I'm glad I wasn't the only one who didn't know what a panda shot was. thanks, Jim D!
________________________________ From: CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, January 16, 2011 11:22:27 AM Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: cycling panda. Re: [RBW] Re: cycling panda. on 1/16/11 10:54 AM, JimD at rasterd...@comcast.net wrote: >OK, I have a question that I'm a bit embarrassed to ask. >And I've exhausted the interwebs trying to find out. > >What's the derivation of PANDA? > "Now Improved with an actual Reply..." A "Panda" derives from a Flickr photo group called "Bicycle Pandas" which (I believe) was started by a user named "faster panda, kill kill". It's bascially a self-referential portrait taken while riding your bicycle. If you go to the group, there's a few discussions of the naming. One of those webbernet memes which has seriously stuck (in a small subset of a subset kind of way.) http://www.flickr.com/groups/pandaportraits -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
