What can you say in the circumstances?

T.Aldous is, quite fairly, irritated by a squib that appears to have been published by the friends of Noddy Library and pushed through all the local letterboxes (it's bravely anonymous and devoid of printer's details). One point in particular upsets him:

"They call me patronising. Me! Patronising? I think you'll agree with me that I may be many things but not patronising."

My poker face has deserted me of late, I hope it behaved itself this time.