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vAnIllA Not So Boring What it means: A straight-laced, conserva- In the business world, it's surpris- tive businessperson ing how many executives, analysts, and bankers have been crack heads, cons, and pimps. Now, when these types, whether reformed or not, get in a pinch, you watch how fast they'll call in their RIO HEDGE, shred the docu- ments, and burn down the factory. Lickety split. The vanilla partner is the one who these dirt bags send in to do photo ops and whose name appears on the financial statements. He's not rocky road. He's not pralines and cream. He's not even chocolate. He's vanilla, plain and simple. Sure, he might not be that bright (he might even be clinically retarded), but he is the face and voice of the company. And he's not going to be on that plane to Rio. He won't help burn the factory down, either. He'll be asleep in his big home waiting for the feds to