I'm not a "pumper". I simply state the facts and those facts have proven you a liar twice now.

Whole Foods long-term store leases are actually valuable assets for them--not debt as you seem to believe. 25 years of operating history and ZERO failed stores so far. Long-term leases mean long-term cash flow and profits for Whole Foods shareholders.

Your Quarterly Cash Flow variance isn't statistically meaningful because the time period is too short. Operating cash flow for 2006 will be up at least another 20% just as it is every year. Here are the last 6 years of operating cash flow:

2000--$124.2 million
2001--$173.0 million--39.3% increase
2002--$229.1 million--32.4% increase
2003--$282.5 million--23.3% increase
2004--$337.5 million--19.5% increase
2005--$410.8 million--21.7% increase

Over the past 5 years operating cash flow has increased 330%, or a CAGR of 27.02%.