# OOOOH! Panda! \*squeeeeee\*
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 4, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330 "2006-08-04T14:45:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/1 "2006-08-04T14:45:34Z")
I wish _I_ were a captive breeding panda. There’d be hundreds of new panda cubs every year!
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/2 "2006-08-04T14:46:42Z")
Sorry. Um, [Link](http://www.nbc17.com/news/3669072/detail.html).
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### Author:  [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/3 "2006-08-04T14:48:37Z")
_Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. I am your daddy. Prepare to be boarded._
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### Author:  [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/4 "2006-08-04T14:51:20Z")
I have _no_ idea what you’re talking about, but you “squeed,” and that’s kinda cute.
…
If you’re girl. :-\
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/5 "2006-08-04T14:51:25Z")
[quotw]In 12 months, he’s grown from a 4-ounce newborn the size of a stick of butter to a 54-pound fur-ball. He’s learned to walk and to climb trees. He’s still nursing, but he is eating apples and carrots and bamboo leaves, said senior giant panda keeper Kathy Hawk.
He has also endeared himself to the public and to keepers, who call him their “Baby Boy,” “Mr. M” and “Goof-ball.” Oh, and “Pooper,” which he responds to.
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Awwww!
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/6 "2006-08-04T14:52:37Z")
> [@Clockwork And Candy](#):
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> I have _no_ idea what you’re talking about, but you “squeed,” and that’s kinda cute.
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> …
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> If you’re girl. :-\
It’s **Inigo Montoya**. Definitely not a girl. Likes pirate wenches.
…Sorry. I squee, too, occasionally, does that count?
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### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/7 "2006-08-04T14:53:52Z")
[Brent Sienna] Auuuughh! _Nooooooo!!_ [/Brent Sienna]
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/8 "2006-08-04T14:56:21Z")
> [@Anaamika](#):
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> It’s **Inigo Montoya**. Definitely not a girl. Likes pirate wenches.
Aye, which reminds me…ye don’t happen to be ownin’ one of them thar Panda Suits by chance?
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### Author:  [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/9 "2006-08-04T15:01:49Z")
**Inigo:** Panda Love God
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/10 "2006-08-04T15:04:13Z")
**Inigo** , I don’t even know what to say to that. What are you going to do if I don’t have one? Worse yet, what will you do if I say I _do_ have one? 😕 :eek:
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### Author:  [@parsnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parsnip)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/11 "2006-08-04T22:35:25Z")
DH and DS were are the zoo two Sundays back. They skipped the inside line and wandered onto the upper deck. Butterstick was climbing and did a drop and landed on his back. They said they could see the thought bubble “oooof”. He is sooooo cute!
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### Author:  [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/12 "2006-08-05T00:33:00Z")
su lin in san diego turned one as well.
what cuties these panda kids are.
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### Author:  [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/13 "2006-08-05T12:22:27Z")
“\*It’s just past the top of the hour here at **KTER** ; our next request goes out to a very special listener named **Inigo**. Here’s… \*The Squee Song.”
_Oh I wish I were a captive breeding panda;
That is what I’d truly like to be;
'cause if I were a captive breeding panda;
The other pandas all would breed with me!_
I like how the panda’s Chinese name, Mei Sheng, translates both to “Born in the U.S.A.” and “Beautiful Life.” How does that work, exactly? Does the Chinese word for the United States also mean “beautiful,” or “life?” Either one seems awfully nice and poetic of the Chinese, if true.
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/14 "2006-08-05T15:06:50Z")
I’m going to say there is a common word for “Unity” and “Beautiful” and for “Born” and “Life”
Makes me feel like biting a wax tadpole, I tell ya.
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### Author:  [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/15 "2006-08-06T02:05:13Z")
Cutie Panda boy
Cyn, who used to own a panda suit.
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### Author:  [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/16 "2006-08-06T02:12:49Z")
from what i understand it depends on the tone. mei said in one tone means beautiful. said in another tone it could be something totally unrelated.
mei sheng’s big sis is hua mei, which translated out to china usa. little yearling sis is su lin, which means a little bit of something cute.
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### Author:  [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/17 "2006-08-06T14:44:22Z")
Fuckin’ baby pandas… What’s next? Baby seals and kittens?!.. \
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/18 "2006-08-07T02:19:08Z")
Ah **Quickie**! I was wondering when you were coming by!
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/19 "2006-08-07T02:46:40Z")
I’ve spent a fair amount of time at the SD Zoo over the last 45 years, and I have to say that I find Pandas (please forgive me!) rather boring.
But, then again, I love visiting the Galapagos Giant Tortoise pen\*. Go figure.
\*It used to be a lot better before they put the railings in–several of the tortoises really loved getting their necks scratched. I guess someone must have gotten themselves chomped.
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### Author:  [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-panda-squeeeeee/367330/20 "2006-08-07T21:30:02Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#):
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> Ah **Quickie**! I was wondering when you were coming by!
Eh. You know me. No quicker way to get my attention than to mention baby pandas or bisexual Latvians. 😉
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