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Indeed indeed, indeed, well this is a little note that we've received through our friends the internet.

This is presumably a story that was in a German newspaper.

It's one of the primary reasons that cat flaps,

there's a little door thing, you know,

the pet doors, I believe.

Yeah, not to be confused with cowflabs.

Cowflabs, that's what I thought when I first read it.

Like a pet door, a cat door is that it's specifically designed for cats and not dogs.

Here's the problem. specifically designed for cats and not dogs.

Here's the problem. Gunter Burpus remained wedged in his front door cat flap for two days

because passers-by thought he was a piece of art.

Mr Burpus 41 of Bremen was using the flap because he had lost his keys.

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