# Chalazae-bones: a visit inside Slug's mind **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [October 6, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalazae-bones-a-visit-inside-slugs-mind/267913 "2004-10-06T20:13:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalazae-bones-a-visit-inside-slugs-mind/267913/1 "2004-10-06T20:13:39Z")
Re [today’s Classic column](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_071a.html) : What on God’s green earth is going on in the illustration? Is the guy trying to boil eggs outside of their shells or something? Am I missing something obvious? RR ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalazae-bones-a-visit-inside-slugs-mind/267913/2 "2004-10-06T21:04:50Z")
No, not too obvious, this one makes little if any sense to me too. Cooking eggs with boiling water in an ice cube tray? Ok… ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalazae-bones-a-visit-inside-slugs-mind/267913/3 "2004-10-06T21:38:44Z")
Not to mention the bugs crawling all over the guy. And the hair. Yeesh. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalazae-bones-a-visit-inside-slugs-mind/267913/4 "2004-10-06T21:44:06Z")
A visit inside Slug’s mind? That’s a trip I NEVER want to take! _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalazae-bones-a-visit-inside-slugs-mind/267913/5 "2004-10-07T00:53:31Z")
**Cecil Adams** _is_ beloved, but not Slug. \< _shudder_ \> ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalazae-bones-a-visit-inside-slugs-mind/267913/6 "2004-10-07T00:59:29Z")
Then again, some of us are still trying to comprehend the entire Chalazae thing outright… I have never seen or heard of these before. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalazae-bones-a-visit-inside-slugs-mind/267913/7 "2004-10-07T01:16:49Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Then again, some of us are still trying to comprehend the entire Chalazae thing outright… I have never seen or heard of these before. You never broke an egg and saw a squiggle? Hard to believe. As to Slug…ug! ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalazae-bones-a-visit-inside-slugs-mind/267913/8 "2004-10-07T02:30:43Z")
My guess is that the egg-squiggle column was originally piggy-backed with the [Which freezes faster, hot water or cold water?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_098b.html) column, and the illustration was meant to kill two birds with one stone. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalazae-bones-a-visit-inside-slugs-mind/267913/9 "2004-10-07T02:35:04Z")
Maybe the pic was originally paired with a multi-topic column (something about bugs being one of the other subjects covered, perhaps). Or maybe **Slug’s** been into the jimson weed again. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalazae-bones-a-visit-inside-slugs-mind/267913/10 "2004-10-07T22:33:18Z")
Read the first sentance of the reply to explain the bugs. As for the ice cube tray, I got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalazae-bones-a-visit-inside-slugs-mind/267913/11 "2004-10-08T02:26:37Z")
I am all over that icecube tray in my post above. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalazae-bones-a-visit-inside-slugs-mind/267913/12 "2004-10-08T04:48:16Z")
I’m not one to throw stones at genius such as Slug Signorino’s. :rolleyes: Just like when I see some of Dali’s stuff, all I can say is, " I didn’t catch what Slug was pitchin’." Was it a wild pitch or a passed ball? Someday, maybe the Great Official Scorer will tell us. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalazae-bones-a-visit-inside-slugs-mind/267913/13 "2004-10-08T14:56:16Z")
My thought was that the response was fairly short, there may have been another question/response that same week (dealing with bugs crawling on people, perhaps)… however, I was unable to locate anything by searching the Archives. The closest I came was: [What’s up with people who think they’re infested with bugs?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000623.html) … but that’s about 25 years later. Whatever Slug may be, he’s not **that** pre-cognizant. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalazae-bones-a-visit-inside-slugs-mind/267913/14 "2004-10-08T16:52:34Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > A visit inside Slug’s mind? That’s a trip I NEVER want to take! _shudder_ Then you might also not want to dwell too long on the fact that Slug’s credits also include the illustration of children’s books. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalazae-bones-a-visit-inside-slugs-mind/267913/15 "2004-10-08T18:50:32Z")
So, I totally understand a guy wearing a bow-tie poaching eggs in an ice-cube tray with bugs crawling all over his face, but what’s up with his eye-brows.