So, you all remember Pinky’s scheme during the 2016 election, where she let people into the tiger yard to take selfies. (for a fee, of course! Tigers don’t grow on trees, you know!)
Oh…um…THOSE tigers…
And don’t forget to check out the new panda felts on the Buy Stuff with Pandas Page! They are pandariffic!
Be the bear!
Bob T Panda
…People put me down because I’m down in the bunker…
Yo! Bunker Boi!
sigh…
Be the Bear
Bob T Panda
I don’t know about you, but Tuesday’s absence of mentions about You Know Who’s reign of terror was just what the doctor ordered. I mean…who would think anything could be worse than a global pandemic with over 112,000 Americans now dead?
Pinky: but Mommee! I didn’t send people IN to da tiger’s cage!!!!
I really wish I had not read all those YA dystopian post apocalypse novels. really, I do. The storm troopers have arrived. I thought we all needed a little break, where the worst thing that happened was Pinky being rude to her departing guests! Break time is now over.
How many of you remember the old SNL routine, with the flight attendants saying goodbye to the departing passengers? As the people filed off the plane, the flight crew got ruder and ruder, and the “buh bye now!” got more sarcastic with each passenger. I think of this often, because an acquaintance of mine, who works in a local shop, and I have had an ongoing “buh bye” routine going for years.
We try to sneak up on each other so that each of us can be the first to say it. I’m afraid I’ll never top her “drive-by buh bye” that she delivered out her car window, as she saw me walking down the street. I hope that which ever one of us survives longer, at the memorial service for our departed friend, has the presence of mind to whisper “buh bye!” Who says people who live in small towns don’t know how to have fun?
Buh BYEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
Of course the Meihems just ignore her!
Xing Er, lately of Copenhagen Zoo, decided that his enclosure was just way too boring, and he went walkabout in the zoo. He climbed a metal pole to make his escape (I spit on your tree guards!!!!). While there have been numerous red pandas that have managed at least a temporary scamper to freedom, this is the first time that I have heard of a giant panda making an escape. (Other than Pinky, but she had a secret tunnel!) You go, Xing Er!!!
We are all getting tired of staying at home!
Be the Bear
Bob T Panda
“When did you say you were sending the car for the girls????”
Life at Chez Mei is never dull! Even in a pandemic quarantine. Especially in a pandemic quarantine!
Pinky: six an’ sebben make even ME look good!
I’m starting some experimenting with some new pandas! Pictures to come soon, and also some fun swag with every order while supplies last. More on this later!
Panda ON!
Wands UP!
Bob T Panda
The daily Hate (George Orwell got it right)
Black Lives Matter
Bob T Panda
Poor Mommee Mei…She generously invited the Meihems and Six and Sebben, the Cublanta twins, to come and stay with Bubba and Pinky, thinking that they would keep Pinky distracted and under control. Hahahahahahahaha! Me thinks Mommee Mei is having a bit of a memory problem.
Can you say, “make my booting a double?”
Well bless their hearts!
Be the Bear
Bob T Panda
I mentioned the aforementioned tin foil hat to a friend the other day, and he was not aware of the phenomena. If you don’t know what I’m talking about either, there is a trope in the “conspiracy theory” genre of “literature” that in order to keep the government (or aliens) from spying on your very thoughts, one could wear a hat made from tin foil to keep them from accessing your innermost (presumably depraved) thoughts. Try Googling “tin foil hat” …there is some wild stuff about them!
I sure hope Mittens can’t read my thoughts!
Meanwhile, in the realm of felty pandas, I’m almost caught up, and by next week I will be! So, if you were wanting a felty panda of your own, check out the currently available pandas on the Buy Stuff with Pandas page! I still have Washi Tape available too!
Be the Bear!
Bob T Panda
Before we get to our weekly round-up of pandas, I just want to give voice to the thought that is in most of our minds. This Monday is Memorial Day, the day we, as Americans, pause to remember those who died protecting our country in the armed services. By tomorrow, more than 100,000 people will have died in this country from COVID 19.
Academic statistical models tell us that had we only started physical distancing and stay at home orders one week earlier, we would have less than half this number of deaths. We can’t change the past, but we can still influence the future. stay home if you can. Wear a mask if you can’t. While you still might have to go to work, do what you can to maintain distancing and stay out of crowded situations when you are able.
Do we want this all to be over? You bet! Is it going to happen immediately? Probably not. What helps me is keeping in touch with my friends and the panda online community. Is constantly reading political commentary helpful? Probably not, but it does give me some good material for ‘toons, amIright? Better to spend more time watching panda videos.
Whats a protest without pandas?
Hey, save some cuppycakes for me!
…and due to the International women’s day strike of 2017
Would YOU believe this panda?
Do we HAVE to go?
Just how crazy do we think it’s going to get?
Next to Mittens, we all look pretty normal, don’t we?
Someone forgot to take their meds today, I think.
Lock that cat up, for crying out loud!
Panda On, Everyone!
Bob T Panda
Thanks to Jon Oliver who alerted us to this great new sporting event!
…in the drawing of this cartoon.
There will certainly be more hijinks at The Panda House (don’t forget, Six and Sebben, and the Meihems are still visiting!) but for now, safety and sanity (???) return to Mommee Mei’s charges.
Pinky: now where did I leave Daddee’s Panda Express card…
What will happen next? I guess we’ll have to wait and see!
Bee the Bear!
Bob T Panda