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Happy Holidays from all the Bears

Dan Crawford | December 24, 2010 2:08 pm

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from all the Bears

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38 Comments
  • CoRev says:
    December 24, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    Merry Christmas to all you Bears and readers!

  • Sandwichman says:
    December 24, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    Umm, Dan, those are CATS! Are they bearcats? Merry Christmas Bears and Bear Cats!

  • rjs says:
    December 24, 2010 at 3:58 pm

    are we supposed to guess which is who?

  • Arne says:
    December 24, 2010 at 4:00 pm

    Merry Christmas

  • jeff in indy says:
    December 24, 2010 at 4:22 pm

    i believe one thing we can all agree on:  Peace on Earth and Good Will toward All. 

    Merry Christmas to all. 

  • Cedric Regula says:
    December 24, 2010 at 4:25 pm

    Yves Smith at NC has a knack for coming up with a critter for any occasion, so I stole it and will post it here.

    Merry Christmas!

  • Joel says:
    December 24, 2010 at 4:26 pm

    I love this site.

    Happy hollandaise, you guys.

  • Jack says:
    December 24, 2010 at 4:47 pm

    Hey Walker,
    Check this picture from the NY Times review the other day,
    http://theater.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/theater/reviews/22korach.html?scp=1&sq=tom%20walker&st=cse,
    It looks to me like a pretty close resemblance. 

    Happy holidays to all, even you Sammy.  And you too CoRev.

  • Jack says:
    December 24, 2010 at 5:10 pm

    Since we’re adding pictorials here’s my two 20+ pounders, Cyrus and Spncer.  it might interest all of you to know that Cyrus has the fur of a rabbit.  Happy Holidays.

  • Nancy Ortiz says:
    December 24, 2010 at 5:40 pm

    Thanks for the pictures of Cyrus and Spencer, Jack. Them is some cats! Looks like it’s best to call before visiting so you can clear it with the guys there. I sure wouldn’t want to irritate them. 😉 Merry Christmas, y’all

  • Rebecca says:
    December 24, 2010 at 6:11 pm

    I agree – which one am I? In fact, I believe that half of us are not even represented in this photo. If I had to choose, though, I’d be the orange and white tabby.

    Merry Christmas!

    Rebecca

  • Jack says:
    December 24, 2010 at 6:51 pm

    Nancy,
    Cyris is just a big old pussy that wants to be petted and fawned over.  Spencer is the bully.  Their “boxing” matches are funny to see.  No one gets even a slight scratch.  Just lots of posturing.

  • Jack says:
    December 24, 2010 at 6:52 pm

    Nancy,  
    Cyrus is just a big old pussy that wants to be petted and fawned over.  Spencer is the bully.  Their “boxing” matches are funny to see.  No one gets even a slight scratch.  Just lots of posturing.

  • ilsm says:
    December 24, 2010 at 7:33 pm

    I wish all the joys of the Season and good fortune in the New Year.

  • Sandwichman says:
    December 24, 2010 at 7:44 pm

    Cool!

  • Nancy Ortiz says:
    December 24, 2010 at 8:04 pm

    Jack, It always seems that a sweet cat finds his roommate is feisty, confrontational and altogether too fond of acting tough. Hmm–is that a microcosm of life in the blogosphere? One wonders…Nah, nothing but sweetness and light on the good Ole Bear! Merry Very to you and the guys. NancyO

  • cursed says:
    December 24, 2010 at 11:00 pm

    What do you feed those things besides a lot?

     My mom once had a monster cat like those. Fore thought seldom being my strong suit, I thought I because he had no front claws I might get away with scooping him up, holding him upside down and and giving it a vigerious noogie on his tummy. That dude bleed me preety good, and I never tried that again with him. 

    He had a lot of personality. He would use his wieght and stomp his feet so as to intimidate the dogs. He had them all buffaloed.

  • Rdan says:
    December 24, 2010 at 11:46 pm

    LOL…leave it to economists to actually count the cats.  Best to you all,  Look for bears tomorrow, non-quantitative interpretation, and real bears.  BTW, pictures of cats draw more hits than pictures of bears.

  • Cedric Regula says:
    December 25, 2010 at 12:24 am

    Rest assured there are 6 cats, but that count will be revised to 6.2 in three months.

  • Bruce Webb says:
    December 25, 2010 at 1:27 am

    “Cyrus has the fur of a rabbit.”

    Jack did you give the rest of the rabbit a decent burial?  If not this seems to be a decent recipe for Lapin a la Moutarde: http://www.frenchgardening.com/cuisine.html?pid=1169488697207375

  • Bruce Webb says:
    December 25, 2010 at 1:56 am

    Yeah there were six cats, one with a half-chewed off ear. But then Dan PhotoShopped me out. Here I am before the ear incident. And I am still a bachelor why?

  • Cedric Regula says:
    December 25, 2010 at 2:03 am

    That is one scary picture. You can’t be saying it got worse?

  • Bruce Webb says:
    December 25, 2010 at 2:09 am

    (And for those that wonder, yes I have tried cute santa caps, including ones that cover my ears, or what is left of the left one, somehow it never helps me make it into the photo frame.)

  • run75441 says:
    December 25, 2010 at 10:04 am

    Merry Christmas!

    Off to Morocco after the New Year and then Germany again. Good to be home for a bit and veg out. The manufacturing world is humming again and for now.

  • Jack says:
    December 25, 2010 at 12:06 pm

    cursed,
    I had such a cat about ten years ago.  Also a pretty big orange tabby.  No front claws, but if you thought to rub his belly, which he might allow briefly, he also might suddenly grab your arm with his front legs and scratch like the dickens with his rear paws which aren’t usually declawed. 

    Spencer and Cyrus are not declawed, but both are predictable in their aggressive behavior and Cyrus doesn’t attempt to scratch for.  For some reason he is very mild mannered.  Maybe he’s cross bred from a large white rabbit.  He has that kind of a coat.  Very soft and fluffy.

  • Nancy Ortiz says:
    December 25, 2010 at 12:37 pm

    Re Rabbit–You actually said that?! ‘Cause that’s the first thing I thought of when Jack showed us Da Guys?!  Somehow, I just couldn’t bring myself to say it. Used to be the owner of a house-trained house rabbit, BunBun, long gone to her reward. Now I have BB the Beast Dog. And, if you start talking about rabbit fur, she can show you one, alright. NancyO

  • Nancy Ortiz says:
    December 25, 2010 at 12:43 pm

    Oh, cursed. Poor kid. Remember how Jerry was always outsmarting Tom in Looney Tunes? Well, that don’t happen in Nature as you found out. But, I have to admire any cat that can intimidate dogs. Doesn’t happen often, more’s the pity. NancyO

  • Nancy Ortiz says:
    December 25, 2010 at 12:45 pm

    Dan–That’s because Bears can’t speak LOL. NancyO

  • Jack says:
    December 25, 2010 at 2:11 pm

    Bruce
    That is one seriously ugly animal.  I’m guessing that it is a very young kangaroo or wallaby.

  • coberly says:
    December 25, 2010 at 3:16 pm

    my daughters cat has raised eight pointer pups who can be pretty rough and tumble.  when they get too much he takes their head in both paws and licks their face.  seems to work.  they now outweigh him by about fifty pounds apiece, but they still respect their old uncle mort.

  • coberly says:
    December 25, 2010 at 3:33 pm

    can too.

    we just get grumpy because no one ever understands what we say.

  • sammy says:
    December 25, 2010 at 5:09 pm

    You too Jack!

  • Ripley says:
    December 25, 2010 at 5:39 pm

    Were any humans harmed in taking that picture?

    Here’s hoping that Santa Cat brought tuna for all the bear cats (and salmon for the bears).

  • Bruce Webb says:
    December 25, 2010 at 6:37 pm

    Jack check out the eyes and whiskers. Hard as it may be to believe that is actually a cat.

    And my Mom always says I should eat more. She may have a point. If I put on a few pounds and spent some time at a spa maybe?

    And while those are definitely wallaby ears, the front legs are way too long and as mentioned the eyes aren’t right.

  • Cedric Regula says:
    December 25, 2010 at 8:32 pm

    I just noticed there isn’t a Siamese cat in the picture. Aren’t they the ones that are good at math?

    Who’s the sultry looking one on the far left? Bruce has already been ruled out.

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  • kartik.ganesha@gmail.com says:
    December 29, 2010 at 6:02 am

    Fore thought seldom being my strong suit, I thought I because he had no front claws I might get away with scooping him up, holding him upside down and and giving it a vigerious noogie on his tummy.
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  • Steve Roth says:
    December 24, 2011 at 5:51 pm

    I don’t see anything about faith, family, and freedom in there!

    Merry Christmas, all!

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