INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INTO BUILDING HILLARY’S EXOSKELETON JUST TOOK AN EXCEEDINGLY STRANGE NEW TURN: ‘Robot tail’ could help reduce risk of falling for elderly, say Japanese scientists.

Or, as always, life eventually catches up with P.J. O’Rourke’s satire: “It was just the usual small talk of the very rich, who are indeed different from you and me—they have tails. Little short ones with smooth silky hairs, right at the base of the spine. If you ever want to know whether somebody is very rich or not, just pull down their pants. If they’re very rich, they’ll have a tail. No kidding.”

(Classical reference in headline.)