Sometimes, amidst the spam and business emails, something golden shows up in your inbox.

That is what happened to a large group of people on the US Embassy in Canberra’s email list.

The US Embassy has now apologised for a “training error”, after distributing a fake meeting email to an unknown number of people, reports The Guardian.

The email, titled “meeting”, featured a photo of a tabby cat wearing a blue Cookie Monster outfit and holding a plate of choc-chip biscuits, beneath the title “cat pyjama-jam”.

Behold, the image sent out by the Embassy:

Far cuter than the real monster that prowls the White House. Back to the email:

In the clear case of misdirected correspondence last week, the email also contained a section of Latin and recipients were given the option to hit an RSVP tab.

I would show up for that party. That party sounds amazing.

US Mission to Australia public affairs counsellor Gavin Sundwall apologised for the mistake, but he kept it light.

“Sorry to disappoint those of you who were hoping to attend this ‘cat pyjama-jam’ party, but such an event falls well outside our area of expertise,” he wrote in a follow-up email two days after the original. “It was a training error made by one of our new staff testing out our email newsletter platform.”

He also said that strong management controls would be implemented to prevent a repeat of the mistake.

I feel like some mistakes are worth repeating.

[source:guardian]