I had a very similar comment the other day at a class. Where is your bernina didn't hing you used a cheap viking. Oh I replied the bernina is at home because after have ing a car accident with it and damaging the machine I now travel with an excellent machine which if it needs replacing want cost an arm and a leg.
This board is great but I think sometimes because we come from such a wide geographical areas that jokes and the way we say things are miss understood. Mine are frequently and having dyslexia also doesn't help as my phrases in sentences are wrong ompared with others.