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Old Nov 24th 2011 | 11:50 pm
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/1...n_1112548.html
 
Old Nov 24th 2011 | 11:54 pm
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Only in America.
 
Old Nov 25th 2011 | 12:18 am
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Originally Posted by materialcontroller
Only in America.
Of course, we Brits would NEVER do anything like that!
 
Old Nov 25th 2011 | 12:24 am
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Of course, we Brits would NEVER do anything like that!
Too right we wouldn't. We'd just throw punches instead.
 
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It gets better:

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20...pepper-sprayed

People have been shot, and an explosive device was found in a Walmart in AZ!
 
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Comment underneath from a Huffington Post blogger: What those who criticize and poke fun at the deal-starved camper don't consider is that many of them weren't there for the sport of Black Friday -- it's a necessity
So electrical goods are now a 'necessity'?
 
Old Nov 25th 2011 | 5:02 am
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The whole thing is repulsive.
 
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... now that's something which wasn't advertised for Black Friday at Walmart - "Free Pepper Spray" (*restrictions apply)

Still, person has balls considering that someone could have just gone over to the gun department.....
 
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Black Friday can cheerfully go **** itself.
 
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Originally Posted by Sarah
Black Friday can cheerfully go **** itself.
 
Old Nov 25th 2011 | 6:41 am
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Originally Posted by Sally Redux
Comment underneath from a Huffington Post blogger: What those who criticize and poke fun at the deal-starved camper don't consider is that many of them weren't there for the sport of Black Friday -- it's a necessity
So electrical goods are now a 'necessity'?
Have a sneaky feeling that the response was sarcasm...
 
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Is this what certain elements of the political right would applaud as American business savvy at its best?

As a Brit I'd feel strongly enough to write a stiffly worded letter to The Times... it's outrageous!!!
 
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Originally Posted by Sally Redux
Comment underneath from a Huffington Post blogger: What those who criticize and poke fun at the deal-starved camper don't consider is that many of them weren't there for the sport of Black Friday -- it's a necessity
So electrical goods are now a 'necessity'?
I believe some members of the human race feel that certain cucumber-shaped electrical goods (oo-er missus) are a necessity...
 
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At our local Walmart, at 11.45 p.m., on Christmas Day (yes that was the time, they opened a few minutes early), the police had to be called, because 2 women got into a fight over a cell phone, and brought the whole rack down.
 
Old Nov 27th 2011 | 7:49 am
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This is just silly. People need to think back to they very first year in school when everyone was 5 years old and remember that the only real necessities to survive are Food, Clothing, and shelter.
 

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