... I wanted to explain too much ...

When working for PerlMonks XP, the ideal strategy is similar to the one that works best when being interrogated by the police:

1. Speak when you're spoken to;
2. Answer the question asked without voluntering further information; and
3. Then shut your mouth.

Update: By "Answer the question ...", I don't mean to imply that an answer one gives to the police must necessarily be a truthful answer.