On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, William H. Stirrat wrote:

> snip:
>
> A LABOUR MP is demanding the liberation and
>   repatriation of Winnie the Pooh and his friends who, she
>   says, have been imprisoned for decades in a glass case in
>   New York Central Library...
>
>  "They are part of our heritage and they want to come
>   home," she said. "They look very unhappy indeed. I am
>   not surprised, considering they have been incarcerated in
>   a glass case in a foreign country for 70 years...
>
>
> Hey,there could be a movie.   "Free Winnie!"
>

Bill:

More likely a new slogan for those spraying grafitti on walls:

        "FREE WINNIE THE POOH!
        (with every 24-pack of Bud)"

Patrick Boylan