It is a fibre used to make hemp.
I seem to remember it comes from a member of the banana family. There is a place called Manila, but I believe that manilla is just the material envelopes are made from.
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Thu 19 Feb 2009, 21:09,
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You monkey is brill.
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Mstandot I suppose I should post more often.,
Thu 19 Feb 2009, 21:11,
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manilla
use envelope with gorilla
*edit* monkey island anyone?
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the idiot Did I say it was funny?,
Thu 19 Feb 2009, 21:14,
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I prefer the word "manillo"
but then, I am old.
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Ptolemy the man with the silent pea,
Thu 19 Feb 2009, 21:17,
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Barry?
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Thu 19 Feb 2009, 21:18,
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hemp is used to make hemp
hence its name, member of the cannabis family.
manila is made from manila hemp, which isn't really hemp but as you rightly say a nana
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god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback,
Thu 19 Feb 2009, 21:22,
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Yes.
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