manger = "cradle"

[Laurence Horn]

At 6:11 AM -0700 8/17/07, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Internationally famed megasuperstar Vanessa Hudgens said on _Fox &
>Friends_ that she's wanted a show-biz career "ever since I was in
>the manger."
>
>   Wackypedia would place that in 1988. If it wasn't just a lapse.
>
>
>   JL

Well, at least one assumes she wasn't exhibiting a dog-in-the-manger
attitude when she said it.

LH

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