manger = "cradle"

[Wilson Gray]

Away in a manger
No crib for her bed
The little lady Vanessa
Laid down her sweet head.

-Wilson

On 8/17/07, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Internationally famed megasuperstar Vanessa Hudgens said on _Fox & Friends_ that she's wanted a show-biz career "ever since I was in the manger."
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>   Wackypedia would place that in 1988. If it wasn't just a lapse.
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>   JL
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