This made me curious about how long it takes a panda to grow up, and I had to go look it up. Pandas are generally weaned between 1.5 to 2 years (although they start eating bamboo much earlier), and take 4-8 years to reach sexual maturity. I guess that's about when they stop growing.
The worst pronunciation mistake aside from most of these, to me is Porsche. It's a car. EVERYONE in this country, at least, pronounces it wrong. People who own them., People who SELL them! Movie stars who drive them and encourage people to buy them. I've toured the factory in Zuffenhausen, Germany where they make them. It's a TWO syllable word. Yes, it is. por-SHA. Seriously. It's not PORSH. If you try saying it the right way, you'll even find it's easier to say than PORSH. Try it. Go ahead... por-SHA... That's right... But like the guy in the video said, it's one of those words that's SO widely mispronounced, people will look at you funny if you try to correct it. If ignorance is bliss, then Americans are some of the happiest folks on Earth...
+1 on OM... done right, they are the perfect expression of the yolk's custardy goodness. Hard is right out, and easy is too watery. I think I'll go have some now!
It's true... I've been to Disneyland with a legitimately wheelchair-bound person AND been stuck in one myself (thanks to an unexpected bout with a severely-debilitating round of norovirus during my trip), and I can totally confirm that a) having a chair doesn't allow you to skip all the lines ... in fact, the newer the ride, the less likely you'll get cuts, and b) Disney doesn't check or anything when you rent that chair in the first place. All I had to do was say 'I've been really ill, I can't walk for very long' and boom, chair. (and chair-related sunburn but that's another issue.)
Hiring someone to ferry you around is definitely something for the people with money to burn, and that's fine, that's why tour guides exist. But cutting lines as the primary reason? Nah. These people just want someone to ferry them around and treat them special, and if they want to fork over lots of cash to do it, then fine, that's why it's a business.
Also, just for the record... as a big Disneyphile, I can say that skipping the lines and going in the side entrance actually detracts from the ride, for me anyway. They're always unadorned access doors, pretty much, and you lose the immersion that is part and parcel of the Disney experience. The Haunted Mansion used to have a 'secret pet cemetery' that only the handicapped visitors got to see (it's over on the left side and hidden from the main queue) but after it got around, they moved a duplicate version out into the main queue anyway. And I've always felt riding back up in the 'stretching room' sort of ruins the illusion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsczUFjhFWE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF7d8Dmxy8A
Hiring someone to ferry you around is definitely something for the people with money to burn, and that's fine, that's why tour guides exist. But cutting lines as the primary reason? Nah. These people just want someone to ferry them around and treat them special, and if they want to fork over lots of cash to do it, then fine, that's why it's a business.
Also, just for the record... as a big Disneyphile, I can say that skipping the lines and going in the side entrance actually detracts from the ride, for me anyway. They're always unadorned access doors, pretty much, and you lose the immersion that is part and parcel of the Disney experience. The Haunted Mansion used to have a 'secret pet cemetery' that only the handicapped visitors got to see (it's over on the left side and hidden from the main queue) but after it got around, they moved a duplicate version out into the main queue anyway. And I've always felt riding back up in the 'stretching room' sort of ruins the illusion.