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It happens to the best of us. You’re in the shower, minding your own cleanliness, when that eureka moment hits, only to vanish moments later when you reach for your towel.

That’s the fate that befell Coby’s most recent shower thought. “It might have been for an invention, or a blog he was going to start,” says Macy Randolf, a source familiar with the situation. “Whatever it was, it was probably going to change the world. And then – poof. It was gone.”

Multiple reports from the scene claim Coby has been thinking about it all day long. “He’s re-tracing is steps, hoping to trigger the memory” says Arnold Koerber, Coby’s roommate and longtime friend. “He even took a second shower an hour later to try and get it back. No luck.”

Whatever it was, we’re confident in saying that the world is at a loss for never knowing it. The Fluffington Post will update this story as it develops.

via @cobythecat

Duchess the cat was elected mayor of Wiley, SD – population 241 – last year after her predecessor was recalled. Now the cat is potentially facing a recall challenge of her own after a local blogger accused her of widespread abuses of power.

“An audit of town documents obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests shows that Duchess has repeatedly used her political position for personal gain,” wrote the blogger, known only by the nom de plume WileyWatcher. 

According to the series of posts, Duchess used town funds to hire an intern whose sole job was to “scratch her frequently behind the ears,” and she apparently gave herself a $500/month “feather and yarn” budget. Most damaging, however, WileyWatcher details how the cat used her position to grant favors to friends.

“When it came time to upgrade the litter box facilities at a local park,” claims the blogger, “the contract went to PawFresh, Inc., a major donor to Duchess’s mayoral campaign. But a close look at the bids submitted for the project reveal that PawFresh was neither the lowest bid nor the most highly rated company.”

Also, she apparently wears a crown around town hall.

A spokesperson for the mayor’s office declined to comment.

Via duchess_the_mainecoon.

Via imogenthekittnen.

Dusky, a cat running for president of the U.S. as a Democrat, fell asleep during a press conference on her foreign policy yesterday.

“She was in the middle of talking about proposed yarn sanctions on Iran,” said Washington Post reporter Toby Willits, “when she just nodded off.”

Dusky remained asleep for a good three hours, during which time reporters were apparently unsure how to react.

“Do we just wait for her to wake up?” said Willits. “Was it going to be rescheduled? Should we try running the can opener to wake her up? We had no idea.”

Campaign officials have taken the blame for the somnolent gaffe. “In retrospect, we probably shouldn’t have held the press conference from on top of all those pillows,” said campaign communications director Sara Ramos.

Via Svedek.