I noticed that today is apparently "Black Friday" for world stock markets. Monday was also labeled black. The '87 crash was a Black Monday back then too. How can they double up? Do they have to quote the year after it? Black Monday '87 (that was a fucked year)? Why can't they use other colours? Why can't they use the pattern fill from microsoft office? How about Diamond Patten Tuesday or Hash Marks Wednesday? Or Sorta-looks-like-golf-balls mid-Thursday?

Come on economists. I know being creative, unless it's how to pretend what you're doing is valid, is not your thing. But labelling every super bad day 'Black' is confusing and stupid. It's like adding the word 'Gate' as a suffix to a scandal. Like Igaunagate or Troopergate.

You make the world poorer for your bland choices.

UPDATE: Hang on, it's not brokers that name these things. It's the media - and they're the arse-hats that stick gate on the end of every fucking thing like they're fucking smurfs. Media! I blame you!