Delhi Police, Elon Musk and 'police cats', just look at what happened
Billionaire Elon Musk's quirky tweet about his son Lil X asking if 'police cats' exist has received a "purr-fect" reply from the Delhi Police and wacky responses from netizens.
The Twitter owner on Thursday had posted: "Lil X just asked if there are police cats, since there are police dogs."
While a large number of netizens have been engaging with Musk's tweet since then, it is Delhi Police's pun-laced response on Friday that has caught the attention of many Twitterati.
"Hi @elonmusk, please tell Lil X that there are no police cats because they might get booked for feline-y and 'purr'petration," the Delhi Police tweeted.
Many netizens have given a thumb-up to this amusing wordplay by the law enforcement agency of India's national capital, and some have called it a "purr-fect" response.
Delhi Police's official Twitter handle has been set abuzz since this punny reply with a clever wordplay on 'felony' and 'perpetration', was put in the morning on the microblogging site.
"That was marvellous," tweeted user @IndiaPran, while another user @_naveenish wrote, "Purr fect, What's next?".
On Thursday, hordes of Twitter users had responded to the Tesla founder's tweet and also mentioned name of his son, Lil X. His tweet has clocked over 21 million views and over a lakh likes, and also triggered a 'cats vs dogs' debate among netizens.
"Well, Lil X, it seems like the world needs some "paw enforcement" to keep the streets safe! Time to train those feline officers for some purrfect crime-fighting!," @TraderDAO_AI tweeted.
Some users shared images of cats and dogs together in law enforcement uniform, to underline that both animals can do the job.
"Can we have police kittens too! They're so cute, you just have to obey," @ProjectTXA tweeted.
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