Comments on: Think — How can this be used as a marketing opportunity?

By: scourtaud

scourtaud — Thu, 18 May 2006 09:27:33 +0000

More around the subject, I own an old convertible beete (1973) that one day broke down in the middle of nowhere going to a meeting (but lost anyway).

out of nowhere another beetle turns up and stops to help.
After introducing myself and explaining I’m more a computer guy than mechanic, the nice guy that had stopped turned out to own a spare part shop for beetle looking for a website…

He fixed my car, I bought parts from him and he bought the website in less than an hour…

By: Demex

Demex — Thu, 18 May 2006 04:32:22 +0000

I heard that Mother’s day came about during World War I when the Mothers of the soldiers marched the streets asking for their sons to be returned. Then the retailers picked this up and called it Mother’s Day and then created a day for Father’s too. Don’t know how accurate this is. :)

By: nitin

nitin — Tue, 16 May 2006 06:36:03 +0000

Off-topic: I remember asking my father “Why isn’t there a ‘Kids Day’?” when I was 10 years old. He grumbled and replied “Practically every day is Kids Day”.

By: pdxi

pdxi — Mon, 15 May 2006 22:54:12 +0000

Off-topic: I remember asking my father “Why isn’t there a ‘Kids Day’?” when I was 10 years old. He grumbled and replied “Practically every day is Kids Day”.

Whoops.

By: artemis

artemis — Mon, 15 May 2006 14:07:47 +0000

in the uk we apparently also have daughters day and sons day but nobody ever celebrates them or even knows they exist.

By: codeninja

codeninja — Mon, 15 May 2006 05:30:37 +0000

In Soviet Russia, Children have day…

By: Kailash Badu

Kailash Badu — Mon, 15 May 2006 04:49:23 +0000

It varies from culture to culture. In Nepal, the mother’s day was celebrated about a month ago.

By: Dean C

Dean C — Sun, 14 May 2006 15:46:22 +0000

It varies from country to country I think Andrew. In the UK it’s the fourth Sunday of lent :) According to wikipedia, no-one knows exactly where the tradition emerged from, but if you ask me, I’d put my money on some gift-retail establishment ;)

By: peach

peach — Sun, 14 May 2006 13:48:05 +0000

I’m in the Netherlands and I’m pretty sure it’s mothersday today, if it wasn’t mothersday, I think my mother would be more suprised receiving flowers this morning.

By: aneitlich

aneitlich — Sun, 14 May 2006 11:45:26 +0000

Dean C,

Thanks for the clarification and sorry for any heart attacks. When is Mother’s Day in Europe? Who came up with the holiday first — Europeans or US?