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From: pieterb@loop.com
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Frog in taco update
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1995 13:22:47 -0800

The local media, after giving quite a bit of publicity to Mr. McGowan's (hope I remembered that right) claim of finding a dead frog in his taco, have looked into the man's story a bit and found that his past is rather maculate.

He apparently has some outstanding warrants for credit-card fraud in Utah, declared bankruptcy with $341,000 in unpayable debts, and a few other things whose details I can't remember from the noon news, all of which point to a history of spending money faster than he could earn it.

The local CBS affilliate has found an ex-girlfriend (or at least an acquaintance -- hey, I was reading AFU) who claims that he told her one could make a lot of money by finding dead cockroaches and such in one's food at good restaurants. The stories he has told the media about whether or not he actually bit into the frog, bit its head off, or just found it have varied.

The on-scene reporter added a detail which adds the little spot of red to the picture -- apparently the man had finished almost everything else on his plate before making a fuss about his taco.

The restaurant apparently has had a significant drop in business; considering that this fellow has already had a bankruptcy and therefore cannot file again for a few years, the El Torito lawyers must be rubbing their hands in anticipation of having him work off a six-digit verdict as a busboy.

--

Pieter "you dummy -- it's *rats* in Mexican restaurants, frogs in French ones" Breitner

From: JUSTENE@delphi.com
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Frog in taco update
Date: 10 Nov 1995 04:15:33 GMT

Quoting pieterb from a message in alt.folklore.urban

   >He apparently has some outstanding warrants for credit-card fraud in
   >Utah, declared bankruptcy with $341,000 in unpayable debts, and a few
   >other things whose details I can't remember from the noon news, all of
   >which point to a history of spending money faster than he could earn it.
   >The local CBS affilliate has found an ex-girlfriend (or at least an
   >acquaintance -- hey, I was reading AFU) who claims that he told her one
   >could make a lot of money by finding dead cockroaches and such in one's
   >food at good restaurants. The stories he has told the media about
   >whether or not he actually bit into the frog, bit its head off, or
   >just found it have varied.

   >The on-scene reporter added a detail which adds the little spot of red
   >to the picture -- apparently the man had finished almost everything
   >else on his plate before making a fuss about his taco.

KFWB radio reported that El Torito has issued a statement that the frog was uncooked, raising the question of how it could have slipped in after the cooking of the taco, and that there were no bitemarks, but the frog had been "cut".

Justene in La Canada, CA