Why did Winnie the Pooh's house say "Mr Sanders"?

this should help...everything you need to know about pooh all in this book

The pages look blank.

Once upon a time, a very long time ago now, about last Friday, Winnie-the-Pooh lived in a forest all by himself under the name of Sanders.
What does "under the name" mean? asked Christopher Robin.
'It means he had the name over the door in gold letters and lived under it.'

.... and when you look up, they drop on you.

OK, if we assume that Mr. Sanders was the previous occupant of Winnie the Pooh's house, what happened to Mr. Sanders? Did he die?

Pooh ate him.

maybe Pooh's last name is Sanders

Pooh bears only eat hunny.

he became a chicken enterpenuer

Question #1: The "Sanders" Question... Hello. I have a dilemma. I was discussing Winnie the Pooh with a friend the other day. (Don't ask me why, we're both grown adults). And he INSISTS that because it says "Sanders" above the door, that it is Winnie the Pooh's last name. As in Winnie the Pooh Sanders. I told him this is not true, and showed him your web page where it states "It means he had the name (Sanders) over the door in gold letters and pooh lived under it".

He still INSISTS that this means that is his last name. Would you PLEASE clear this up for us. We need to know which one is correct because we now have a bet riding on this. (We are very immature). Also, if it isn't his last name, why does it say Mr. Sanders over his door? That's just out of curiosity. Thank you.
Michelle Girardin

Answer #1:This has confused many people. Your friend is not alone. The answer of course is that his real name is "Winnie the Pooh" or "Winnie ther Pooh". But definitely not "Winnie the Pooh Sanders". The Sanders sign was there when he moved in. The real "Mr. Sanders" was the prior resident of the house where Pooh now lives.


Therefore, when A. A. Milne writes in his book that Pooh lived under the name of Sanders, the book clarifies this witty statement by stating: "It means he had the name (Sanders) over the door in gold letters and Pooh lived under it." If Pooh's name really is Sanders, by virtue of living under a sign by the same name, then by the same reasoning, your friend's last name may actually be "Mercy Hospital", or if he moved into a house and the prior owner's name was still over the door, maybe his last name is "Sanders".





Question #2a: Mr. Sanders - Who Is He?
Who exactly was "Mr. Sanders"?

Answer #2a: While there is no definitive answer to this question in the Winnie-the-Pooh lore by A. A. Milne, we have decided, in a Pooh sort of way, that Mr. Sanders must have been a bear.

And he must have been a bear because he lived in the sort of house that is suitable for bears. And the location of this house was close enough to the buzzing sort of bees as to be able to get hunny, without being too close to be bothered by the buzzing when he wasn't hungry.

And since Mr. Sanders is a bear then he must have been a relative of Winnie-the-Pooh. But he must be a distant relative because Mr. Sanders is nowhere around.

Answer #2b: Another answer comes from author Ann Thwaite in her biography, A.A. Milne: The Man Behind Winnie-the-Pooh (Random House, 1990). In her Notes (page 522, referring to page 262) we read: "under the name of Sanders The Sanders referred to was Frank Sanders, who had a printing works in the Snow Hill area of London." This firm apparently printed some of A.A. Milne's work, although all four children's books are printed by Jarrold of Norwich. Information comes from Douglas Sanders, Frank's nephew, 1989. Frank Sanders was certainly a friend of illustrator E.H. Shepard, but there is no reference to him by A.A. Milne that would confirm this private joke.
(Courtesy of John Wheeler).

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While there is no definitive answer to this question in the Winnie-the-Pooh lore by A. A. Milne, we have decided, in a Pooh sort of way, that Mr. Sanders must have been a bear.

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Was he a fuzzy bear?

no. he was a bare bear.

did this bear care?

does anyone else think that this charmin commercial has some heavy gay undertones?

No. Straight guys like bare bottoms.

female ones, anyway...