# Let's talk calendars. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 13, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871 "2007-12-13T16:15:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/1 "2007-12-13T16:15:17Z")
So, I try to get a new calendar at work every year, just to keep myself amused. 2004, I had [I Hate Cats](http://www.skipmorrow.com/html/galleries/cats-frameset.html). 2005, [Concert Posters](http://www.bmasse.com/calendar_05.html), 2006, [Cockeyed.com](http://www.cockeyed.com/ads/calendar/calendar2006.html), and this year [Despair.com](http://custom.despair.com/). Obviously, I’m going to need a new monthly wall calendar soon. Any recommendations, keeping my cynical/sarcastic/absurd sense of humor in mind? Or just feel like showing off your own? ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/2 "2007-12-13T16:20:19Z")
Would you recommend the Despair calendar? I was cruising the site the other day and saw it - I’m tempted to get it for myself. I haven’t had a page a day calendar in awhile, and was thinking about getting one of those, too. I’m always partial to the classics of The Far Side. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/3 "2007-12-13T16:28:28Z")
The Despair calendar is great! Since you can customize it to your specs, and pre-print all your key dates, it satisfies on a number of levels. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/4 "2007-12-13T16:30:50Z")
What **silenus** said. To be clear, you can even choose which Demotivators to use. ---
**Author:** ![Kalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@Kalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalypso)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/5 "2007-12-13T16:37:53Z")
I like the ThinkGeek version of the Despair calendar, it already has a bunch of great geeky dates noted. Of course that does not answer the OP, as he’d probably like a change of scenery. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/6 "2007-12-13T16:41:00Z")
[QUOTE=Kalypso] I like the ThinkGeek version of the Despair calendar, it already has a bunch of great geeky dates noted. Of course that does not answer the OP, as he’d probably like a change of scenery. [/QUOTE] You know what, that’s actually the one I have. I forgot I didn’t have the basic Despair one. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/7 "2007-12-13T17:19:08Z")
I’m all for tradition. I get the same ones every year. I have [365 Stupidest Things Ever Said](http://www.amazon.com/Stupidest-Things-Ever-Said-Calendar/dp/0761134549) for my desk at work, and [Boris Vallejo](http://www.marketworks.com/storefrontprofiles/processfeed.aspx?sfid=118864&i=236182567&mpid=9210&dfid=1) for home. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/8 "2007-12-13T17:24:14Z")
I think you should get a calendar for a different calendrical system. The [Discordian](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discordian_calendar) calendar would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/9 "2007-12-13T18:13:38Z")
I despise any calendar in which the weeks run from Monday to Sunday. Calendars HAVE TO run Sunday to Saturday, everyone knows that. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/10 "2007-12-13T18:15:04Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] I despise any calendar in which the weeks run from Monday to Sunday. Calendars HAVE TO run Sunday to Saturday, everyone knows that. [/QUOTE] Not if you work in broadcasting. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/11 "2007-12-13T18:15:13Z")
I’ve become quite fond of my Happy Bunny calendar this year. I may get another one. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/12 "2007-12-13T18:17:37Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Not if you work in broadcasting. [/QUOTE] Some things are just not right. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/13 "2007-12-13T18:21:53Z")
No, it’s standard. Here on the East Coast, the day starts at 6am, the week starts on a Monday, and the month ends on the last Sunday of the month. So broadcast 2008 starts on 12/31/07, and July 2007 started on June 25. So, the weekend is truly the end of the week. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/14 "2007-12-13T18:27:40Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] No, it’s standard. Here on the East Coast, the day starts at 6am, the week starts on a Monday, and the month ends on the last Sunday of the month. So broadcast 2008 starts on 12/31/07, and July 2007 started on June 25. [/QUOTE] This must be the result of the breaking down of social values that I keep hearing about. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/15 "2007-12-13T18:30:22Z")
It’s normal broadcast/cable industry practice. I haven’t seen anyone use it outside the industry, and I don’t know how it started. As long as you don’t work in broadcasting, you don’t have to worry about bumping into it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/16 "2007-12-13T18:34:51Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] It’s normal broadcast/cable industry practice. I haven’t seen anyone use it outside the industry, and I don’t know how it started. As long as you don’t work in broadcasting, you don’t have to worry about bumping into it. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Alas, Ivy Lass, they’re out there. For years, we would send this one brand of Thai-photo-theme calendars to people in the US. We did this for years. Beautiful photography, really gorgeous shots. Then just a couple of years ago, suddenly they switched to the Monday-Sunday format. !!! We stopped buying them. I’ve seen others, too, so now I always check a calendar before buying it. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/17 "2007-12-13T19:12:02Z")
For the past 3 years, I’ve gotten [this](http://www.calendars.com/xq/asp/PID.1/MGID.-1/IID.40454/qx/product.htm) vertical wall calendar of gorgeous tropical islands. In other years, I’ve done Edward Gorey’s _Gashlycrumb Tinies_, a mini wall calendar of Greek Isles, and [Classic Cats](http://www.calendars.com/xq/asp/PID.1/MGID.-1/IID.40569/qx/product.htm) by David McEnery. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/18 "2007-12-13T21:09:50Z")
I’ve been sent I think 3 wildlife calendars from people wanting my money for wildlife causes. I don’t know why–I’ve only ever sent money to one of 'em. Plus, I picked up a tropical islands calendar and some cheap cat calendar the other day. I don’t know which I’ll use where–I keep one in the kitchen, one in the bedroom and one at work. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/19 "2007-12-13T21:32:09Z")
I like to wait and see what free calendars get sent to me at work, then keep the best one (although they’re all fairly generic). I’m a little worried that no one’s sent one yet, but I’m set till January 31st… ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871/20 "2007-12-13T23:49:27Z")
Every year I get a new [Magic Eye calendar.](http://www.amazon.com/Magic-2008-Deluxe-Wall-Calendar/dp/0740770268) You might want to check and see if you can discern the images, though. [Can you see the bunny?](http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cmmo862/bunny.jpg) (Make sure to maximize your screen size.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-calendars/429871.md?page=2)