No, none of the bamboo goodness for me unfortunately. Did get my portrait done for the WWF though - they reckoned I was cuter than the last panda

Well, hopefully the other 364 days of the year are pleasant enough... with or without the too-much-beer. =^_^=
Did you get any bamboo? Could you not have found a colour portrait for your avatar? Oh wait.... panda.... never mind.
(I do like the panda, by the way)

My e-what? Oh, maybe that's my problem. Did you do anything fun for your birthday?

Happy Birthday!!

Only if I am e-caught

Yes, I'll e-drink to that!

Wishing you a Happy Birthday!

I saw this and thought of you.

A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons.

'Why?' asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

'Well, I'm a panda', he says, at the door. 'Look it up.'

The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation. 'Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.'

Nicely done!

I like your "The Stalwart Panda" change, however, you're going to have to change the location as Pandas are seldom found under the sea.