# Manny, A Word Please

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-a-word-please/158862>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 3, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-a-word-please/158862 "2003-03-03T22:41:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-a-word-please/158862/21 "2003-03-04T02:32:28Z")

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> \*Originally posted by manhattan \*  
> \*\*Let’s just say that **Bib** closed it for a reason. We don’t wander around _randomly_ closing every GQ thread which has been answered. \*\*

Quite happily, we got the answer before the thread was closed. Bibliophage’s timing was damned good, and some of us even learned something about Jeep driver’s disease.

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manny-a-word-please/158862/22 "2003-03-04T02:51:00Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Shodan \*  
> \*\*And the phrase “ **Polycarp** ’s Rectal Database” is enough to make this whole thread worthwhile for me.
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> Regards,  
> Shodan \*\*

One must have a little tact and finesse. Can you really see me saying, “I pulled this number out of…”? 😉

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