Comments on: Mother Goose beats a man with a Bible.

Mother Goose beats a man with a Bible.

Witty — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:00:00 -0800

So the story as I understand it is that this guy (.mp3) is a manager for a Jack in the Box restaurant. He was on his way to a meeting, was running a little late and called in to leave a voicemail message. While he was leaving the message, he witnessed an auto accident and basically gives us play-by-play of the events. It's pretty entertaining, but I'm not sure if I completely believe it. Apparently it was quite the talk within the Jack in the Box family.

By: thirteenkiller

thirteenkiller — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:09:00 -0800

I LOLed.

By: shoppingforsanity

shoppingforsanity — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:11:06 -0800

That man has the most annoying. laugh. EVER. It's gotta be fake. It's a brilliant marketing scheme on Jack N' The Box's part. And that's all I've got to say about that.

By: GriffX

GriffX — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:29:55 -0800

I have to vote real - how is it viral marketing if the company's name isn't mentioned anywhere in the audio? I liked it, if only for the mental image of that good ol' boy laughing so hard he's crying at some schmuck getting his ass kicked by a bunch of old ladies.

By: recurve

recurve — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:35:16 -0800

I sharted.

By: genevieve

genevieve — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:40:59 -0800

Yeah, I heard this on the radio about a month ago. The local radio station played it a couple times one morning. Kinda...annoying. Funny the first time though. Especially the part with the guy being beaten with the Bible.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:44:37 -0800

I'm surprised by two things, which isn't to say I think it's fake: 1. That the voicemail system allowed such a long message 2. That he, I'd guess, pulled over to narrate this thing instead of driving by. Or, perhaps the accident blocked traffic. Peculiar.

By: crawl

crawl — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:44:37 -0800

Yeah, I call bullshit -- not viral marketing bullshit, but bullshit. Still made me laugh though.

By: zaack

zaack — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:45:42 -0800

figured out it was a fake about 20 seconds into it. sounds like a run of the mill morning radio stunt.

By: iwearredsocks

iwearredsocks — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:53:15 -0800

He was late for work and made this up. It's a better excuse than I could come up with.

By: intermod

intermod — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:56:50 -0800

Made the rounds about a month ago. Snopes can't decide if it's real or not. Bah.

By: jasenlee

jasenlee — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:00:53 -0800

It seems to me that if it was real you would hear some kind of background noise. You don't hear any street noises, the accident itself or the old ladies. It could be real but you'd think that you might hear something.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:23:03 -0800

Most cellphones have noise-cancellation software/hardware designed specifically to eliminate background noise.

By: shoppingforsanity

shoppingforsanity — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:25:27 -0800

It's just that every time I hear this story, it's associated with the words "Jack In The Box". I got it through an email forward a couple of weeks ago with the whole spiel about the JITB employee etc. If it's not intentional, it sure is good free advertising!

By: fungible

fungible — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:51:50 -0800

I think it's real. I've met people like this.

By: Hildago

Hildago — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:18:53 -0800

Saw this on Goldenfiddle -- Whether it's real or not, I have to say it elicited the most disabling fit of laughter I think I've ever seen (out of my brother). I could have probably stolen his television and he would have been powerless to stop me.

By: berek

berek — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:36:58 -0800

The question isn't if this is real or not, the question is why on Earth did someone think this garbage should be posted on Metafilter?! And the downward spiral continues.

By: gottabefunky

gottabefunky — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:54:38 -0800

Dude, you are just a font of negativity.

By: Witty

Witty — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:56:42 -0800

Comic relief? Live a little.

By: Hildago

Hildago — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:17:38 -0800

berek has posted no links 83 comments to MetaFilter

By: jimmy

jimmy — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:42:34 -0800

berek has posted no links 83 comments to MetaFilter about 75% of which are in the third person.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 01:39:51 -0800

So, does that make him only a bit more than two thirds of a third person?

By: greasy_skillet

greasy_skillet — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 05:30:02 -0800

Greasy wishes there was a Jack in the Box near him.

By: gfrobe

gfrobe — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 05:57:44 -0800

I thought it was really funny. Thanks for the post.

By: cusack

cusack — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 07:32:15 -0800

i too heard this about a month ago on the nets... however, today on the "crazy morning radio show" i heard an appparent 911 call from a soccer mom who was pissed that burger king couldn't get her order right. it was kind of funny, but i have questions as to its posterity... ahhh... here it is on Snopes. (that's the first time i've ever tried to tag something, it works! i am a genius.)

By: Araucaria

Araucaria — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:43:13 -0800

cusack, no offense, but I think the word you're malaproping for is provenance. Good catch on the Snopes link, btw.