# Turtle and Egg

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turtle-and-egg/372303>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 11, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turtle-and-egg/372303 "2006-09-11T16:35:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Spooky\_Sprite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Spooky\_Sprite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spooky_Sprite)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turtle-and-egg/372303/1 "2006-09-11T16:35:33Z")

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A turtle laid an egg. The egg is the world. The egg is about to hatch.

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**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turtle-and-egg/372303/2 "2006-09-11T16:53:18Z")

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I’m sorry, you want Discworld. Second star to the _right_ and straight on till teatime.

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turtle-and-egg/372303/3 "2006-09-11T17:18:24Z")

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**Moderator’s Note:** There does not seem to be a debate here (“The world is not a turtle’s egg! It’s _already_ hatched! It was a Great Bird, not a turtle!”). I don’t know _what_ this thread is, so what it is, is closed.