Catpiece and codpiece

A dispatch from RAFCOP (Lemur Alliance)

Once again Thamus tries to pull the wool over peoples eyes, by stating that the evil leprechaun accompanying him on his nefarious mission to fleece american children over the Christmas period, was in fact a cat (Klaws McKibble) disguised as a 'helpful elf'. Preposterous, I know but it leads me on to the following facts. Some of you may have noticed the catpiece Thamus sports on his lap, there is an interesting historical tale regarding that affectation.
In the 1600's when codpieces were all the rage across the courts of europe, the Thanes read of them and decided to adopt the fashion themselves. Having taken the name codpiece a little too literally, there followed many complaints from female thanes regarding the aroma emanating from their affectations. Consequently the Thanes decided on their own version of the codpiece, the catpiece, reasoning that all women love furry little kitties.The only benefit of this fashion statement is that the Thanes have succeeded in keeping several taxidermists in business over the last four centuries, that would otherwise have gone to the wall.