Memorial Day

Just wondering, how many of my friends and readers ran out and bought a mattress yesterday? Anyone? See, I'm just trying to figure out what honoring and remembering those who have died serving our country has anything to do with mattresses!  All over the TV, radio, and newspaper were these ads for mattress sales.

Memorial Day mattress sales?  Is it because sleeping in on your 3-day weekend makes you more prone to notice how lumpy and sagging your current mattress is?  Because I could have just as easily noticed that on Martin Luther King Day, or President's Day.  $0 down, 0% financing, no payments for 90 days... Can't we just get back to the true meaning of holidays without turning each one into a shopping frenzy?  Ponder the picture below for a few minutes.  THAT is what Memorial Day is about.