CPR 2-29-2012 SPECIAL LEAP YEAR EDITION: PET PEACE TALKS SUSPENDED, LADY, GRACIE ENGAGE IN RITUAL OF APOLOGY

For fear that any diplomatic arrangements

 entered into would only be valid and 
enforceable one day a year every four 

years, the Peace Talks commenced on 
February 28, 2012 (See CPR 2-28-2012 PET 

PEACE TALKS RESUME, PROGRESS MADE) were

 suspended today, as was the weekly Retro

 Monday on Wednesday CPR feature, as the 
archives are regrettably devoid of Retro

 Leap Year Pet Photos.  On the theory 
that she would only have to apologize for

 her cattiness once every four years, 
Gracie got together with Lady Emma

to apologize for gossiping about 
Lady and Max. 

"Lady" said Gracie "I am sorry I 

calumny-ized you.  In my defense, I am

 still confused about what a calumny is,

 and I was wondering if in fact Calumny is

 a cat perfume. and if you would mind if I

 smelled your butt, to see if it smells 

like a scent I might wear while wandering

into the darkness."  Lady told Gracie she accepted her apology, but she certainly 
wouldn't be allowed to smell her butt, 

unless of course she could count on 
Gracie's vote when she next ran for Head 

Pet. 

 Also, Lady expected that when the 
known pet world was finally divided between her and 

Catsby, Gracie would come under Lady's dominion, er

 rather, Gracie would reside in a household in which 
Lady was the freely and duly demo"cat"ically elected

 Chief Muckety Muck Grand Poohbah Head Pet for Life of

 the Pets, and that Gracie would be under her hegemony,

 actually, "Hedgie-mony"(Those familiar with Lady Emma

 know that her favorite toy is a stuffed miniature

 hedge hog, thoroughly chewed, named Hedgie, and for 

those unfamiliar with Hedgie,  a photo of Lady with 

the duly conscripted "Hedgie", is attached hereto as

 Photo 3), which meant that Gracie's judicial rulings

 as Justice Gracie Sotomeow, rendered from on top of

 the refrigerator, the highest court at 540 Paddock 

Avenue, would have to  rubber stamp Lady's Executive

 Orders and Edicts, including Lady's Administration's

 plan to nationalize the breakfast dishes.  "That

 sounds like an awful lot to ask for one lousy sniff" 

 said Gracie.  "You are asking me to sacrifice my judicial independence, or rather,

 my Clerk's, Jay Catsby's, exercise of my judicial independence.  But okay. 

Let me poke my nose in there, will you?" (The CPR has in its editorial judgment 

decided not to publish this photo, even though pets sniffing other pets' butts does

 generally generate thousands of  hits in the blogosphere. But then again, so do Pets mocking Angelina Jolie's leg pose at the 
Oscar.  (This photo is attached as a bonus on the blog,and sent out as a separate

 e-mail, sans commentary, to our subscribers)  The ritual of the apology 
was concluded with this malodorous congress between pets. 
 
SPONSORED BY THE RITUAL OF THE APOLOGY, A FILM DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY JAY 
CATSBY, STARRING ANGELINA JOLIE AS GRACIE THE CAT  AND KIM KARDASHIAN, AS LADY 
EMMA'S BUTT

 Catsby mocks Angelina Jolie's Leggy Oscar Pose