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Adventures of a hell-cat in heaven

Some girls thought the late Albert deserved a libation, but even a grand pussy cat does not deserve grand cru champagne

4 June 2016

9:00 AM

4 June 2016

9:00 AM

Over the weekend I officiated at a funeral. Earlier in the morning there had been lowering rain clouds, but by the time we dug the grave there were blue skies to salute Albert’s passing. He deserved them. It was also appropriate that he died just before the anniversary of Jutland, for this was a feline dreadnought.

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