Talk:Jamaican ginger

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Anyone know if this is the origin of Rolf Harris's "Jake the Peg / With my extra Leg" ? --/Mat 04:39, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)

• After looking at the lyrics, I would think not, unless it inspired him to choose the name, and that seems unlikely. The incident was not well known, even in the US, where it happened. Then again, since it's Rolf Harris, anything might be possible. Brian Rock 11:46, Apr 8, 2004 (UTC)

• Heh, you have a point. Seemed a bit of a coincidence to me (Jake isn't the commonest single-syllable name) but then again coincidences happen. --/Mat 11:08, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] The article seems fairly weak

It glosses over the fact that authorities ignored the problem for a considerable period of time, and even after the problem was brought to the attention of the manufacturers they continued to sell the product. And the manufacturers never were punished in any way for the damage they caused. To some degree the "jake leg" incident led to the creation of the present day FDA. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.159.203.105 (talk • contribs) 19:59, 20 August 2006

Feel free to improve it. -R. S. Shaw 20:46, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

I will perform the requested merge now, since it has been two weeks with no comment. Jlittlet 20:15, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External links

I dropped two links. One was to a page about alcoholic beverages in general with no specific link to Jake Leg. The other was spam for a band. Neither contributed important information. Please speak up if I missed a valuable bit! Ben 11:58, 9 April 2007 (UTC)