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Re: An Important News Item

Hi Heide,
Thanks for reposting that news item. To the same list, no less!
Carole

HEIDE FELDMAN wrote:
>
> I think this person is trying very hard to get off the SQFT list--and should
 be removed immediately.  This is a real example of abuse of the
Internet...and a rreason why I can't let my young daughter use it.

>
> ----------
> From:   Roger Wilko[SMTP:rogerwilko@USA.NET]
> Sent:   Thursday, January 30, 1997 1:18 PM
> To:     Multiple recipients of list SQFT
> Subject:        An Important News Item
>
> Howdy Squarefooters! Or should that be squarefeeters?
>
> Just by way of an intro I thought I'd send you a news item from
> "Fire - Rescue" magazine . . .
>
> Enjoy!
>
> MAN CAUGHT BY HIS CATFLAP
>
> "In retrospect, I admit it was unwise to try to gain access to my
> house via the catflap," Gunter 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 (41), a gardener from Breman,
> 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.  The rescue services came and cut me out, but the police
> arrested me as soon as I was free.
>  Luckily, they've now dropped the charges, and I collected over
>  DM3,000
> ($2,000) in my underpants, so the time wasn't entirely wasted."
>
> Over and out.
>
> Rog.

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