"the whole schlemiel"

[Mark Mandel]

Both.

m a m

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

> The expression or the substance?
>
>    VS-)
>
> Mark Mandel wrote:
> > I'm fairly familiar with "the whole schmear" and may have used it on
> > occasion myself.
>

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