Bestselling author Neil Gaiman wrote about his recent trip to China, including the experience of holding a year-old panda in his lap.
Utter, utter happiness. Better than any number of awards. Makes being a writer completely worthwhile. I suspect that world peace and harmony would come about in weeks if people just got to put pandas on their laps every few months. Honest.
Link -via Exploding Aardvark
Also read about how giraffes hide in Beijing.
Yes, world peace.
You are thinking of drop bears. Very dangerous indeed. ;^)
1) Fly everyone to China
2) Put man-eating wild panda in every person's lap
3) Wait until all people are eaten
4) Voila! World peace!
Looks kinda stoned.
Shurely shome mishtake..?
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panda
"Diet -- Despite its taxonomic classification as a carnivore, the panda has a diet that is primarily herbivorous, which consists almost exclusively of bamboo. However, pandas still have the digestive system of a carnivore and do not have the ability to digest cellulose efficiently..."