How do pandas celebrate their birthdays? With a giant ice cake filled with carrots, bamboo and other delectables, of course! Gao Gao from the San Diego Zoo seems like a happy boy in this AP photo.

This week on "Top Chef Beijing," contestant Ming Sigh finishes his "Something Bamboo" Quickfire Challenge entry: Star Fruit & Bamboo Leaf Sorbet with Chilled Rice Wine in Bamboo Cups and Lotus Root Garnish.

Submitted by Mary Pat Hyland
(If only they'd have bamboo challenges on Top Chef...maybe it would be better than the disappointing season that just finished up)

Protesters are a weird bunch. The activist in this AP photo is raging against climate change. Good luck, clown.

After delcaring for bankruptzy, Magna Employees and Horses begin their second careers.
Submitted by HB (Timely caption -- well played!)

Pink performs for the Benevolent Order of Heavily Armed Mounted Police, but .the horse on the right dumps on her performance.
Submitted by Phyllis Reinhard (Way to spot the details!)

So it seems we have a thing for robots lately. It's just the wave of the future, perhaps. Weren't we supposed to have flying cars by the year 2000 anyway? (Getty Images)

You remember Rosie, star of the Jetsons. Well here she is showing off her now svelte frame, thanks to RoboSlim. Mix just one shaker of 3-in-one with the RoboSlim granules and watch those extra pounds and parts just fall right off.
Submitted by Pie Snelson (Can Rosie get me a flying car?)

Taverns of the future: Stiffs serving stiff drinks to real stiffs.
Submitted by Attila the Hon

We can always count on fashion to provide some funny moments. French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac sent this creation down the runway at his recent show (more pictures here). Is the furry collar, I mean Andy's hair, purely fashionable or also functional? (AP photo)

If you think this is bad you should see the Don King dress.
Submitted by Quinn (That would probably tickle more than the Warhol)

Cruella DeVille's granddaughter, Brittany, shows off her new line of non-Dalmatian clothing.
Submitted by Vince Schuman

He Ping Ping, the Guinness Book of World Records' smallest man, seems to be all over the place these days. First, we had him with the woman with the world's longest legs. Now in this Getty Images photo he's posing with a shoe belonging to the world's tallest person.

After his kayak capsized, Scooter was ready to give up on winning the race. Then he spied Magic Johnson in the crowd...
Submitted by D.Keefer

This is the last time I order shoes over the internet.
Submitted by Vince Schuman
(We refuse to buy shoes on the Web for precisely this reason)

Thanks for a funny week of captions, everyone. Check out our picture today of a peeved penguin (or at least that's what we'll call her now). (Getty Images)