# There's an egg in the middle of my driveway **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 16, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573 "2008-05-16T17:33:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/1 "2008-05-16T17:33:03Z")
A chicken egg. Just sitting there, with a little crack in it, oozing onto the pavement. I don’t know how it got there. Trash day was 3 days ago and it wasn’t there last night. It rained last night. I don’t see any evidence of any houses being egged around me. It doesn’t even look like it was thrown there, because would have shattered a bit more than a little oozy crack, no? And as far as I can tell, it’s not hard boiled. I am kind of creeped out by this egg. I am hoping a bird of prey will come by and take care of it for me. Would a hawk take a chicken egg from the middle of someone’s driveway? (I am in suburbia but we do have plenty of hawks) How strange. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/2 "2008-05-16T17:48:07Z")
Crows. They will take stuff from dumpsters and then change their mind and just drop it wherever. My house is on the back side of a high school campus and we’ve seen it happen over and over. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/3 "2008-05-16T17:47:53Z")
What do you care how it got there? Good eatin’ is good eatin’! I’ll be by in an hour to share in your bounty. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/4 "2008-05-16T17:48:23Z")
I guess this answers the cosmic question of “Which came first?” If I were you, I’d be honored that your driveway is literally at the center of a history-shaping development. Men have fought wars over such things. . . Tripler Seriously. I’d start writing a press release if I were you. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/5 "2008-05-16T18:02:13Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] A Would a hawk take a chicken egg from the middle of someone’s driveway? (I am in suburbia but we do have plenty of hawks) . [/QUOTE] Look in the yellow pages for Henery Hawk - [Chicken Hawk](http://petcaretips.net/henery-hawk.html). Hopefully with age, his attitude has tempered a bit. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/6 "2008-05-16T18:02:55Z")
Does it look like Jesus? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/7 "2008-05-16T18:04:12Z")
[QUOTE=Tupug Anachi] Crows. They will take stuff from dumpsters and then change their mind and just drop it wherever. My house is on the back side of a high school campus and we’ve seen it happen over and over. [/QUOTE] Odddly enough, my house is next to a high school too. But first…what would a high school be doing with an uncooked egg in its trash? My dog finds plenty of bagels, hamburgers, yogurt, etc when we walk at the school. But an uncooked egg? Second, are you saying the crow came by and daintily placed the egg on my driveway? … when I was typing that sentence I heard “caw! caw!” off in the distance. Maybe it’s a crow game. NEWS FLASH: Northeast Ohio (SDMB) - This just in: Chicken/egg conundrum solved! Eggs materialize out of thin air on asphalt. Call Tripler for more information. ### ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/8 "2008-05-16T18:18:42Z")
Hooray! The Chicken Fairy has returned! Leave some cracked corn under your pillow tonight! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/9 "2008-05-16T18:28:49Z")
Lazy vandals? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/10 "2008-05-16T18:32:51Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] I guess this answers the cosmic question of “Which came first?” If I were you, I’d be honored that your driveway is literally at the center of a history-shaping development. Men have fought wars over such things. . . Tripler Seriously. I’d start writing a press release if I were you. [/QUOTE] Forget the press release. I’d start stocking up on weapons. Look what being at ground zero of a religious dispute did to the Middle East… ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/11 "2008-05-16T19:10:04Z")
Guy#1: Hey, let’s vandalize **ZipperJJ** ’s house! Guy#2: Cool! How? Guy #1: I’ve got an egg in the fridge. Guy #2: One egg? That’s all you got? Guy #1: And a six-pack. But I’m not wasting the six-pack. Guy #2: Okay, let’s go do it. Guy #1: Here we are in the driveway. Ready? Guy #2: Yeah! Throw the egg. Hey! What are you… You DROPPED it? Guy #1: Oops. Dang. Guy #2: Now what? Guy #1: Well, I’ve still got that six-pack… ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/12 "2008-05-16T19:14:36Z")
Did it cross the road to get there? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/13 "2008-05-16T19:20:12Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] **There’s an egg in the middle of my driveway** I don’t know how it got there. [/QUOTE] Well, when a boy car and a girl car love each other very much . . . ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/14 "2008-05-16T19:20:55Z")
Now all you need to do is wait for a really hot day. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/15 "2008-05-16T19:57:40Z")
Did anyone in your household go to the grocery store in the last 24 hours? ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/16 "2008-05-16T20:15:41Z")
Oh, is that where I left it? Sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/17 "2008-05-16T20:15:46Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] Well, when a boy car and a girl car love each other very much . . . [/QUOTE] This made me 😃 . ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/18 "2008-05-16T20:22:34Z")
You guys are funny 🙂 The egg is still there! It’s kind of getting hot out, too (sunny, at least). I’m waiting to see if it fries. **picunurse** - nobody here but me and I didn’t do any shopping. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/19 "2008-05-16T20:30:23Z")
Now tomorrow, if you find two strips of bacon alongside it… ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573/20 "2008-05-16T23:48:28Z")
Some student lost their project. They’ll get an F for losing the baby. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-an-egg-in-the-middle-of-my-driveway/449573.md?page=2)