21_blue - 9:47 pm on Oct 8, 2005 (gmt 0)

guru5571 wrote:
>Good Friday also is nonexistent outside church. So if
>your website sells hot cross buns, you can forget
>about cracking the American market.

Darn. And we've spent a fortune developing special thermos boxes to ensure our cross buns reach the American consumer at the same temperature that they leave our bakery in London.

EFV wrote:
>A day or a weekend doesn't represent a trend

Agreed. But when you are analysing trends statistically, it can be helpful to have explanations for OOPS (Out Of Pattern Scores). And holidays, in themselves, can have predictable patterns associated with them.

Besides, what else is there to talk about? England's qualification to the World Cup?