Calendars are a popular Christmas gift for friends and relatives who already “have everything”, because you need a different calendar every year. And these are certainly different!
1. Toilets of the World
The Toilets of the World Wall Calendar might be just the thing to hang in the bathroom. Every month, you’ll get a view of a restroom that’s not yours. Some will make you jealous; others will make you grateful for what you have.
2. Heavy Equipment
When buying calendars as gifts, it’s nice to have calendar art featuring the object of the recipient’s desire. The Heavy Equipment Calendar 2011 could put a smile on the face of a man you know -the one who already has all the power tools he needs and who doesn’t have room for his own excavator or front loader.
3. Goats in Trees
I can’t think of a better way to start off each month than to see a new goat up in a tree. The 2011 Goats in Trees Calendar has a dozen of them. Or actually more than a dozen, because some months have multiple goats in one tree! Pure delight! Reading the reviews of this product is almost as fun as seeing a goat in a tree.
4. Roadkill
From Australia, beware the 2011 Roadkill Calendar. I don’t know exactly who the target buyer for this is, but apparently there is one. The calendar is a side product for a book that helps travelers identify species left dead on the highways of Australia. There’s also the Son of Roadkill Calendar for sale in England, and now available on the web.
5. Gold Miffy
The 2011 Gold Miffy Calendar has to be the most expensive calendar of the year (possibly of all time). Japanese jewelry designer Ginza Tanaka will sell the calendar for 55 million yen ($655,765). Made of 6 kilograms of pure gold, the calendar features a picture of a children’s book character, a bunny named Miffy, because 2011 is the year of the rabbit. No word on how many were produced, or how many have been sold so far.
6. Zombies
A zombie calendar is fun, but even more fun is one that leaves you with your own zombie invasion at the end of the year! The Build-a-Zombie 2011 Paper Craft Calendar has a project printed on each page that you can cut and fold into a paper craft zombie when the month is over. It also has zombie “facts” and fun on some of the dates.
7. Missionaries
Men on a Mission is a calendar with pictures of former LDS (Mormon) missionaries. Its founder, Chad Hardy, was excommunicated and denied a BYU diploma because of the first such calendar published for 2008. Hardy is featured on the August page of the new calendar, which is a Brigham Young University alumnus edition.
8. Surfing Dogs
Every month you can see a different dog hanging ten -or however many toes dogs hang- with the Surf Dogs calendar. Proceeds from the sale of calendars go to 18 different organizations to benefit animals and children in need.
9. Cat Physics
You probably have seen the list of the Laws of Cat Physics somewhere on the internet, if not many years ago on your workplace bulletin board. Some jokes never get old. Now you can get those laws on a calendar from the “Institute of Theoretical & Applied Cat Physics”, because the regular laws of physics do not apply to cats.
10. Hooters Calendar
The Hooters calendar is a tradition that goes back quite a few years. For 2011, the manufacturer is donating the net proceeds to O.W.L. (the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society) to help owls and other wild birds. Surely you know someone who will get excited over the very idea of a Hooters calendar! Available in both paper calendar and pdf file. This image is from the 2010 calendar.
Coming Thursday: MORE strange 2011 calendars.
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You’ve got to love the specificity of these calendars.
I’ve seen a lot of people in my office with the pdf printouts of the Hooters calendars; I guess pilots like owls :)
posted by Kristina the bureaucrat on 12-14-2010 at 10:08 am
I want the Goats in a Tree calendar. That’s hilarious.
posted by Megan on 12-14-2010 at 10:49 am
Check out http://yogadogz.com/... Dogs, puppies, and cats doing yoga. Can you say amazing?
posted by Samantha on 12-14-2010 at 10:58 am
I have the Goats in Trees calendar! So funny…when I saw the title of this post in my RSS feed I wondered if you would have it listed. :) Can’t wait to put the calendar up!
And my husband will be getting the zombie one for xmas (it’s been on his Amazon wish list for months!)
posted by Logan on 12-14-2010 at 11:13 am
I love this list! I always get a quirky calendar for my cubicle- I’m not a fan of the blank wall office calendars. This year it’s sarcastic inspirational posters from ThinkGeek, next year Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
Know what I miss, though? The Mental Floss calendar. :(
But now I know what to look for next year. :)
posted by Kate on 12-14-2010 at 12:52 pm
The study of roadkill is a legitimate scientific pursuit called flattened fauna.
My father, a rural high-school science teacher, discovered it and started teaching it to his students. They would document and classify the flattened fauna they found. Many students really threw themselves into it; some were failing until this topic ignited their interest.
They were even able to confirm the presence of several species that the State wildlife department said did not inhabit the area.
posted by n2y2 on 12-14-2010 at 1:07 pm
@n2y2, while some people might find that bizarre, I sincerely applaud your dad’s efforts to get his students interested in science. Those are the kind of teachers we need more of.
posted by Hyacinth on 12-14-2010 at 3:04 pm
I already have the deluxe 2011 Owl Calendar hanging on our wall! It’s GREAT!
posted by Mamabear on 12-14-2010 at 3:35 pm
Last year, my friend bought me a “Nice Jewish Guys” calender. I loved it so much that I intended to get a 2011 version, but got engaged (to a Jewish guy) and decided to forgo the calender in favor of the real thing. :D
posted by Heather on 12-14-2010 at 3:36 pm
I love the Hooters calendar!! My boss just got me the Hot Guys and Baby Animals Calendar (www.hotguysandbabyanimals.com) and I must say, I’m loving it :)
posted by Sharon on 12-14-2010 at 10:23 pm
I’m wiping the tears from my eyes from laughing so hard at the BYU Men on a Mission calendar. Not to offend anyone, but that is just hilarious!
posted by Red Bunny on 12-15-2010 at 10:15 am
lol heavy equip is cool cuz yeah, cant park a dumptruck in your driveway.
posted by hughheff on 12-15-2010 at 10:32 am
First off, I’m a huge fan of Misscellania.com. Secondly, my dad has an “extreme ironing” calendar that my brother got him for Christmas a few years ago… it shows people ironing in different ridiculous situations, like while climbing mountains and walking tightropes (and even while scuba diving).
posted by Sarabeth on 12-16-2010 at 12:54 am
I almost bought the Zombie Calendar for my 12 year old son. I think I may have to go back and get it now.
posted by MetalRose on 12-16-2010 at 10:39 am
I have the 2010 Men on a Mission calendar!! It is pretty much the best thing ever. Every month we have a “Changing of the Mormon” ceremony.
posted by Cristy on 12-16-2010 at 11:41 am
Wow. Australia has much cooler roadkill than Missouri. Around here it’s just possums and skunks and possums and raccoons and possums. With a few possums thrown in every once in a while.
Q. Why did the chicken cross the road?
A. To show the possum it could be done.
I’d get the cat physics calendar personally, but my cat is only five months old and I’m hoping to keep her from developing ideas as long as possible.
posted by Kate on 12-16-2010 at 12:27 pm