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#97927 03/10/03 10:22 PM
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I heard someone say it again today!!

He said, "If this had been handled properly, we could have been done with this whole Mary Ann by now."

See? I'm not making this up!


#97928 03/11/03 12:30 AM
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Google has about a dozen hits (not counting the pages that contain a sentence ending in whole followed by one starting with Mary Ann). Maybe Dr Bill or someone else with time and inclination could look at these and see if there's a geographical pattern:

http://www.google.com/search?q=whole-mary-ann&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=nw


#97929 03/11/03 01:15 AM
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But you didn't get an explanation, I gather.


#97930 03/11/03 02:18 AM
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and then there's the Whole Marianne..


#97931 03/11/03 10:18 AM
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don't forget the Whole Enchilada!



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#97932 03/12/03 12:00 PM
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Mary Ann symbolizes the maids in Hong Kong


#97933 03/13/03 10:36 AM
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And I shall brazenly cross-thread here and offer up this Ball announcement:

To the Cliche Ball, please welcome Theodore and Mary Ann Shebang, and their son Theo Shebang.



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