This is a repeat of a posting from my blog “Blatherings” of 10 June 2005, and here in August 2005.

Have you heard the one about Mother Goose beating up an accident victim with a Holy Bible? Who does this Mother Goose think she is that she can go around using the Bible as a weapon? People get killed for this kind of offense in Muslim lands. Not with the Bible, of course, but with the Holy Koran. Holy Cow! What IF Mother Goose had used a Koran? Where would she be now?

The report of “Mother Goose Gone Wild” first appeared in a story by Dan Reed entitled “She’s hittin’ him with her Bible!” published in the Mercury News newspaper. The mp3 audio is available from Scott Rope’s "Jack in the Box Voicemail".

Mike Childs was a construction manager for Jack in the Box restaurant and he was leaving a voice mail for his boss when he happened to witness a traffic accident in the street. Not just an ordinary fender bender, but a real mishap with some poor guy running into an Impala filled with “little old ladies”, according to Childs, including one who apparently was Mother Goose.

You can hear to the literal blow-by-blow account, involving, among other weapons, an umbrella, pepper spray and a Bible. The narrator’s infectious laugh makes it hysterical, so give it a listen.