-box 360 console!
Fat people Fight! My goodness people time to put down the 4 burgers! 
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11-28-2008, 11:29 AM
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Norm!
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man, if we wanted to clean up the gene pool, every purchase of an xbox around christmas would come with a free handgun.
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11-28-2008, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Russic
Absolutely agree. The logic people try and spew out is shocking at times. I have a friend who is in some rather serious financial trouble. He'll say something along the lines of "I quit smoking and I determined that the money I save each month on cigarettes is roughly equal to the monthly payment on a boat ... so i bought a boat".
That there is a head scratcher.
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He should have got the mystery box.
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11-28-2008, 11:48 AM
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
They're saying things like "Well the budget is tight so i lined up so I can save $50 on a tv"
Damnit people, Buying a $400 tv does not save you $50 it costs you $400.
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Good post. Reminded me of this phrase:
"Save 'til you're broke!"
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11-28-2008, 11:49 AM
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I'm going broke saving so much money!
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11-28-2008, 11:53 AM
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Norm!
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Originally Posted by Ro
Good post. Reminded me of this phrase:
"Save 'til you're broke!"
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And if you can't afford it f'n finance it.
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11-28-2008, 12:03 PM
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One of the Nine
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IMO "Black Friday" is a more suitable name now than ever.
Gross. 
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