Ah, but isn't there an old hillbilly proverb that says: "Jack Daniels is found in no other bottle, for there is no other bottle under heaven given to men by which we may drink Jack Daniels.”? Kinda puts a different spin on the analogy? :)
I think if we study the problem any more enthusiastically the room will be spinning.
I THINK I was getting called to account for the notion of Mary as dispenser of Grace because she is the, ahem, dispenser of Jesus [see note below], with a suggestion or, as Art Carney would say, incineration that that must make Mary greater than IHS. So, therefore the question about the ranking of containers and things contained.
[Note: No, I am NOT going to try calling the Ol' Mizris the 'dispenser' of our child.]