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People “cooped up with folks they had beefs with killed each other,” he added.

Thanks to a monster snowstorm that hit the area, the family had been cooped up inside for several days — and cabin fever was setting in.

We know he loves a good contrast, and in this case the episode practically writes itself: While Kate is cooped up somewhere in England trying to recover from surgery — or whatever — she caves to public pressure for information about her condition and posts a badly edited photo on social media, thereby turning a fringe internet obsession into an international incident.

“Thanks to the birds, I have never felt cooped up staying at home. So much remains new, so much can be discovered,” she writes.

When COVID-19 first began spreading around the world, and cities went into lockdown, many people joked that keeping couples cooped up in their homes would lead to a baby boom.