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19 January 2006

When do calandars start being on sale?
post by: Capn at: 17:11 | 22 comments
Colanders?

Calendars?
posted by mr_crash_davis 19 January | 17:16
Kalandars?
posted by arse_hat 19 January | 17:17
The day after Christmas, they're usually 50% off.
posted by trey 19 January | 17:17
good news...calendars are 50% off right now at the barnes & noble near my house.

bad news...they only have those with dogs, tween stars, or tractors left.

good news...the tractors calendar is awesome.
posted by unknowncommand 19 January | 17:35
No way, I got ghonerrea from a tractor seat once.
posted by Capn 19 January | 17:40
Maybe you shouldn't have had sex with it, Capn.
posted by kyleg 19 January | 17:48
Try newsstand/magazine stores in "arty/hip/gay" neighborhoods, independent bookstores, art museums. Much better calendars there, and since they're small businesses, they're desperate to get rid of the inventory for more floor space.
posted by matildaben 19 January | 17:53
You're too late. They were marked half off in late December, and by now all that's left is the dregs, marked down to a buck or two, that the reseller hopes he/she can sell, rather than just trash.

matildaben's idea is probably the best.
posted by teece 19 January | 17:56
The buying of the on sale calendar is a difficult and delicate matter which requires exquisite timing, like, January 4 is a good day, so you're probably too late but you never know. . . maybe you just didn't realize that German Shepherd Puppies or The Trees of Britain were you. Me, I got a free Scenic America one from my mechanic anyway this year plus a truly hideous dog one: cartoony drawings, not photos, it's up for grabs, pay shipping & it's yours.
posted by mygothlaundry 19 January | 18:04
We should have done a metachat calendar. With important dates on it and pictures gleaned from the flickr accounts of fellow bunnies.

Votes Specklets breasts for december...
posted by seanyboy 19 January | 18:05
With the excitement of that final sentence, I completely lost all ability to use apostrophe's. My apologie's.
posted by seanyboy 19 January | 18:06
A Mecha calendar sounds like a nice idea. Could it have quotes from characteristic posts from the persons depicted? I'd like it to be SFW though, so no naked body parts. And could it have the picture of JonMc with the giant can of beer?
posted by matildaben 19 January | 18:11
Well, see, I was in an arty little poster shop just last weekend, and they had 2006 colanders selling still at full price, that's why I axed.
posted by Capn 19 January | 18:20
A March 06-Feburary 07 calendar would be awesome.

i knew this person who hated people who mispelt feburary. why? because her daughter was born in that month. odd.
posted by flopsy 19 January | 18:33
I bought my Dilbert-a-day calendar on January 1 at 50% off. Why do people buy calendars before they go on sale? (Gifts, yeah, I guess - it was a rhetorical question - shut up.) It's madness!
posted by mike9322 19 January | 18:33
that was deliberate.
posted by flopsy 19 January | 18:34
The Fluffykittens calendar, listed in the Mefi Projects, is stunning and very close to free. You casn buy it for $19, or download it, modify it as you like, and print out your own.


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WTF?
posted by orthogonality 19 January | 18:59
Gotta close the img tag...

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posted by mike9322 19 January | 19:07
≡ Click to see image ≡ Oh, the parser expects it to be XML conformant, not just HTML conformant?
posted by orthogonality 19 January | 19:10
Calendars should actually be 75% at all Barnes and Noble stores. Unfortunately, the only cool one left is the train one, and I already called dibs.
posted by drezdn 19 January | 19:57
oh yeah! i totally forgot about the train one. the pugs one was okay, but it just looked like the same dog over and over, and i don't think i could take each month literally looking like the next, even if figuratively they all do at this point.
posted by unknowncommand 19 January | 20:11
Bunnies for under ten bucks!
posted by jrossi4r 19 January | 22:13
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