> Reuters News Service, September 3, 1998
>
> Bremen-
> "In retrospect, I admit it was unwise to try to gain access to my house via
> the cat flap," Gunther Burpus admitted to reporters in Bremen, Germany. "I
> suppose that the reason they're called cat flaps, rather than human flaps,
> is because they're too small for people, and perhaps I should have realized
> that."
> Burpus, a forty-one year old gardener from Bremen, was relating how he had
> become trapped in his own front door for two days, after losing his house
> keys. "I got my head and shoulders through the flap, but became trapped fast
> around the waist. At first, it all seemed rather amusing. I sang songs and
> told myself jokes. But then I wanted to go to the lavatory. I began shouting
> for help, but my head was in the hallway so my screams were muffled.
> " After a few hours, a group of students approached me but, instead of
> helping, they removed my trousers and pants, painted my buttocks bright
> blue, and stuck a daffodil between my cheeks. Then they placed a sign next
> to me which said 'Germany resurgent, an essay in street art. Please give
> generously' and left me there.
> "People were passing by and, when I asked for help, they just said 'very
> good! Very clever!' and threw coins into my trousers. No one tried to free
> me. In fact, I only got free after two days because a dog started licking my
> private parts and an old woman complained to the police. They came and cut
> me out, but arrested me as soon as I was freed. Luckily they've now dropped
> the charges, and I collected over DM3,000 in my underpants, so the time
> wasn't entirely wasted."
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LOL! This is really whack.
- SK
> Reuters News Service, September 3, 1998
>
> Bremen-
> "In retrospect, I admit it was unwise to try to gain access to my house via
> the cat flap," Gunther Burpus admitted to reporters in Bremen, Germany. "I
> suppose that the reason they're called cat flaps, rather than human flaps,
> is because they're too small for people, and perhaps I should have realized
> that."
> Burpus, a forty-one year old gardener from Bremen, was relating how he had
> become trapped in his own front door for two days, after losing his house
> keys. "I got my head and shoulders through the flap, but became trapped fast
> around the waist. At first, it all seemed rather amusing. I sang songs and
> told myself jokes. But then I wanted to go to the lavatory. I began shouting
> for help, but my head was in the hallway so my screams were muffled.
> " After a few hours, a group of students approached me but, instead of
> helping, they removed my trousers and pants, painted my buttocks bright
> blue, and stuck a daffodil between my cheeks. Then they placed a sign next
> to me which said 'Germany resurgent, an essay in street art. Please give
> generously' and left me there.
> "People were passing by and, when I asked for help, they just said 'very
> good! Very clever!' and threw coins into my trousers. No one tried to free
> me. In fact, I only got free after two days because a dog started licking my
> private parts and an old woman complained to the police. They came and cut
> me out, but arrested me as soon as I was freed. Luckily they've now dropped
> the charges, and I collected over DM3,000 in my underpants, so the time
> wasn't entirely wasted."
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