We cats wish we had made up this very punny headline, but alas — we must credit an anonymous Twitter wag. The creativity of folks on social media is one of the things that's keeping us going through what's turned out to be a surprisingly emotional loss. Elizabeth was Queen for the entirety of a lot of our lives, whether we have nine of them or one.
Which means that the British people, while mourning, are also patting themselves on the back for their queueing expertise. It's very impressive. Yes, there are port-a-potties and water stations and wristbands so you can get back in line if you have to leave it, but goodness gracious — nine and 10 hours to shuffle along slowly and stop and then shuffle along again sounds excruciating. Still, people are doing it, just to walk past the Queen's coffin and say thank you.
We hope Americans are taking note. With all the Republican voter suppression going on, it's quite possible that come November, our fellow citizens will find themselves in similarly endless lines — just to cast their ballots. Moral of the story? Stay in the queue. Reproductive freedom and democracy themselves are at stake. We cats PURR.
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