{"id":2757,"date":"2018-08-06T17:56:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T16:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/?p=2757"},"modified":"2018-08-10T16:54:14","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T15:54:14","slug":"black-friday-versus-good-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/black-friday-versus-good-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank, Fish, Friday&#8230; and Bacon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A STORY, by DAVID WITHINGTON<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Fish-for-tea.jpg\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2777\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Fish-for-tea.jpg\" alt=\"Fish for tea\" width=\"1048\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Fish-for-tea.jpg 1048w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Fish-for-tea-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Fish-for-tea-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Fish-for-tea-1024x583.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1048px) 100vw, 1048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/davidwithington\/embed\/episodes\/Frank--Fish--Friday----and-Bacon-e1vjes\" width=\"400px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;We\u2019re having fish today.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Frank tried to hide the disappointment on his face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Fish? Why?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;It\u2019s a special Friday.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2799\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2799\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/day-835239_640.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2799\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/day-835239_640.jpg\" alt=\"Today's a special day, Frank.\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/day-835239_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/day-835239_640-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/day-835239_640-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2799\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Today&#8217;s a special day, Frank.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Frank was puzzled. And his face displayed it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">He&#8217;d been married to Sarah for well over 50 years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">And for most of that time, they&#8217;d lived in the same little semi-detached house in the suburbs of London, England.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Yet sometimes he couldn\u2019t work her out. This was one of those times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;We always have fish on religious festivals,&#8221; exclaimed Sarah, giving Frank one of those <em>&#8216;you ought to know&#8217;<\/em> looks.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2779\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/food-1505942_640.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2779\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/food-1505942_640.jpg\" alt=\"We always have fish on religious festivals.\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/food-1505942_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/food-1505942_640-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cWe always have fish on religious festivals.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Frank&#8217;s brain went into overdrive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">He knew his wife Sarah was a very religious person, and that she tried to keep certain days special.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">So he always tried to remember those special days in the calendar and go along with her to church.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">High church wasn&#8217;t Frank&#8217;s thing. But he could cope with a few days like Easter and that.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2780\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2780\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/church-498525_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2780\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/church-498525_640.jpg\" alt=\"Church wasn't Frank's thing\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/church-498525_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/church-498525_640-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">High Church wasn&#8217;t Frank&#8217;s thing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">But today&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Let me think this through&#8230;&#8221; muttered Frank under his breath as Sarah trotted off into the kitchen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s November,&#8221; he pondered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;I can\u2019t remember anything particular about November last year.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">And there&#8217;s nothing written on our calendar.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2782\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2782\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/calendar-1990453_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2782\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/calendar-1990453_640.jpg\" alt=\"There was nothing on their wall calendar\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/calendar-1990453_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/calendar-1990453_640-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There was nothing on their wall calendar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">He didn\u2019t want to upset Sarah. These special days meant a lot to her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">But eventually, he could stand it no longer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Sarah&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Yes Dear?&#8221; came the voice from the kitchen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;I was just wondering&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;No problem. I\u2019ve got it sorted,&#8221; retorted Sarah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Even if Frank hadn\u2019t been puzzled already, he certainly was now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Tea or coffee?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2783\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2783\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/teapot-691729_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2783\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/teapot-691729_640.jpg\" alt=\"Tea. Right answer; wrong problem.\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/teapot-691729_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/teapot-691729_640-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tea. Right answer; wrong problem.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Ah! Oh&#8230; err&#8230; tea, please. Err&#8230; can I ask you something, Dear&#8230;?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;This special religious day that we\u2019re celebrating today?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;It\u2019s not Good Friday, is it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;I mean&#8230; Easter does move around, but it\u2019s not normally in November, is it?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sarah\u2019s expression changed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The confident, joyful look on her face transformed into one of doubt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Let me check,&#8221; she said as she picked up the iPad.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2784\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2784\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hand-2906416_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2784\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hand-2906416_640.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah was an expert on the iPad\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hand-2906416_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hand-2906416_640-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah was an expert on the iPad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;What are you looking at?&#8221; asked Frank, peering over Sarah&#8217;s shoulder and even more puzzled now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;I mean, what can <em>Amazon<\/em> tell you about religious holidays and why we need to eat fish today?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;There!&#8221; Exclaimed Sarah. &#8220;I knew I was right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;What?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Right there! On that page!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Frank scanned the Amazon home page up and down, left and right. But still he couldn\u2019t figure out what Sarah meant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">He decided to bite the bullet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Are you sure, Dear, that you haven\u2019t mixed up today with some other day?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;No, Frank! Look!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2789\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2789\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/pointing_finger.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2789\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/pointing_finger.png\" alt=\"&quot;Read what it says there, Frank!&quot;\" width=\"423\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/pointing_finger.png 423w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/pointing_finger-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Read what it says there, Frank!&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sarah was quite adamant now. How dare Frank question her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Read what it says there!&#8221; she said, speaking in her <em>teacher-style<\/em> voice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Now Frank knew she meant business. He&#8217;d learned never to argue with an ex-teacher.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">So he began reading, one word at a time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;The<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">One<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Day<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Black<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Friday<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Event.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Frank erupted in laughter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Hahaha! It isn\u2019t GOOD Friday! Haha! It\u2019s BLACK Friday!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2785\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2785\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/black-2951012_640.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2785\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/black-2951012_640.png\" alt=\"Sarah was celebrating Black Friday\" width=\"640\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/black-2951012_640.png 640w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/black-2951012_640-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah was celebrating Black Friday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Now it was Sarah&#8217;s turn to be puzzled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;So what&#8217;s the difference?&#8221; she asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;The difference is&#8230;&#8221; explained Frank&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;The difference is that on <em>Good<\/em> Friday, the world&#8217;s most <em>selfless<\/em> act happened over 2000 years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Yeah, I get that,&#8221; said Sarah. &#8220;What\u2019s <em>Black<\/em> Friday then?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;That&#8217;s the world&#8217;s most <em>selfish<\/em> day&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;That&#8217;s when people fight over the last remaining large-screen TV in the store&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;That\u2019s when people go into massive debt to buy expensive things to impress neighbours they don\u2019t even like&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2797\" style=\"width: 463px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/worried-30148_640.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2797\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/worried-30148_640.png\" alt=\"People go into massive debt\" width=\"463\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/worried-30148_640.png 463w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/worried-30148_640-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People go into massive debt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;And most importantly&#8230; that\u2019s when we don\u2019t need to have fish&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Let\u2019s grill some bacon!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- DavidWithington Blog --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1906377557685088\" data-ad-slot=\"1818767508\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"frank-podcast\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Prefer to listen?<\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A STORY, by DAVID WITHINGTON \u00a0 &#8220;We\u2019re having fish today.&#8221; Frank tried to hide the disappointment on his face. &#8220;Fish? 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