Feeling, perhaps, that two Congressional appearances were enough, Zuckerberg snubbed similar grillings from other countries. He declined to appear in November before a group of representatives from nine countries hosted in Westminster.
Instead, Facebook sent VP and British peer Richard Allen in his place, and Belgian lawmaker Nele Lijnen flummoxed him with an unexpected question: "Do you know the expression 'sending your cat'?"
Allen admitted he did not, and she explained it was a Flemish idiom meaning to not show up.
"I hope I am able to assist as a cat," Allen responded.
"No, no, you are sitting next to the cat," Lijnen explained.