By: Scot Bear
Re: Re: Wacky Germans

          Who says that Germans don't have a sense of humor?

  Originally reported in _Der Spiegel_, reprinted
  in the December
  31 _National Review_:

          "Gunther Burpus remained wedged in his front-door
  cat flap for
  two days because passersby 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,
  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.'
  Passersby
  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.'"


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