Hasta La Gadget!

When you receive a text from Canada’s transportation minister reading, “Thatcher has died,” there’s really only one conclusion to jump to–that England’s polarizing 84-year-old conservative leader has passed.

Thing is, Margaret Thatcher is alive and well. So why would a prominent government official send such a text? It makes a bit more sense when you’re informed that the Canadian parliament member has a cat named for the former prime minister.

Unfortunately the misunderstanding wasn’t cleared up before the Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper was falsely informed of Thatcher’s death. Harper’s people called British officials, leading one aide to begin work on an official statement.

I’ve said it before: Cats and technology don’t mix.