So David Cameron, it appears, is “the youngest Prime Minister in the 200 year history of British government.”
I’m older. He was born in late 1966. I was born in early 1965.
I think that’s a first for me, being older than a prominent, contemporary world leader. Granted, there have been child and teenage heads of state — eons ago. And maybe some tiny kingdom somewhere has been led by someone my junior in my lifetime. But I certainly don’t recall the front man of a major nation, certainly not one of the G-8, being younger than me.
There was a similar day, about seven to eight years ago, when I realized that virtually all active professional athletes — even the most enduring — were younger than me. And now this.
I’ll get over it. But if you don’t mind, give me at least 24 hours to wallow in self pity. That’s all I ask.