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You are here: Home / Balloon Juice / Readership Capture / It’s Here!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s Here!!!!!!!!!!!!

by John Cole|  February 6, 20184:01 pm| 59 Comments

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I’ll be stuffing them in envelopes and putting the addresses on tonight and tomorrow and hope to ship Thursday!

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  1. 1.

    Yutsano

    February 6, 2018 at 4:03 pm

    YAY! I didn’t order one but still YAY! And the cover is gorgeous!

  2. 2.

    Drunkenhausfrau

    February 6, 2018 at 4:05 pm

    Hooray!

    THANK YOU.

  3. 3.

    Chet

    February 6, 2018 at 4:08 pm

    Good news everybody

  4. 4.

    Major Major Major Major

    February 6, 2018 at 4:11 pm

    Holy crap, who stole my Samwise?

  5. 5.

    Miss Bianca

    February 6, 2018 at 4:15 pm

    Does Samwise also affect that deer/cat-in-the-headlights look?

  6. 6.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    February 6, 2018 at 4:16 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: @Miss Bianca: Whoever it is got my Peter, too.

  7. 7.

    Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)

    February 6, 2018 at 4:17 pm

    I still haven’t gotten my God damned calendar yet. Shit. I sent my check in. What’s the fucking hold up here?

  8. 8.

    Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)

    February 6, 2018 at 4:18 pm

    Also, too, this calendar sucks. I told you you should have used the printer I suggested in Maine. It’s only 800 miles from where you live. Shit. Also, too, the formatting sucks.

  9. 9.

    Major Major Major Major

    February 6, 2018 at 4:18 pm

    @Miss Bianca: his pupils are dilated when he does it.

  10. 10.

    Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)

    February 6, 2018 at 4:19 pm

    And why isn’t my dog in this calendar? I know I never sent in any pictures, but still. Shit. Worst. Calendar. Ever.

  11. 11.

    MisterForkbeard

    February 6, 2018 at 4:24 pm

    Fantastic! I didn’t order one (because I thought my wife already had our calendar for the year), but it turned out we needed one. These look fantastic.

    @Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.): This is how you get banned. :)

  12. 12.

    MisterForkbeard

    February 6, 2018 at 4:25 pm

    @Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.): Upper right kitteh looks like my Cthulhu when she was a baby, oh so long ago. :)

  13. 13.

    zhena gogolia

    February 6, 2018 at 4:29 pm

    Looking forward to it. The Humane Society just doesn’t measure up.

  14. 14.

    Yutsano

    February 6, 2018 at 4:31 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Humane Society calendars don’t have the blessings of His Fatness the Tunch.

  15. 15.

    Humdog

    February 6, 2018 at 4:33 pm

    Did you get the last 40 sold, John?

  16. 16.

    WaterGirl

    February 6, 2018 at 4:37 pm

    Awesome. Congratulations, Cole.

    That large photo of the gorgeous gray kitty on the front is basically me, every day since Trump was elected.

  17. 17.

    rikyrah

    February 6, 2018 at 4:39 pm

    yeah

  18. 18.

    spudgun

    February 6, 2018 at 4:42 pm

    Thank you, John!!

    Yay!

  19. 19.

    trollhattan

    February 6, 2018 at 4:51 pm

    Cockers in the news–“Spencer” freed after three days stuck in a UK drainpipe. Could totally envision mine doing exactly the same thing–critter goes into a pipe, I’m following it!

  20. 20.

    CaseyL

    February 6, 2018 at 5:07 pm

    Yay! Can’t wait to get mine!

  21. 21.

    cain

    February 6, 2018 at 5:17 pm

    We should have at least one tunch photo.

  22. 22.

    catclub

    February 6, 2018 at 5:19 pm

    That looks a large dog in front of a GIANT dog.

  23. 23.

    catclub

    February 6, 2018 at 5:21 pm

    @trollhattan:

    Could totally envision mine doing exactly the same thing–critter goes into a pipe, I’m following it!

    I wonder if the German word for drainpipe is ‘dachs’?

  24. 24.

    Anonymous At Work

    February 6, 2018 at 5:31 pm

    @Miss Bianca: Looks more like the cat is receiving a colonoscopy…

  25. 25.

    Yutsano

    February 6, 2018 at 5:39 pm

    @catclub: “Dachs” means badger in German. Gives one a new perspective on these little ankle biters eh?

    @Roger Moore: Beat ya by that much!

  26. 26.

    Roger Moore

    February 6, 2018 at 5:41 pm

    @catclub:
    “Dachs” is German for badger. That’s right, dachshunds were bred to hunt badgers by chasing them down their burrows.

  27. 27.

    catclub

    February 6, 2018 at 5:43 pm

    @Yutsano: @Roger Moore:
    you people are no fun.

  28. 28.

    Manyakitty

    February 6, 2018 at 5:54 pm

    Yay!!!

  29. 29.

    cain

    February 6, 2018 at 5:57 pm

    I could buy a calendar I suppose if there is any left.

  30. 30.

    eclare

    February 6, 2018 at 5:58 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: That’s not Samwise?

  31. 31.

    Suffragette City

    February 6, 2018 at 5:59 pm

    What a perfect cover !!!

  32. 32.

    Salty Sam

    February 6, 2018 at 6:03 pm

    Hey John, can you tell me how I can order one of these calendars?

  33. 33.

    laura

    February 6, 2018 at 6:07 pm

    Chet is going to be furious that not only didn’t he make the cover, let alone his hoomin didn’t care enough to send in a pic.

  34. 34.

    debbie

    February 6, 2018 at 6:11 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:

    Alarm aside, he has beautiful coloring.

  35. 35.

    geg6

    February 6, 2018 at 6:14 pm

    Hey look! Lovey and Koda are cover models! Yay!

    ETA: And my John’s foot, too. Not so much yay for that. ?

  36. 36.

    MomSense

    February 6, 2018 at 6:40 pm

    Is that Samwise on the cover? Looks wonderful.

  37. 37.

    cain

    February 6, 2018 at 6:41 pm

    So it seems Trump wants a parade

    Seriously, we are turning into a banana republic or Russia with shows of military strength.. never mind this shit is going to cost us millions of tax payer dollars. He is going to bankrupt us all, morally and fiscally while GOP merrily plays their violins.

  38. 38.

    MomSense

    February 6, 2018 at 6:42 pm

    @geg6:

    Lovey is adorable but Koda stole my heart all those years ago when she went to live with you.

  39. 39.

    MomSense

    February 6, 2018 at 6:44 pm

    @Comrade Colette Collaboratrice:

    Is that your kitten on the cover? I haz kitten envy.

  40. 40.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    February 6, 2018 at 6:45 pm

    @geg6:

    Nepotism!

  41. 41.

    MomSense

    February 6, 2018 at 6:47 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    When I was a kid we had a Saint Bernard and a miniature Dachshund. Guess who ruled the roost? Then we got adopted a stray who looked just like Benji and was tri-lingual. He was capable of amazing physical feats and yet the Dachsund was still the boss dog.

  42. 42.

    zhena gogolia

    February 6, 2018 at 6:51 pm

    @Yutsano:

    I needed a picture for my university online newsletter, and my husband took a picture of me in my office. Only later did I realize that there’s an old Balloon Juice calendar on the shelf behind me in the picture. A kind of “green balloons” signal to the cognoscenti, totally unintentional.

  43. 43.

    Mike in NC

    February 6, 2018 at 6:55 pm

    @cain: Our Caligula needs constant massaging of his bloated, fragile ego. I and most other veterans are disgusted to see this Orange Turd and draft dodger saluting and being saluted.

  44. 44.

    Major Major Major Major

    February 6, 2018 at 7:02 pm

    @MomSense: I don’t think I submitted a picture this year, and I’m fairly certain I don’t own anything with that pattern on it, so if it is Samwise…

  45. 45.

    schrodingers_cat

    February 6, 2018 at 7:05 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Grey kitteh looks alarmed.

  46. 46.

    debbie

    February 6, 2018 at 7:07 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:

    I’m fairly certain I don’t own anything with that pattern on it

    That might explain the shocked look.

  47. 47.

    MomSense

    February 6, 2018 at 7:11 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:

    What if he has a secret life you don’t know about?

  48. 48.

    Major Major Major Major

    February 6, 2018 at 7:18 pm

    @MomSense: He doesn’t even go outside, but I guess the building manager could be borrowing him.

  49. 49.

    KS in MA

    February 6, 2018 at 7:26 pm

    @Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.): You sound like you had the kind of day I had!

  50. 50.

    NotMax

    February 6, 2018 at 7:37 pm

    @Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    Phrasing!

    :)

  51. 51.

    BeezusQ

    February 6, 2018 at 7:38 pm

    Grey kitty on the front is from Oakland…her name is Geneva and this is her look after watching/reading Anything about Trumphole. (Kitten in the upper corner is Frieda).

  52. 52.

    Major Major Major Major

    February 6, 2018 at 7:40 pm

    @BeezusQ: how old is Geneva? Maybe they’re related.

  53. 53.

    Major Major Major Major

    February 6, 2018 at 7:47 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: I should note that this would be the third cat I’ve seen that looked just like Samwise, all in the Bay Area (unless Geneva used to live by Valencia and Market and is the same cat).

  54. 54.

    Buckeye

    February 6, 2018 at 7:51 pm

    I should have bought a calendar, just for the cover alone.

  55. 55.

    Robert Paehlke

    February 6, 2018 at 8:58 pm

    He will be sitting astride a parading missile ala Dr. Strangelove.

  56. 56.

    Lyrebird

    February 6, 2018 at 10:05 pm

    Could someone post the info again for the animal shelter this supports?

    My relatives keep me more than supplied with calendars, but I’m up for sending a few coins in their direction.

  57. 57.

    HinTN

    February 6, 2018 at 10:21 pm

    @Lyrebird: MARC, aka Marion Animal Resource Connection 175 Industrial Blvd, Jasper, TN 37347

  58. 58.

    BruceFromOhio

    February 6, 2018 at 10:57 pm

    I hope this calendar has ferrets because someone in another thread said they like ferrets.

  59. 59.

    BeezusQ

    February 6, 2018 at 11:36 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: She is probably just over a year old…if that. From the shelter.

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