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Funniest Memes of the Week – Bad Luck Lincoln, Black Friday, and More

Hannah Gutenplan — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:30:52 +0000

We couldn't collect the funniest memes of the week without including memes on the two biggest events of this week. So just for you, we have a bunch of Thanksgiving memes and Black Friday memes that will either make you roll on the floor laughing, or cringe at the memory of too much food and too much shopping

15 Black Friday Crowds We'd Like to Avoid

Cameron Simcik — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:30:29 +0000

If you’re out there pushing, punching, and overspending, you might be pictured in our nightmarish roundup of Black Friday crowd shots. Thanksgiving and Black Friday are arguably the best set of consecutive days in the entire year. Think about it: we give thanks for the tons of awesome stuff in our lives on Thursday, and then [...]

New Kimmel Holiday Special: 'It's Black Friday, Charlie Brown'

Kyle Dowling — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:20:52 +0000

Leave it to Jimmy Kimmel and his crew to make America’s favorite comic strip characters into greedy, dirty-mouthed misanthropes, just like the rest of us Black Friday shoppers!The Late Night talk show host’s hilarious Charlie Brown remix mocked the Black Friday shoppers of the past: the tramplers, the crazies, and the “I’ll-do-anything-to-get-what-I-want” shoppers. And as outlandish as [...]

Watch: Black Friday Shoppers Descend on Victoria's Secret

Tom Blunt — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:15:41 +0000

It’s not just the big-box stores like Walmart and Target who get mobbed by ‘Black Friday’ shoppers. Here you can watch as hundreds of women prepare to trample each other for fancy underwear at their local Victoria’s Secret. Shot at a mall in Overland Park, Kansas, this video captures police and store management attempting to [...]

The Funniest Black Friday Memes

Emerald Catron — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:15:06 +0000

It's Black Friday, and you know what that means -- hiding in your home away from the world while people desperately claw at each other's faces to buy a Wii U for their kid. The madness is not for everybody. Some of us like to eat cold turkey all day and wonder how a person could be so hungover. For those of us who would rather spend time with our TVs watching 'Star Wars' than rioting over discounted athletic socks, we present these Black Friday memes to make you feel like you've made the right choice.

Do You Approve of 'Black Friday' Starting on Thanksgiving Day? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:28:42 +0000

The big gimmick this Thanksgiving season is retailers beginning their Black Friday sales on Thursday, a day previously reserved for turkey and football with the family. This has understandably annoyed retail employees, who now have to work on what was previously a holiday. It also isn’t necessarily winning over consumers. According to a survey from Google [...]

Where to Find the Best Thanksgiving and Black Friday Deals

Mike Adams — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:21:12 +0000

Holiday shoppers have been sharpening their skills for weeks in anticipation of all the Thanksgiving and Black Friday deals that are schedule to go down before most holiday dinners are even digested. For that particular breed of deal-hungry lunatic, many retailers are offering bargains on merchandise for about 40 percent off the everyday “sane” price, according [...]

Watch Some Deer Get a Head Start on Black Friday

Donald Deane — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:52:09 +0000

Everyone knows that the day after Thanksgiving -- aka Black Friday -- is the busiest day of the year for shopping. But apparently three wild deer got a bit confused as to the date and showed up at Kohl's department store four days early.

The Best 2012 Black Friday Deals for Internet Nerds

Emerald Catron — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:28:46 +0000

It's time to officially start panicking that you haven't done any Christmas shopping yet. Sure you have something in mind for mom and dad. But what about for your internet-obsessed brother or your boyfriend who spends more time on Reddit than he does at work? Where are the 2012 Black Friday deals for them?

Here are seven gifts you can give to any lover of memes, internet culture, or just being as completely ironic as possible at all times. Good luck. And good hunting. For gifts. (Click the links below to purchase.)

Best Buy Will Try Not to Ruin Christmas Again This Year

Mike Adams — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:06:30 +0000

Last year, Best Buy made a bunch of their customers angry when they were unable to fill the orders taken on Black Friday and Cyber Monday due to a lack of inventory. The company then failed to make its customers aware of this until just days before Christmas. Needless to say, Best Buy’s customer-service practices have not been held in very high regard ever since.

Will You Be Hitting the Stores This Black Friday? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:43:09 +0000

We are inching closer to the shopping extravaganza known as Black Friday, the day on which stores around the nation offer door-busting prices so low that otherwise-rational consumers take temporary leave of their senses, shake off their tryptophan haze and rush to the nearest mall at ungodly hours of the night. Or maybe not.

Your Official Guide to When Stores Will Open on Black Friday

Mike Adams — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:12:57 +0000

There is hardly any such thing as Black Friday anymore. With numerous retailers, like Walmart, opening their doors to holiday bargain addicts as early as 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving, other retailers must now either join the circus or risk missing out on frantic buyers with turkey hangovers and itchy spending fingers.

Black Friday at Walmart Not Even on Friday Anymore

Mike Adams — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:06:45 +0000

Black Friday may not be able to keep its name much longer. This holiday season, Walmart plans to get the shopping madness started a bit earlier than in times past—on Thursday. Or as most of us call it, Thanksgiving. The retailer will open its doors to all of the rabid jackals and sadistic lunatics willing [...]

2012 Black Friday Deals, Steals and Business Hours in Abilene

Frank Pain — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:10:47 +0000

Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year. Primarily because of all of the insane savings the local and national retail stores offer. As we get closer to Black Friday stores will begin to unveil their discounts and hours of operation. Just bookmark this page and check back [...]

10 Awesomely Fun Holiday Gifts for TV Fans

Rose Maura Lorre — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:57:10 +0000

Gingerwilliams/RainbowAlternative/HotMonkeyGraphics, Etsy Art doesn't imitate life — it imitates television! Just check out these 10 TV-influenced handicrafts brought to you by some of the clever craftsellers at Etsy. We consider each a fitting homage to some of our favorite must-see TV. They also make great gifts for your couch potato pals and/or loved ones. [...]

Lauren Alaina Mobbed While Trying to Score Black Friday Deals

Billy Dukes — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:43:10 +0000

Lauren Alaina found out one of the pitfalls of fame over the weekend. While trying to take advantage of Black Friday deals at Walmart and her local mall, the 17-year-old was mobbed by fans who recognized her, despite her every woman look. In an interview with WUSY in Chattanooga, Tenn,. Alaina talked about her shopping [...]

Fights At Black Friday Sales [VIDEO]

Rudy Fernandez — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 04:49:02 +0000

Black Friday is a day where everything we gave thanks for and asked God to make us a better person at, all goes out the window. There is nothing worse than listening to women call each other names curse, claw, scratch and fight over a few items that are on sale for a few hours and for a limited few people. This was not limited to just women, it’s that women were the ones I witnessed doing all the a fore mentioned and more. It appears that this “black Friday deal shopping” has become a sort of full contact sport and has men and from what I mostly saw, women using fowl and threatening language. What has happened to us? Why have we allowed a few stores to lure us into this type of “Jerry Springer mentality?”

Black Friday Deals Every Pet Owner Should Know About

Vetstreet Editors — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:34:46 +0000

Planning to get a jump on your holiday shopping this week? Don’t forget man’s best friend — a variety of pet retailers are offering steals and deals for the dog and cat sets on Black Friday. Get out there early and get Fido what he really wants for the holidays this year!

Check Out Some Unique Holiday Gift Ideas for Kids [PHOTOS]

Don Deane — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:50:34 +0000

Struggling to decide what to buy for a child this holiday season? Then check out this collection of unique holiday gifts for kids of all ages courtesy of ‘The Early Show.’

Gift ideas include the Scruble Cube, a game that combines the Rubik’s Cube with Scrabble, dolls from the StinkyKids collection, chopsticks for kids with animal toppers and a device that makes rainbows.

Check out some neat holiday gift items for youngsters below.

5 Tips For Conducting a Successful Black Friday Operation

Matthew Roulette — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:25:19 +0000

Matthew Staver, Bloomberg/Getty Black Friday is not a casual shopping day, but rather it is the closet thing civilians will ever get to tasting real combat. As such, one should treat it like a military mission, with objectives, casualties and above all, strategies. For all the brave souls who are enticed by great “deals” like [...]