I don't know what it is about furniture shops but there was more than one company releasing ads like this in Australia well into the 2000s(
gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social,
Fri 16 Dec 2011, 6:05,
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and then there's this(
Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat,
Fri 16 Dec 2011, 6:16,
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