> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sally Khudairi [mailto:khudairi@w3.org]
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 1998 8:31 AM
> To: FoRK
> Subject: News from Bremen
>
>
> > 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."
>