Cat's demise prompts rumours of Thatcher death

[CHIMO]

A brief message about a felled feline really caused the fur to fly this week, prompting erroneous rumours about the demise of no less than Margaret Thatcher

It eventually reached the ears of Mr. Harper, or someone close to him. Harper aide Dimitri Soudas, back in Ottawa, was dispatched to confirm the news and start preparing an official statement mourning the death of the Iron Lady, an icon to many in Harper's Conservative party.

Mr. Soudas immediately e-mailed his contacts at Buckingham Palace and in British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office.

Turns out it was Transport Minister John Baird's beloved 16-year-old cat – whom he'd named Thatcher out of admiration for one of his political heroes – who had ceased to be.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/cats-demise-prompts-rumours-of-thatcher-death/article1359985/

[daleo]

1. I am inclined to mourn the cat

Maggie, not quite as much.

[arikara]

2. Me too

;-)