In this Jubilee Year of Queen Elizabeth, a photo that explains why there's NO WAY she's going to retire. Ever.

Among the various captions --some of them decidedly NSFV-- that have been suggested for this photo, currently making its way around the Internet, my favorite remains my own, Olympic-themed "...and in the 400 x 4 bubble-bottle relay finals, Prince Chaz makes a successful baton-pass to his anchor-leg teammate, four-year-old UK sprint phenom Kitty Lou McGoffle..."

Sadly, ethics force me to disclose that while the expression on Prince Chaz' phizz is authentic, my Intensive Journalistic Research has uncovered that Mr. Photoshop was called in to consult. Indeed, it is one of a series of cult-photos starring the li'l lass in foreground. Story is at http://blogs.canoe.ca/parker/

-- Earl Merkel