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[denizaksulu]

Great real story defining fundamental difference between British and Cypriots....

The tale of the expat and the copycat
By Marianna Pissa
AIRPORT staff in Paphos were left red faced last week after a copycat was unmasked by a British passenger.
The British resident of Cyprus was waiting for his luggage and his cat on his return from the UK, a local newspaper reported. After waiting for a long time, he finally received his suitcases, but there was no sign of his cat. Eventually, airport employees approached the man with smiles on their faces carrying his special pet carrier, with a very lively cat inside.
But as soon as the man saw the cat, he said it was not his. The airport staff insisted that the cat was in the cage and consequently had to be his, even pointing to the animal's ID collar.
They continued to insist until the British expat said: "This is not my cat gentlemen, because the one that I brought from London was dead."
Dumbfounded, the airport employees could not believe what they heard.
The man had gone to London on holiday and took his (live) cat with him. There, however, the cat fell ill and died, and the man wanted to bring it back to Cyprus to bury it in his garden.
As it later emerged, when the cage with the dead cat reached the Paphos airport, an employee saw the dead cat and immediately alerted his colleagues, wondering what they should do in case they were blamed for the incident.
They decided to take a stray cat from outside the airport that resembled the dead cat in colour and face. After a feline chase in the grounds of the airport and after some intense washing and grooming, they put the collar of the dead cat on the copy cat, put it in the cage and sent the cage out for the owner to receive it.
It is not known whether the Briton decided to adopt the stray.
Copyright © Cyprus Mail 2008

[kafenes]

A little late my friend.

http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=17139

[denizaksulu]

A little late my friend.

http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=17139

So it is. My niece posted it to me today. I thought it was even older.

[kafenes]

A little late my friend.

http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=17139

So it is. My niece posted it to me today. I thought it was even older.

Somehow I doubt it's for real.

[zan]

There was an episode of "Only fools and horses" in which Del boy, Rodney and Grandad were decorating the black guys (whose name escapes me at the moment) flat and they left the kettle on and thought they had killed the wife's budgie. They sent grandad out to buy a new one and the rest is just like the story here....


A few more from OFAH......Seeing that Deniz wasted a thread

One of the best:



I also love this though it is a rip off of the Goons, Ecles asking the time. Wait until the end for the great punch line, "Heres a picture of it. What more proof do you need"...

[denizaksulu]

There was an episode of "Only fools and horses" in which Del boy, Rodney and Grandad were decorating the black guys (whose name escapes me at the moment) flat and they left the kettle on and thought they had killed the wife's budgie. They sent grandad out to buy a new one and the rest is just like the story here....


A few more from OFAH......Seeing that Deniz wasted a thread

One of the best:



I also love this though it is a rip off of the Goons, Ecles asking the time. Wait until the end for the great punch line, "Heres a picture of it. What more proof do you need"...

Timeless they are. Batman and Robin one of their best.