December 16, 2008
Photo of the Day: December 16, 2008
At first glance this is quite the adorable scene: kiddies, pandas, winter celebrations. Except...what is going on here? Is that panda trapped inside that snow globe, with the dirty gym towel instead of snow, begging those kids to let him out? Couldn't they just let him prance around with some fake antlers so he could actually take photos with the kidlets instead of locking him away behind plastic where he can only longingly touch paws, like a monthly jailhouse visit? So many questions. Brian Knight Photography found this sweet, strange little scene at Zoo Lights, which starts again on Thursday and runs through December 30, except Christmas.
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Creepy.
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Jeebus. That poor bastard in that panda costume. Feel sorry for ya.
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Hahaha 'kidlets.' I've always been partial to 'rugrats.'
Q: 'Mommy, mommy, why is the bear in a snow globe?'
A: 'To keep him from stealing your pick-a-nick basket'
I suspect some kids are going to end up with nightmares because of this.
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I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate,
Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate,
Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak
Of one that loved not wisely but too well;
Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought
Perplex'd in the extreme; of one whose hand,
Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away
Richer than all his tribe.
Then the air ran out.
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Hey Kid! Help computer! Stop all the downloading!
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What's a guy in a panda suit gotta do to get a quick, merciful death in this town? Why all the hate, people? Is the spectacle worth this person's dignity? This was a human being. Once.
Hey, there's our resident bull panda, Ping-Ping! With any luck, folks, these two will become very, very close, if you know what I mean.
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He's not a prisoner; he was born with no immune system!
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ChickenArise: I'm sorry, the answer is "moops".
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Today's Afterschool Special...
John Travolta is "The Plushie in the Plastic Bubble."
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Zookeeper: Ooh, look -- she's presenting! We thought this
would take years to happen.
[Ping-Ping grabs Homer and drags him closer. A
curtain descends on the bizarre tableau]
Ping-Ping just asked Sim-Sim to marry him, and I
think she just said yes.
Audience: Aw. [claps]
[sounds of a struggle come from behind the curtain.
Homer tries to crawl out, but only gets halfway
before Ping-Ping drags him back inside]
Moe: Ha! You ain't going nowhere, cutie.
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Maybe he tried to escape The Village...
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Say what you will, but at least that panda's safe from the stabbings. Or is he?
Has anyone asked what Campbell Brown thinks of all this?
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We went to Zoolights on Friday and that panda is frickin' creepy. All the kids seemed to LOVE it, but the adults were WTF?
S/He's supposed to be dancing, but it wasn't anything that I could call dancing. At one point s/he did push-ups.
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Do the parents realize that there is a naked man in a panda suit talking to their kids?
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'Hold me, like you did by the lake on Naboo.'
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At one point s/he did push-ups.
There's something about this that I find...arousing.
Throw in a stripper pole and some barber clippers and you've got "Snowballin' Pandas in Heat." It's the feelgood porno of the season!
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Panda! Snowglobe! You've chosen the perfect birthday photo of the day, DCist, and I thank you.
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Do the parents realize that there is a naked man in a panda suit talking to their kids?
How do you know it's a man in there? More importantly, how do you know he's naked?
The plot erotically thickens....
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Because the panda is I. I is the panda. You are the panda. Understanda?
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No, Luke. I am the panda.
I'm also Spartacus.
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It's Agador Spartacus! He insists on being called by his full name.
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Psst! Hey kid. Your mom's a real looker. Ya know what I mean. Tell her I get off at 9 and I wants
her to meet me behind the dumpsters. OK! Smile for you pal Spartacus Panda.
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I can't believe there aren't any Sexual Harrassment Panda jokes here yet. You disappoint me, DCist, truly you do.
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Here's a little video I took of the dancing panda girl the night I was visiting the Zoo. Kids loved it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adf120n7BwE
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"No, Luke. I am the panda."
My favorite comment ever.