Woooow!! It was just a joke. I apologise profusely if you have taken it the wrong way. I am an avid reader of the XJO thread but I don't pretend to even begin to understand half of what you are talking about.
Even though I post on TA, I still tend to call it 'reading the tea leaves' a lot of the time. My remark was meant in the same vein.
I met both Totterdell and Robb at Brissy3, I'm sure that they would both vouch for the fact that I am not the denigrating type.
We've all had a hard week. Trust me it's been pretty tough here and I thought it might be helpful to bring some humour to the situation.