# When you were a child, was it your dream to grow up, own an egg company and someday rip off all of your consumers? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 22, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529 "2023-11-22T13:24:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [November 23, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/41 "2023-11-23T10:10:37Z")
Eggscuse me, just to throw in that being called a soft-boiled egg (_ein Weichei_) is a funny German way of calling someone a wimp. I will add that I find it remarcable how iconically important eggs seem to be in the USA, I am no eggspert but I guess it has something to do with your breakfast habits. The eggivalent product in Germany would be butter: when the price of butter rises it seems like the end of the world is near. ---
**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 23, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/42 "2023-11-23T15:04:49Z")
Sorry, I was listening to _The White Albumen._ ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/43 "2023-11-23T15:47:12Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > modern business thinking is: “if it increases profit and we are unlikely to be successfully prosecuted for it, then it is the right thing to do” I’d rephrase that slightly to, “if it increases profit and we are unlikely to pay more in fines and penalties than that profit, then it is the right thing to do.” Which is why I think there should be some sort of law that the fines always have to be a multiple of the revenue generated by the illegal activity. I’m aware of how difficult that will be on a technical level, but egg pun. ---
**Author:** ![Pazu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pazu/32/15522_2.png) [@Pazu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pazu)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/44 "2023-11-24T22:37:58Z")
…but, well, can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs? ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/45 "2023-11-25T01:24:18Z")
What kind of Humpty Dumpty bullshit is this now? And these puns are getting eggcruciating. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/46 "2023-11-25T01:57:28Z")
It’s sad all the profits fineggled from unsuspecting consumers. 🥚 😭 ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/47 "2023-11-25T03:46:23Z")
What we have here is a failure to communegg-cate. Some men you just c’aint reach. ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/48 "2023-11-25T11:12:20Z")
Damn foo yungsters never know what the real world is like. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/49 "2023-11-25T15:32:43Z")
🙇‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/50 "2023-11-25T15:38:06Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > It’s sad all the profits fineggled from unsuspecting consumers. Missed opportunity to use “unsusp_egg_ting.” Up your game, my friend. Egg on your face, definitely. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/51 "2023-11-25T16:01:56Z")
> [@solost](#): > > And to the OP: yeah, humans are greedy, and Capitalism is a system that’s pretty easy to rig. Except that the article is about their getting caught and punished because we passed laws against price fixing. We don’t have robber baron capitalism because we decided not to tolerate it. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/52 "2023-11-25T16:07:38Z")
Ova the love of Og, can we stop with the egg puns? ---
**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:** [November 25, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/53 "2023-11-25T16:14:52Z")
> [@Kropotkin](#): > > Ova the love of Og, can we stop with the egg puns? - You just can’t beat an egg pun. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/54 "2023-11-25T16:18:09Z")
Clearly the price fixing story was simply the egg MacGuffin for this thread ---
**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:** [November 25, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/55 "2023-11-25T16:24:12Z")
> [@Kropotkin](#): > > Clearly the price fixing story was simply the egg MacGuffin for this thread - Not so much price-fixing as much as preventing the poaching of customers. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/56 "2023-11-25T16:35:17Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > > [@solost](#): > > > > And to the OP: yeah, humans are greedy, and Capitalism is a system that’s pretty easy to rig. > > Except that the article is about their getting caught and punished because we passed laws against price fixing. We don’t have robber baron capitalism because we decided not to tolerate it. TBH, I did not actually get around to reading the OP article. But, the system clearly did get rigged because the price of eggs did, in fact, skyrocket for a good while. It may be true that since we do have laws against price fixing, people don’t get away with it forever, but they do seem to often get away with it in the short term, at least. So, despite the hard-boiled approach that you’re taking with me, omelette more correct than you give me credit for. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/57 "2023-11-25T17:37:46Z")
> [@Kropotkin](#): > > Ova the love of Og, can we stop with the egg puns? Shirredly you jest. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/58 "2023-11-25T17:49:47Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > > [@Kropotkin](#): > > > > Ova the love of Og, can we stop with the egg puns? > > Shirredly you jest. - He’s not jesting. And stop calling him Shirredly. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/59 "2023-11-25T19:30:45Z")
> [@Kropotkin](#): > > Clearly the price fixing story was simply the egg MacGuffin for this thread Very tasty egg pun. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529/60 "2023-11-25T19:32:38Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > This is so egregiously wrong that I find myself completely disgusted and disillusioned with humanity. > > I don’t understand this species that I belong to. Oh, come on! Keep your sunny side up! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MCN9KIPfMPE/hqdefault.jpg ""Keep Your Sunny Side Up! "(Johnny Hamp, 1929)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCN9KIPfMPE&t=91) Take into account that the companies were taken to task years ago, like the song (song is older, but I don’t need to eggsplain! 🙂 ). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-child-was-it-your-dream-to-grow-up-own-an-egg-company-and-someday-rip-off-all-of-your-consumers/993529.md?page=4)