By Zamboni
Everyone's agog about Barack and Michelle Obama's first trip abroad as First Couple, but we cats just have one question.
What the heck's happened to Prince Philip?
Her Majesty the Queen — now, she looks fab. Comes from great stock, don'tcha know, and we love the pink frock. Sets off her crown of white hair to perfection. And the President and First Lady, as usual, seem to have just sprung from the pages of a glossy fashion magazine. He's cool and tailored, she's professional and, at the same time, ladylike. No problems there.
But the Duke of Edinburgh — *sigh.* We cats remember a time when he was quite the rake. He gave us all the vapors, because he was so handsome and dashing and yet still knew he had to be one step behind his wife at all times. The recipe, in our book, for the perfect aphrodisiac. Now, he looks bent, wizened, slow — like we'd find ourselves caught, walking impatiently behind him, at Aventura Mall.
Gasp! We know what's happened to him — age. OMG, is Philip really 87??? Almost 88??? That explains everything.
You humans really should have nine lives, like we cats do.
UPDATE: We cats note with great interest that the right-wing folks over at Free Republic seem to — inexplicably — think that Mrs. Obama should have curtsied to the Queen. We find this strange, coming from people who profess to be such staunch American patriots. As Miss Manners instructs us, "One does not bow or curtsy to a foreign monarch, because the gesture symbolizes recognition of her power over her subjects." Tea party, anyone?
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