Yesterday I reported the hilarious but lovely Belgian response to the police lockdown, in which the city was largely closed or monitored by police for a week as they hunted for two terrorists. The cops asked citizens not to report the nature or location of police activity so as not to aid the terrorists.
Belgians then created a Twi**ter site, #brusselslockdown, and tweeted pictures of cats. Go have a look; the site is hilarious. (The BBC has a summary of some of the funnier posts.)
And, this morning, the Beligan police thanked the citizens who tweeted:
Pour les chats qui nous ont aidé hier soir… Servez-vous! #BrusselsLockdown pic.twitter.com/7O5ENF6nXa
— Police Fédérale (@policefederale) November 23, 2015
Translation: “For the cats who helped us last night. . . Help yourselves!”
And there’s a response!:
@PolFed_presse Merci pour les croquettes ! #BrusselsLockdown pic.twitter.com/zpR7qZbeYg
— Pad'R (@Pascalpadr) November 23, 2015
A bit of humor in a grim world. . .
h/t: Anthony R.
That one over on BBC is priceless. The kitty sniper.
That one with the star wars troopers and the hovercats was good. Photoshopped, obviously.
But the original pic was linked to from here a while back, on boredpanda, in a list of ‘funny perfectly timed cat photos’ which implies that it (the original) was genuine not photoshopped.
http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/funny-perfectly-timed-cat-photo-50__605.jpg
It looks impossible but I do hope it’s genuine.
cr
P.S. #brusselslockdown was a delighful spontaneous outbreak of humour. Contra PCC’s account, I think it was originally reporting events in Brussels till the police asked tweeters to refrain, at which point the cats appeared.
cr
Way to go, humans!