So last month, an electric door at the University of Mainz in Germany broke down.

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"BROKEN. The technician has been informed."
The next day the door wasn't fixed: "Technician also broken."

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Then a second notice appeared, referencing a contestant on the German version of Wife Swap. It reads: “Everything stays exactly the way it is!”

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And suddenly the meme floodgates opened.

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A day later, and the university's meme lovers had left the door looking like this.

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Three days later, and the door still wasn't working. In fact it looked like this.

And then – OMG. The memes had gone. GONE.

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The university dean could obviously take a joke. He thanked the memeists for their creativity, but said they sadly had to be removed due to fire regulations.
#technikeristinformiert: Danke für die kreative Aktion :) Leider mussten die Memes aufgrund von Brandschutzbestimmungen entfernt werden!
Then came a note PROMISING that the technician had been informed, but they were just waiting on a single technical part, which would be there in a few days.

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Brandschutzvorschriften = fire safety regulations, of course.
But the memes continued to build...

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...and build...

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"If the door fails, Europe fails."

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