There is no need to be rude .....
You are quite right. I don't believe everything I read ..... even FT posts ...

No rudeness intended.
From the outset there has been a marked gap between what I wrote and what you have twisted my words to mean. You started with an assumption and the tweaks and pinches you have bruised my words with have all been performed in an attempt to prod them into fitting in with that assumption. In other words, you were reading what you wanted to read.
Hopefully, this will lighten the now darkened tone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAw8RbDGsAw&sns=em
Ladies from Andalucia belting out the joys of owning a Thermomix, flamenco (Sevillanas) style.