Red Panda Monorail Delay

by Meg on October 21, 2009

Attention Passengers.

There will be a 30-minute wait for the Dangling Paw Red Panda Monorail.

Please expect multiple bamboo-nomming delays. [sigh]

Squirrel reinforcements are on their way with back-up nuts.*

*Wait What!?

Brian B. took these shots at the Smithsonian Zoo.

Tagged as: Bears

{ 34 comments }

1 AuntieMame 10.21.09 at 9:40 am: Squirrel reinforcements are on their way with back-up nuts.

Teehee!
2 Von Zeppelin 10.21.09 at 9:41 am: Nice paint job on the monorail–especially the stripe around the nose.
3 Shandriz 10.21.09 at 9:41 am: TOOO CUTE! <3 I love Red Pandas so bad.
4 KittyAdventures 10.21.09 at 9:51 am: Good thing I brought a book.
5 Wicked 10.21.09 at 9:52 am: SQUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

I love Red Pandas. He can come nap at my house.
6 Gigi 10.21.09 at 10:05 am: 10-4 base I copy. What is the 10-20 of Squirrel reinforcements?
7 Birdcage 10.21.09 at 10:12 am: I feel like that red panda looks. Though, it is noteworthy that my “dangling hands” at the sides of my desk chair do not elicit any sort of “Awwwwwww!” reaction from my boss.
8 doomchild 10.21.09 at 10:14 am: Again? *sighes* And when it comes, the seats will be covered in bamboo and nut pieces. And squirrel fur. Quite unacceptable.
9 Stunbunny 10.21.09 at 10:20 am: I’ll still take the DPRPM over Chicago’s CTA!
10 Estlin 10.21.09 at 10:21 am: Is it me or has it been ages since we’ve seen a red panda on CO? To me, they are part of the Holy Trinity of cute animals (along with kittens and otters).
11 Shadyman 10.21.09 at 10:28 am: Monorail Panda has left the station? Noooo.
12 260Oakley 10.21.09 at 10:34 am: DPRPM asks you to “Mind the nap”
13 TrixandSam 10.21.09 at 10:36 am: Slow down, you movin’ too fast
You gotta make the moment last
Just slowin’ down the Monorail
Lookin’ for fun and
Feelin’ groovy

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-laaaa!
14 Nancy 10.21.09 at 10:55 am: We keep referring to it as ‘monorail,’ but perhaps we hoomans, as primates, are missing the point. We see this positional display in many, many non-hoofed quadripeds – monorail cat, monorail ham, monorail squirrel, monorail lizard, etc., over and over again. I’m beginning to think it is some kind of ancient spiritual technique of which we are unaware. Perhaps they have been doing this for millennia (maybe there where monorail dinosaurs) and there is an associated chakra, Dangling Paw, or whatever. I suspect these critters are way more spiritual than we have ever given them credit for; we are so wrapped up in the quest for qute.

and blah blah blah, there is my treatise on 4 legged spirituality:-0, yawn
15 Resriechan 10.21.09 at 10:56 am: To the Mgmt: are these Red Panda Monorail delays, related, in any way, to the Red Panda Monorail delays, from a few months back? Or is this an independent breakdown, with diverse causations?

And@ TrixxxandSam:

EggZACTly my kinda earworm. S&G. now THAT’s whatahmtalkinabout.
16 Resriechan 10.21.09 at 10:58 am: And alternative storyline. caption option #9 (Beatles earworm yet again)

“Houston [or perhaps in this case, "District of Columbia"], We have a problem.”

kbye
17 Rachael 10.21.09 at 11:31 am: Public transportation has never looked so cute!
18 snuh 10.21.09 at 12:17 pm: (sigh) at least the DPRPM is cheaper than those krazy lemur cabs.
19 Helen 10.21.09 at 12:18 pm: Considering it’s the National Zoo, shouldn’t that be a red line *Metro*rail delay?
20 skippymom 10.21.09 at 12:32 pm: snuh, those lemur cabs may be crazy, but I’d rather use one of them than the sloth rickshaw I took the other day. I thought we’d neeeevvveerr get there!
21 Kristen 10.21.09 at 1:07 pm: I’d take the DPRPM just for the breakdowns. Post perfect Meg! Thnx!
22 Kristen 10.21.09 at 1:10 pm: Oops, not breakdowns, “nomming delays”.
23 kittyadventures 10.21.09 at 1:10 pm: Dooo doo bas de doo dooo doo doo felling groooovy.
24 Theresa 10.21.09 at 2:16 pm: F train here. If you must know, I take it WAY PAST all those hipster stops, to where I have LIVED PRACTICALLY ALL MY LIFE, SO THERE. You know, the neighborhoods without cafes and clubs.
25 Theresa 10.21.09 at 2:16 pm: Oh no, I said too much.

[That's me with a corndog, that's me with a pot pie, chewin' my provisions - Ed.]

[aka Not That Michael Stipe The Other Michael Stipe - Ed.]
26 Theresa 10.21.09 at 2:58 pm: I suppose I haven’t said enough!
27 cupcake 10.21.09 at 5:04 pm: Aww these little guys are so precious!
28 Kay 10.21.09 at 8:02 pm: I’m confused as to why there was a link to the Smithsonian Zoo, when it’s actually referred to as the National Zoo…. I promise I know this, I live nearby.
29 belphebe 10.21.09 at 11:18 pm: Kay, the link says “Smithsonian Zoo” probably because the official name of the National Zoo is “Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park”, or just “Smithsonian National Zoo”. Residents probably just call it the National Zoo, but out-of-towners might not. And google doesn’t.

I wonder if the Red Panda Monorail is still on a break. I want to cuddle that little guy (or gal)!
30 Kristabelle 10.22.09 at 6:11 am: I was JUST AT the National Zoo on the 9th! The only photo I got of the red panda was of him hiding under all the brush in the corner. :sob: Red Panderers are my FAVORITE!!!!
31 emmberrann 10.22.09 at 8:45 am: Haw! Back-up Nuts!
You’d think there’d be plenty of regular nuts on this blog! (Oh, and yes, count me in as one. Folks say I’m pretty squirrely without any back-up nuts atall!)
32 Christina 10.22.09 at 12:09 pm: belphebe, i assure you that the smithsonian also refers to this institution as the “national zoo”. if you poke around the website a bit you’ll see verification” titles of pages such as “visiting the national zoo”, et cetera. it’s not just a lazy nickname used by locals. also, if you google “national zoo”, you’ll see that google knows more than you give it credit for
33 Paunchie 10.22.09 at 2:13 pm: Branch straddler paw dangler
34 Lily 10.24.09 at 6:15 am: awwwwwww
i love red pandas and this by far is the cutest!!!!!