Subject: The really final knot in the Dreaded Cat Thread..
Date: Apr 23 22:45:39 1995
From: Tom Foote - footet at elwha.evergreen.edu



Tweets--

I've been saving this one. Seems like this is a fitting *end*
to the Cat thread, *butt* is it art?

Tom

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 95 11:52:00 PDT
> From: Stanton, Ken <stantonk at elwha.evergreen.edu>
> Subject: FW: Cat flaps are not for humans. (fwd)
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> >>> "One of the primary reasons cat flaps are called cat flaps is
> >>> that they're flaps specifically designed for cats, as opposed to
> >>> dogs, or giraffes, or humans. All of this became abundantly clear to
> >>> teenager Jason Evans, of Eastleigh, Hampshire, when he recently spent
> >>> six hours stuck in one after using it in an attempt to get into his
> >>> house. He was eventually cut free by firemen. In Germany, meanwhile,
> >>> Gunther Burpus remained wedged in his front-door cat flap for two
> >>> days because passers-by thought he was a piece of installation art. Mr
> >>> Burpus, 41, of Bremen, was using the flap because he had mislaid his
> >>> keys. Unfortunately he was spotted by a group of student pranksters
> >>> who removed his trousers and pants, painted his bottom bright
> >>> blue, stuck a daffodil between his buttocks and erected a sign saying
> >>> 'Germany Resurgent, an Essay in Street Art. Please give Generously'.
> >>> Passers-by assumed Mr Burpus' screams were part of the act and it was
> >>> only when an old woman complained to the police that he was finally
> >>> freed. "I kept calling for help," he said, "but people just said 'Very
> >>> good! Very clever!' and threw coins at me." "