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Re: Boston radio trivia quiz...the 60s




I wrote:

> > Does anyone remember Paul Benzaquin's name for
> > today, the Friday after Thanksgiving 

Cooper Fox tried:
> Would it have been Black Friday?

That is not the answer I'm looking for.  The business
reporters are saying that "Black Friday" comes from retailers
whose finances might succeed in going "into the black" on this
day.   But Paul Benzaquin used to have his own name for this day
when throngs of people crowd into the stores: he called it
"Idiots' Day".

--RC


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