Big Mac or Big Ten?
Leaving the drive-through of McDonald’s the other day, I surprised my kids by reciting the ingredients in the Big Mac:
Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions on a sesame seed bun.
To really get their attention, I sang it: “Twoallbeefpattiesspecialsaucelettucecheesepicklesonionsonasesameseedbun.”
That’s how I learned it growing up in the 1970s, listening to the catchy Big Mac jingle that practically everyone knew. My mother said I was too young to get the Mac, but I sure knew that jingle.
The hamburger was on my mind because of a recent survey conducted in conjunction with the Oct. 19th theatrical premiere of “The Ten Commandments” animated film.
According to the survey, commissioned by The Ten Commandments Commission, 35 percent of 1,000 respondents could recall all six Brady kids (from the Brady Bunch TV show … also from the 1970s) and 25 percent could name all seven ingredients of the Big Mac, but only 14 percent could accurately list all Ten Commandments.
The commission leaders and “Ten Commandments” film’s producers said the survey results concerned them.
“It is very disconcerting that more people know the contents of a Big Mac than know the contents of our moral standards,” Cindy Bond, the film’s producer, said in a news release.
OK, so I know what goes into a Big Mac … but I also know the Ten Commandants. Yes, I grew up in the 1970s and watched a lot of TV commercials (remember Life Cereal’s Mikey?) but that should not be held against me.
For more survey results and an opportunity to test your knowledge of the Big Ten, go to www.epicstoriesofthebible.com/challenge.php . If you’re pretty sure you know them all, have your kids or friends take the quiz. Might be the start of a good conversation.
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