Whose Got A Mommy Complex?

This isn’t the first time the cows have been stolen or vandalized. Some
residents have taken to bolting their bovines or wrapping wires around them
for extra security. Still, that hasn’t deterred the thieves, who this time managed
to escape with what residents call “the mother of all cows” — a 14-foot-long,
8-foot-high behemoth that was twice as big as the others.
- San Jose Mercury News, November 20, 2005.

Gene Del Polito, president of the Association for Postal Commerce, says
to expect “the mother of all rate cases” in 2006.
- Arizona Daily Star, November 18, 2005.

The Nose is the mother of all big wall climbs, possibly the most famous route in the world,

- Top 30 Climbing Walls, November 18, 2005.

Shows like “The Sopranos” (returning in March) and “Sex and the City” (just released in
the mother of all DVD gift sets) have an ironic and strongly American tint to them.

- Kansas City Star, November 18, 2005.

Orlando Magic forward Grant Hill might be in the midst of the mother of all comebacks.
- St. Paul Pioneer Press, November 16, 2005.

Deemed the “mother of all comfort food,” Reilly said her inspiration for Green Bean Casserole was to “create a quick and easy recipe around two things most Americans always had on hand in the 1950s: green beans
and Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup.”

- The Edmund (Oklahoma) Sun, November 16, 2005.

The film’s ending is epic, with the mother of all lightsaber duels between Anakin and Obi-Wan.

– Observer Online. November 16, 2005.

We missed a connection last week, we were twenty minutes late getting home last night, and this
morning was the Mother of All BART delays.

- SFist. November 15, 2005.

but just as Pearl River Bridge is my choice of all the brands, their black bean
flavour is the mother of all mud carp.

- netnewasia.com, November 15, 2005.