The opera ain't over until the fat lady sings.
-- Daniel John Cook (1926- ) American sports editor Television newscast,
San Antonio, TX [Apr. 1978] and In Washington Post [Jun. 3, 1978]
THE WORST ANIMAL RESCUE
During the firemen's strike of 1978 he British Army had taken over
emergency firefighting and on 14 January they were called out by an
elderly lady in South London to retrieve her cat which had become trapped
up a tree....