I guess the timeout is kind of like you are a guest in somebodies house (in this case PP) and you are given a set of rules that you have to follow to stay. So you push the envelope a number of times over the years- right up to the line, sometimes over. So your asked to cool it a little(didn't see Bob's email to Cow so don't know exactly what it said) but you decide that you just have to be you and you push again.