Talk:Jack-in-the-box

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"The toy also frequently appears in horror movies". Which movies would that be? Melchoir 03:27, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

I reverted what I thought was a spurious edit about the Jack in the Box chain having at least one person die because of them, checking the article itself, it claims four people died from ecoli! Anyway I don't think that part of the company's history needs to be inlcuded in this article. --Alf ^melmac 22:32, 4 January 2006 (UTC) gfdhfgfjhkgkj

I agree, so I've reverted it again. The issue is covered in the Jack in the Box article. -- Mikeblas 20:20, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Reverted link to a 'theory' on name origin that referenced someone's unsupported claims on a forum. Could find no real reference for the theory, and it used the same name "john Schorne" as the 13th century one. --205.206.70.41 06:31, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

I really think the "live captured runaway slave in a wooden box" theory here needs some kind of source. It sounds far-fetched to me. Thedoorhinge 16:51, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I should mention, yes there is a souce, kind of, but it seems to be a blog, and the link doesn't go anywhere as far as I can tell. Thedoorhinge 16:53, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Regarding the origin of the name, would it come from Iachimo in Shakespeare's Cymbeline? He hid in a box to gain entry to Imogen's bedchamber, and came out at night.Wussager (talk) 10:31, 28 May 2008 (UTC)