Ah, but isn't it said the older you get, the more set in your ways you become? I wouldn't be surprised if the council has fossilised by now. Not even your exuberance could reach them in that state, perhaps.

Though I suppose it could be funny to stir things up. A Meowth among the Pidgey, as it were.

[ He's agreeing in the most roundabout way possible??? ]