A few years ago I headed to Chengdu, China, to commune with the pandas. For a ridiculous fee, you could get your photo taken with one. I've got a thing about pandas so I stood in the photo line FOREVER behind the other 1.4 billion people who inhabit China. Just as I got behind the panda and set my hand on his back, the lady in charge stepped close to me and said something like, "When pandas get tired, they can attack." Then she stepped away.
Here's me and the panda:
I think it was worth it!
Posted by: Chantal | January 11, 2010 at 10:28 AM
That's cool! What is he eating? Sugarcane?
Posted by: Donny | January 11, 2010 at 10:35 AM
Yeah, definitely worth it. (Surprise: pandas aren't soft...they're bristly.)
He's eating bamboo (much better choice than my left arm). :)
Posted by: Kristin Bair O'Keeffe | January 11, 2010 at 10:20 PM
You can still have your right hand to write (if you're right-handed, of course) :)
Posted by: Donny | January 12, 2010 at 09:51 AM