Thanks to
Frits Hoogland, here are some better pictures of the appreciation event.
See, it was me who did all the hard work really! Not really, you can see Marco is standing in another queue, waiting to help.

You can almost imagine this bear's thoughts. 'Mmmm, so this is where my future lies, with a drunken bum .... What was your name? Mark? Any chance I could come back to your place instead?'