# Bailey or Mary Ann? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 28, 2002, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277 "2002-07-28T21:10:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/1 "2002-07-28T21:10:40Z")
Bailey Quarters or Mary Ann Summers? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/2 "2002-07-28T21:16:54Z")
Is this one of those “who would win in a fight” threads or did you have something else in mind? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/3 "2002-07-28T21:18:52Z")
Oh, I think most red-blooded males know what I’m asking. ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/4 "2002-07-28T21:20:36Z")
Bailey. Next question, Travis (the programming director in _really_ tight jeans on WKRP) or the Professor. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/5 "2002-07-28T21:35:43Z")
Gotta go with WKRP on both of those. On both levels. Although I’m sure the Professor could whip up some pretty cool coconut and bamboo based weapons if you gave him some advanced warning. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/6 "2002-07-28T21:40:01Z")
Bailey. Man oh man was she hot. Haj ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/7 "2002-07-28T21:56:45Z")
Of course, if you _really_ want to creep people out you ask: Flipper, or Lassie. Eeeeeew, I feel dirty now. ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/8 "2002-07-28T22:01:45Z")
Bailey ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/9 "2002-07-28T22:01:58Z")
Bailey, definitely Bailey. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/10 "2002-07-28T22:18:58Z")
So, are you saying that you’d choose Bailey? ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/11 "2002-07-29T00:04:38Z")
Hazel the Maid or Flo the Waitress? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/12 "2002-07-29T00:14:29Z")
[http://www.clothmonkey.com/jan.htm](http://www.clothmonkey.com/jan.htm) My comment would be, Hey, all you young’uns. She’s in her 50’s these days. JUst right for me. Keep watching those reruns. ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/13 "2002-07-29T00:16:49Z")
Kitt or the General Lee? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/14 "2002-07-29T01:11:43Z")
Great site you found, **samclem**. Did you catch the full-size Newsweek cover of her as the perfect California teenager at age 16? Now it’s Bailey more than ever. Not that there ever was a content. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/15 "2002-07-29T01:16:20Z")
Great site you found, **samclem**. Did you catch the full-size color Newsweek cover of Jan as the perfect California teenager at age 16? And she is still amazing in the one of her at 49. Now it’s Bailey more than ever. Not that there ever was a contest. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/16 "2002-07-29T01:22:50Z")
Not that there ever was a _contest_. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/17 "2002-07-29T01:25:05Z")
There’s an explantion for what I just did, starting with the fact that my first post wasn’t there when I went back in to fix the typo I realized just after posting that I had made, but I’ll just apologize and slink away. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/18 "2002-07-29T14:23:06Z")
Bailey. However, if I ever need someone to whip up a coconut stew, I’ll keep Mary Ann in mind. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/19 "2002-07-29T16:37:33Z")
Bailey. Mary Ann was sweet, but Bailey had that air of vulnerability around her. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277/20 "2002-07-29T20:07:21Z")
Another vote for Bailey. Smoldering sexuality… * * * Damn! I’ve forgotten to not become drunken again! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailey-or-mary-ann/121277.md?page=2)