Mission Statement

We here at Pandabite.com love nicknames. C'mon admit it… you love nicknames too! Nicknames are fun. Nicknames tell a story. Nicknames are way easier to remember than that boring old real name that you've had since birth. And nicknames make the world a more fun and interesting place which is what we are all about at Pandabite.com. In one-way or another all of our nicknames brought us together. And after years of doling out nicknames to anyone we met, we decided to create Pandabite.com - the only official nickname site on planet earth (well at least that we know about).

But where the heck did you get the name Pandabite?

While Pandabite.com was nothing but a glitter in our eye, the crew was on a little road trip through the heart of Texas. While enjoying a soak in the hot tub one evening, a recent acquaintance from the trip nicknamed the Panda jumped in to say hello (side-note: We nicknamed him the Panda because he did not put much care into applying sun-screen, and he developed these awful tan lines that gave him a panda-like belly). While we shot the breeze with the Panda, our buddy Snake sat relaxed as could be near one of the jet streams. Suddenly the Panda missed one of the steps in the hot tub and stumbled right on top of Snake, digging his two front teeth directly into his shoulder. Snake arose in agony and started screaming, "The Panda bit me! The Panda bit me!" The story became an instant classic amongst our circle of friends. When someone suggested it as a possible name for our business it was received with unanimous approval.

 

The Creative Panda (Nicknames and Write-ups)

Whenever I hear the song "Mony Mony" by Billy Idol I get this uncontrollable urge to dance. It's been that way since I was a kid, but I took it to a whole new level at my senior prom. I don't know what exactly got into me? Maybe it was the combination of a cheap rental tux, too many splashes of Polo Sport, and a stomach full of all-you-can-eat bread sticks from the Olive Garden? Whatever it was when Billy's sweet voice serenaded the 11 o'clock hour of the dance, I started to move my body like I was a kid who had just moved into a small town where they didn't allow people to dance, but I was a bad ass with a mullet so I was going to do it anyway. I grabbed a girl that I didn't know, threw her on my back, got down on my hands and knees and started running around screaming,

"MONY MONY RIDE THE PONY, MONY MONY I'M THE PONY!"

You could say that I got my "bite" at that dance, because ever since I have been known as the Pony. I haven't given any pony rides in quite a long time, but if Billy is on… you never know what can happen.

"When I wake up in the morning and the 'larm lets out a warning I don't think I'll ever make it on time... Its all right cause I'm saved by the bell!" Well I wasn't saved by the bell but I was nicknamed after Saved by the Bell. You see I went as Luke Skywalker for Halloween one year and wore a blond shaggy wig in order to evoke the look of young Luke. Once Halloween was over I guess I had a hard time parting with the wig and decided to wear it one night along with my sweet jean jacket (stuck in the 80's!) I was bitten by the panda before I even left my college apartment that night when my roommate saw me and said "holy cow it's Deek!!" (Deek is a character from the early days of Saved by the Bell)

The Creative Panda (Nicknames and Write-ups)

It was a warm spring day when I, a young man with long bleached blond hair wearing a Twins baseball cap walked into the Virgil Michael apartments with a smile on my face and a twinkle in my eye. As I entered a man named Bean Burrito yelled, "What up Dazzle!?" Not sure what it meant I asked why he called me this. The Burrito explained that I looked like a better-looking version of Dan Gladden, the former MN Twins outfielder who helped lead them to a few World Series titles & had been known as the Dazzle Man.

Months later I had the chance of a lifetime tp meet the legendary Dan "The Dazzle" Gladden at a Minor League baseball game in majestic Alexandria, MN. I was introduced to him by a buddy's dad who brought him over and said, "Hey Dazzle, this kid thinks he's the Dazzle." As we shot the breeze and discussed the .225 batting average of some jabroni from the Alexandria Beetles, I took a huge BITE of the hotdog I was eating, when a little ketchup splattered onto my yellow polo. I quickly made a covert chicken-wing with my left arm to cover the embarrassment. Thinking that no one had seen what had happened, I was about to make a quick escape to the bathroom when Dan Gladden leaned over to me and said in a smug Dan Gladden tone,

"Is that your first error of the season Dazzle?"

Damn you & your glorious mustache Dan Gladden! Dan and my buddies had a good laugh at my expense. But who is laughing now... DAN? Quick question for you... DAN! Did you happen to register your name at Pandabite.com... DAN? Because I did... DAN! And guess what... DAN? Now I am the one & only Dazzle... DAN! So while I made my first error of the season... DAN! It looks like you just struck out in the bottom of the 9th... DAN!

The Fashionista Panda (Panda Apparel)

I guess that you could say I felt the bite when I was up in Collegeville a few years ago, partying at my brother's place. I was cornered by one of my brother's roommates telling one of his infamously long and BORING me, me, me stories. I tried to keep my attention focused on his story and not be rude, but it got harder & harder until I just couldn't take it anymore. We were face to face and he was literally mid-sentence when I heard someone else talking and chose to jump right into their conversation. At that point it was pretty obvious that I hadn't been listening to a word he had said and in a loud enough voice for everyone in the room to hear…he yelled

"Jeeezzz woman! You have the attention span of a squirrel!"

Just as he said it, I kid you not, an albino squirrel sprinted right across their big bay window in their living room. Everyone paused, and looked at each other like "Did that just happen?" It was definitely a defining moment of my life and my new nickname... Squirrely. Now I know how Batman felt when he stumbled into the bat cave for the first time and was like "Hmmmm, bats... I could make that work."

The Viral Panda (Social Media and Advertising)

It was a dark, cold and stormy night in December (a.k.a. a blizzard!) when I was finally bitten by the panda. We were with some friends and rocking out to Guitar Hero when I got fed up with my boyfriend's boasting about how awesome he was with the guitar so I offered to go head-to-head on his favorite song to date... "Monsoon" by Tokio Hotel. Quietly and carefully I racked up a note streak of 150 and doubled his points on a way to a victory that left the room screaming... "Monsoon, Monsoon, Monsoon!"