Vanilla folder -- eggcorn?

[James Callan]

>From Overheard in the Office today:

Manager: Does anyone have a vanilla folder?
Underling: A what?
Manager: A vanilla folder?
Underling: A what?
Manager: A vuh-nil-uh folder!
Underling: Sorry, I only have chocolate.

http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/001674.html

"Vanilla folder" pulls up 377 Google hits, though some them are obviously not eggcorns but alternate uses of the phrase. Oddly, "vanilla folder" -manila pulls up 906 hits.

James Callan
neologasm.com

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