# Could I swallow a whole egg and pass it through my other end? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 31, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-swallow-a-whole-egg-and-pass-it-through-my-other-end/386164 "2006-12-31T00:49:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-swallow-a-whole-egg-and-pass-it-through-my-other-end/386164/21 "2007-01-02T09:22:07Z")
C’mon people, stop egging him on ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-swallow-a-whole-egg-and-pass-it-through-my-other-end/386164/22 "2007-01-02T16:01:20Z")
I think he’s just yolking. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-swallow-a-whole-egg-and-pass-it-through-my-other-end/386164/23 "2007-01-02T22:24:18Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] I think he’s just yolking. [/QUOTE] I sure hope so, else he just might be a bit cracked. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-swallow-a-whole-egg-and-pass-it-through-my-other-end/386164/24 "2007-01-02T22:29:23Z")
[QUOTE=Kimstu] As **panache** notes, it’s all about the size of the egg. A fish egg, for example (if enclosed in some substance that wouldn’t be dissolved by the hydrochloric acid solution in your stomach) would be no problem. If you’re talking about an ordinary hen’s egg, how would you even manage to get it into your stomach? I still remember trying to swallow a peachpit (which is much smaller than the average hen’s egg) once when I was a kid, and never even got it past the glottis. (Good thing too, or I’d probably have choked to death.) [/QUOTE] I tried swallowing an entire boiled egg. The damn snake on TV did it - why can’t I? 😕 :mad: Yes, there was a lot of back-slapping, coughing, and “What the hell were you thinking???” ’ s going on in my house that night… ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-swallow-a-whole-egg-and-pass-it-through-my-other-end/386164/25 "2007-01-02T22:30:30Z")
[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF] I sure hope so, else he just might be a bit cracked. [/QUOTE] Eggsactly. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-swallow-a-whole-egg-and-pass-it-through-my-other-end/386164/26 "2007-01-02T23:30:20Z")
Eggselent humor 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-swallow-a-whole-egg-and-pass-it-through-my-other-end/386164/27 "2007-01-02T23:34:17Z")
[QUOTE=JohnT] I tried swallowing an entire boiled egg. The damn snake on TV did it - why can’t I? 😕 :mad: Yes, there was a lot of back-slapping, coughing, and “What the hell were you thinking???” ’ s going on in my house that night… [/QUOTE] Cool Hand Luke swallowed fifty eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-swallow-a-whole-egg-and-pass-it-through-my-other-end/386164/28 "2007-01-02T23:50:25Z")
Nobody can eat fifty eggs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-swallow-a-whole-egg-and-pass-it-through-my-other-end/386164.md?page=1)