In reply to:

No need to take it personally. Sometimes it's a nice thought to explain things unnecessarily
because there are others on the Board, or just lurking, who have had different cultural exposure
and may not know (for example) Winnie the Pooh, or even Disney's Winnie the Pooh.



Well in fact the comment did occur in a paragraph following the salutation "Alex," so I felt like there was a conversation going on between two parties. Sorry to be so touchy in the first place, but the whole thread has follwoed down a path that began with a misreading of my point.