# I think eggs are ova rated

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [November 25, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703 "2017-11-25T21:05:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/41 "2017-11-27T00:19:26Z")

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I tried to steal eagle eggs for breakfast in Yellowstone once.

Wouldn’t you know, I was arrested for poaching.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/42 "2017-11-27T00:34:53Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> I tried to steal eagle eggs for breakfast in Yellowstone once.
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> Wouldn’t you know, I was arrested for poaching.

After incarceration, did you fly the coop?

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/43 "2017-11-27T01:40:12Z")

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Yeah, them chicken coops was full’a bears.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/44 "2017-11-27T03:10:21Z")

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> [@Borborygmi](#):
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> Yo, Chefguy, I’m really happy for you, omelette let you finish, but Siam Sam had one of the best [egg threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=467835) of all time! One of the best egg threads of all time!

And we still miss those guys. We recently sold that home finally, and I wonder if the new residents are finding themselves peered at by pigeons, although we suspect that Henry, Geri, the Bully and all the rest must have given up long ago.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/45 "2017-11-27T04:17:41Z")

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Way-ull now, if’n you all wanna make hurrable jokes about aigs…

Ah reckon omelet you have yer fun.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/46 "2017-11-27T04:52:44Z")

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> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> And we still miss those guys. We recently sold that home finally, and I wonder if the new residents are finding themselves peered at by pigeons, although we suspect that Henry, Geri, the Bully and all the rest must have given up long ago.

They may be pigeons, but they’re not coo-coo.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/47 "2017-11-27T13:55:22Z")

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> [@Sicks\_Ate](#):
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> WTH…_looks around_…
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> The only reason I came to this thread is cause I thought there’d be tons of chicks!

Yes, I was hoping Samantha Eggar would have made an appearance by now.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/48 "2017-11-27T14:34:19Z")

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All posters in this thread are a bunch of egg heads.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/49 "2017-11-27T14:54:35Z")

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Those who give up real eggs for egg substitutes are eggs benedict arnold.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/50 "2017-11-27T15:30:30Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Those who give up real eggs for egg substitutes are eggs benedict arnold.

Keep your sunny side up, my friend.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/51 "2017-11-27T16:07:29Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> What’s your take on things?

Hmm, let me let this germinate for a while.

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/52 "2017-11-27T16:17:19Z")

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Ah, you started this thread just in time for the hollandaise.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/53 "2017-11-27T19:34:30Z")

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I wouldn’t be surprised if this thread becomes the subject of a Senate investigation headed by Orrin Hatch.

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/54 "2017-11-27T19:55:55Z")

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Joining Orrin Hatch in the investigation are Tammy Duckworth and David Perdue.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/55 "2017-11-27T20:05:01Z")

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Duckworth is a quack and Hatch just sits there, keeping things warm.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/56 "2017-11-27T20:16:18Z")

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Oh, hey, I’m back. I was just reading an old hard-boiled detective novel.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/57 "2017-11-28T00:51:42Z")

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Everybody hated my Homemade Key Lime Pie. You could say it had a “Boo Meringue!” effect.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/58 "2017-11-28T14:12:46Z")

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Omeleting this thread will make the mod’s head crack wide open.

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/59 "2017-11-28T15:44:36Z")

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Yes, but will it be over easy?

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-eggs-are-ova-rated/802703/60 "2017-11-28T15:48:46Z")

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Mr. and Mrs. Dumpty’s marriage cracked up; but first they were separated.

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