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Madhouse - 19/04/2002 - 03:00 GMT - [Link]

Madhouse

I got a new key for the front door today. What happened the old one? Well it no longer works since the lock had to be changed. Why was that? The old one was destroyed just after 8 o'clock this morning after the hired muscle of one of my flatmate's, er, "creditors" drilled through it, so as to gain access to flat and aforementioned "mate". I'm not kidding.

Once he heard the drilling, Thomas rushed out and indignantly enquired as to what the hell they were doing to his front door, to which The Man With The Big Black Briefcase, as he's come to be known, responded with his own, equally indignant query as to why Mr. Nagel hadn't opened the door after they had been buzzing for 2 minutes (the last thirty seconds having been a solid finger-held-on-button cacophony).

I would have answered the door earlier but my cohabitor was standing beside it and waved me away. I have no idea how much he owes/owed The Man, but they seem to have got what they wanted as they left a few minutes later carrying a number of Thomas's possessions. A locksmith arrived an hour or so later; I have no idea who called him or who paid for the lock.

Flats in Karlsruhe are really hard to find at the moment.

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