# What Can We Do with a Million Eggs (Need Answer Fast) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 12, 2017, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-do-with-a-million-eggs-need-answer-fast/793428 "2017-08-12T10:35:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-do-with-a-million-eggs-need-answer-fast/793428/1 "2017-08-12T10:35:08Z")
So in the Netherlands, a chick-delousing company used a prohibited pesticide and managed to make a lot of eggs unsalable. They cannot be used for human consumption, although it is wrong the say they are drop-dead poisonous. So we got a, let’s call it a million, fresh eggs we cannot sell as food, nor for any use that might bring them into contact with people. I suppose pet food would be OK legally at least. What chemical or industrial processes could use a whole lot of discounted chicken eggs? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-do-with-a-million-eggs-need-answer-fast/793428/2 "2017-08-12T10:44:08Z")
Is anyone still trying to make Thermal Depolymerization work, commercially? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-do-with-a-million-eggs-need-answer-fast/793428/3 "2017-08-12T10:45:43Z")
The [WETF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Egg_Throwing_Federation) might be interested. But the next world championship is 10 months away, unfortunately. > **[The World Egg Throwing Championships draws in more international competition](https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/world-egg-throwing-championships-draws-136250)** > > Eggcitement from all corners of the globe Perhaps in the meantime the eggs could be held in reserve in stockpiles around the world to discourage all politicians from doing anything despicable for the next 10 months? ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-do-with-a-million-eggs-need-answer-fast/793428/4 "2017-08-12T10:46:52Z")
Tempera paint? Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-do-with-a-million-eggs-need-answer-fast/793428/5 "2017-08-12T11:40:29Z")
Worlds biggest Easter egg roll? Supply all elementary school field days for the spoon and egg race? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-do-with-a-million-eggs-need-answer-fast/793428/6 "2017-08-12T13:02:38Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Perhaps in the meantime the eggs could be held in reserve in stockpiles around the world to discourage all politicians from doing anything despicable for the next 10 months? I like this idea. If they were purposed for this, they wouldn’t even need to be refrigerated. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-do-with-a-million-eggs-need-answer-fast/793428/7 "2017-08-12T13:12:07Z")
Let them rot, then use them to add odor to natural gas. ---
**Author:** ![dirty\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@dirty\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirty_hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-do-with-a-million-eggs-need-answer-fast/793428/8 "2017-08-12T15:00:21Z")
Albumen photographic prints. Sent from my C6916 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-do-with-a-million-eggs-need-answer-fast/793428/9 "2017-08-12T15:46:47Z")
Eggshells make good compost matter for gardens - could they use them in fertilizer? ---
**Author:** ![Perderabo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Perderabo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perderabo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-do-with-a-million-eggs-need-answer-fast/793428/10 "2017-08-12T16:32:23Z")
Stand them on end to demonstrate that this is possible at times other than an equinox. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-do-with-a-million-eggs-need-answer-fast/793428/11 "2017-08-12T16:59:48Z")
Since this is going to attract a lot of joke answers, let’s move it to IMHO. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-do-with-a-million-eggs-need-answer-fast/793428/12 "2017-08-12T17:09:08Z")
As the old saying goes: You can’t move threads without breaking a few eggs. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-do-with-a-million-eggs-need-answer-fast/793428/13 "2017-08-14T12:36:30Z")
They could be easily processed into animal food. Plenty of protein, calcium and fat. ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-do-with-a-million-eggs-need-answer-fast/793428/14 "2017-08-14T16:26:39Z")
Start an egg drop competition. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-do-with-a-million-eggs-need-answer-fast/793428/15 "2017-08-14T18:54:22Z")
Use them to test the effects of very-young-bird strikes on jet engines. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-do-with-a-million-eggs-need-answer-fast/793428/16 "2017-08-14T20:25:44Z")
Are they fertilized? You can use them to make flu vaccine. StG ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-do-with-a-million-eggs-need-answer-fast/793428/17 "2017-08-14T20:28:20Z")
I can eat 50 of them. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-we-do-with-a-million-eggs-need-answer-fast/793428/18 "2017-08-15T05:36:52Z")
What is the life-time (or half-life?) of the forbidden pesticide, whatever residue of it may exist in these eggs? If you just leave the eggs laying around for a few years, can all the poison be deemed to be fully eliminated? Just bury them in the back yard (_lots_ of back yards) for the next hundred years, and they you’ll have a goodly supply of [hundred-year-old eggs, aka “Century eggs”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg), a Chinese cuisine delicacy.