And you knew I'D respond to this part of your post.... Frobisher!! He is a wonderful bear. And that is precisely why those nitwits at Parent's magazine (I only got 2 ideas out of a whole year of subscription.) said all children's stuffed animals should be named for important people so that the kid will grow up to ask questions about them. You are now a grown up and have been asking questions as long as you've been talking. Our other white bear was Churchill after the town with many white bears but it would also start discussion about the historian and British PM. I still think you should have let Pink Bear be named 'Mary Kay'. I understand she is still alive and still makeing a fortune from her huge cosmetics business. I guess even then you were more of a history buff and less of the type to buff your nails. Silly M!