# So... Do you have any eggs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143 "2024-10-24T11:25:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/21 "2024-10-24T13:59:35Z")
Mine too. Caught rhymes with caulk, cot with cock. Close enough, though. My wife (who has the same Midwestern accent as me) used to do home improvement work, and she told me a story about how she cracked up a co-worker by innocently saying that she liked the smell of caulk. It became a running gag with them. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/22 "2024-10-24T14:23:53Z")
Very correct that. And then there is “embarazoso”, which means embarrasing as **mbh** probably intended to say. Why should Spanish be easier or more logically consistent than other languages? Why make the gringos’ life easy when you can have a laugh at their expense? They do it too when the opportunity arises… (cite: all those caulk references up-thread) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/23 "2024-10-24T15:19:17Z")
Perfect opportunity to post Tool’s “Die Eier von Satan” (either the eggs or the balls of Satan). What sounds like a satanic chant turns out to be a recipe for hash cookies. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/82XqhHYwB-Q/maxresdefault.jpg "TOOL - Die Eier von Satan (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82XqhHYwB-Q) “Und keine Eier!” ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/24 "2024-10-24T15:22:59Z")
I was watching the video when you edited your post to add the spoiler blur. How did you manage to do that? I thought, due to a Discourse glitch, that posts were ineditable after posting an embedded YouTube video. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/25 "2024-10-24T15:25:06Z")
See this sticky thread in “Site Feedback”. It’s all laid out there: > [@How to avoid the YouTube posting bug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499): > > You’re trying to post a YouTube video, but you get a popup saying “You can’t embed media items in a post.” Here’s how to avoid that. There are a couple of minor variations. I haven’t written my post yet Write your post normally but do not include the YouTube link(s). When you are satisfied with the post, hide the preview window (see the \<\< button in the lower-right). Then, insert the links in the desired locations. Note that the links should each appear on a line by themselves. Then post. … ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/26 "2024-10-24T15:50:58Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > See this sticky thread in “Site Feedback”. It’s all laid out there: Thanks. The way I learned to post with a YT video was to add a forward slash ‘/’ to the end of the video URL. That works, but then I was left with an uneditable post. So appending ‘&1’, ‘&2’, etc. works _and_ allows editing? Cool, thanks again for the info link. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/27 "2024-10-24T15:56:57Z")
> [@solost](#): > > So appending ‘&1’, ‘&2’, etc. works _and_ allows editing? Yes, it’s as easy as that. Sometimes when I edit a post with a YT link, I forget to change this, but conveniently the cursor jumps to the end of the link after closing the error message and I only have to hit backspace and increment the number. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/28 "2024-10-24T16:43:36Z")
> [@solost](#): > > So…what do you say if you’re at a German market and you actually want to know if they have any eggs? Wow. These prairie oysters are delicious. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/29 "2024-10-24T17:20:48Z")
My father’s old boss was once explaining the Sunday brunch to hotel guests in french, which was his second language. He said, “Tous les dimanches, on fait cuire le chef dans la salle à manger” The actual meaning of those words is “every Sunday we cook the chef in the dining room”. He was also well known for repeatedly calling hair dryers “séchoir à chevaux”. Chevaux means horses. Cheveux means hair. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/30 "2024-10-25T01:54:48Z")
> [@solost](#): > > So…what do you say if you’re at a German market and you actually want to know if they have any eggs? Would you be embarrassed to go into a sporting goods store and ask if they have any balls? ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/31 "2024-10-25T02:26:41Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > It turns out, Eier is their crass word for testicles The same is true in certain dialects of Spanish, where huevos means balls. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/32 "2024-10-25T02:30:51Z")
I think that English is the only major language where “eggs” isn’t slang for testicles. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/33 "2024-10-25T16:43:12Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > _dos hueves frios_ (two cold Thursdays) jueves > [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > Would you be embarrassed to go into a sporting goods store and ask if they have any balls? Well it would be a very silly question. You’d need to be more specific. There are probably better examples where you’d want to word things differently. ---
**Author:** ![BertNobbins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@BertNobbins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BertNobbins)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/34 "2024-10-25T16:51:52Z")
_Knock yourselves out. I really longed for scrambled eggs when I was in the German-speaking countries, too. Alas, it was not to be._ In Berlin at least you should ask for ‘stirred eggs’. May not apply in other parts of Germany. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/35 "2024-10-25T17:01:07Z")
> [@BertNobbins](#): > > Knock yourselves out. I really longed for scrambled eggs when I was in the German-speaking countries, too. Alas, it was not to be. Did you get kicked in the testicles instead? ---
**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:** [October 25, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/36 "2024-10-25T17:15:46Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > jueves Gracias. ---
**Author:** ![BertNobbins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@BertNobbins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BertNobbins)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/37 "2024-10-25T17:59:13Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Did you get kicked in the testicles instead? No need for snark. Just trying to be helpful. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/38 "2024-10-25T18:49:30Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Well it would be a very silly question. You’d need to be more specific. There are probably better examples where you’d want to word things differently. Customer in foreign land, not familiar with language: “I’d like balls this big.” Clerk: “So would I.” ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/39 "2024-10-27T21:03:19Z")
After years of studying Spanish, I finally decided recently to, you know, maybe try to have actual conversations with actual people using what I’ve learned. Boy, I am dreading gaffes like these. The other day, I completely retreated from trying to explain what kind of weapon that Donatello from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wields. I wasn’t sure if “un palo largo” was going to be taken the wrong way or not. Maybe “un palo largo de madera” instead? ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-you-have-any-eggs/1009143/40 "2024-12-07T13:35:42Z")
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