# Which came firrrrst, the Chicken or the eeeegg? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 28, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526 "2004-05-28T15:49:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Starguard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/1 "2004-05-28T15:49:01Z")
With fools like thins running around, I makes you wonder! [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20040528/od\_nm/zambia\_suicide\_dc](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20040528/od_nm/zambia_suicide_dc) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/2 "2004-05-28T15:51:58Z")
… but why’d they kill the chicken? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/3 "2004-05-28T16:12:34Z")
So now if you find a condom in your KFC, you’ll know where it’s from. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/4 "2004-05-28T16:49:44Z")
I know this is off subject, but I have to comment: You typed the title of this thread the way Mickey Rourke talks in the movie “Barfly.” I just had to share. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/5 "2004-05-28T16:55:37Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > … but why’d they kill the chicken? 😕 To keep it from going on a talk show and embarrassing the village. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/6 "2004-05-28T17:06:24Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > … but why’d they kill the chicken? 😕 The article doesn’t say it was the people who slaughtered it. Maybe it was killed by the other chickens, for being a perverted humanf\*\*\*er. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/7 "2004-05-28T17:12:05Z")
Funny, **Kalhoun** – I thought the spelling of the OP title was a reference to the opening words in the film _A Brief History of Time_, which were uttered by Stephen Hawking. It puts things in perspective that the world’s smartest person and a drunk sound so much alike. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/8 "2004-05-28T19:24:30Z")
not quite on topic, but: In answer to the thread title: A chicken and an egg are in bed. The chicken leans back contentedly, lights himself a cigarette. The egg flashes him a frustrated look, rolls over, pulls the sheet up over herself, and mutters " well, now we know the answer to that question" . . . . . . (yeah,I know, its a kinda old, worn-out joke, but I haven’t had a chance to repeat it for years, so I grabbed the opportunity. Sorry) ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/9 "2004-05-28T19:33:19Z")
I think that the title is a reference to the old [Sesame Street song](http://members.tripod.com/Tiny_Dancer/chicken2.html) > [@](#): > > Which come first, the chicken or the aig? > Which come first, the chicken or the aig? > How could somethin’ so fat and burly > Come from somethin’ so smooth and pearly? > Which come first, the chicken or the aig? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/10 "2004-05-28T19:40:07Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > I know this is off subject, but I have to comment: You typed the title of this thread the way Mickey Rourke talks in the movie “Barfly.” I thought he was channeling Agent Smith. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/11 "2004-05-28T23:34:48Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > … but why’d they kill the chicken? 😕 Cause even after it’s been made sweet love to, it still… _TASTES LIKE CHICKEN!_ ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/12 "2004-05-29T00:57:05Z")
WARNING: SEMI-OBSCURE, VERY TASTLESS JOKE - 1 MILE WARNING: SEMI-OBSCURE, VERY TASTLESS JOKE - 3/4 MILE WARNING: SEMI-OBSCURE, VERY TASTLESS JOKE - 1/2 MILE - REDUCE SPEED WARNING: SEMI-OBSCURE, VERY TASTLESS JOKE - 1/4 MILE - WATCH FOR FLAGMEN Boy…now _that’s_ a subservient chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/13 "2004-05-29T01:10:16Z")
Even if it was a really hot chick, he’s pretty plucky to try a stunt like that. His wife was right to cry fowl. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/14 "2004-05-29T01:29:48Z")
It didn’t just say they killed the chicken, it said they _slaughtered_ it. When you slaughter an animal, that means that you are killing it for the eventual purpose of eating it. So I guess they feel like chicken tonight. And it was already tenderized, so hey. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/15 "2004-05-29T01:55:36Z")
They offed the chicken cause God told 'em to. Don’t you guys ever read your Bibles? ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/16 "2004-05-29T02:46:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Which came first, the chicken or the egg? > What a silly riddle. > Just like asking what came first, > The violin or the fiddle. On the chicken killing front, my unsavory guess is that it was done for humanitarian reasons. As in the aforementioned event had, well, damaged it. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/17 "2004-05-29T05:17:09Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > It didn’t just say they killed the chicken, it said they _slaughtered_ it. When you slaughter an animal, that means that you are killing it for the eventual purpose of eating it. So I guess they feel like chicken tonight. And it was already tenderized, so hey. “Hey, why is this chicken full of mayonnaise?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/18 "2004-05-29T06:02:28Z")
Was he doing it in order to make an illiterate police officer lean reading from the Booktastic Book Mobile? [/inevitable South Park reference] ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/19 "2004-05-29T06:03:37Z")
\*that should be _learn_, dagnabbit. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/20 "2004-05-29T06:08:06Z")
The answer to which came first: The rooster. Duh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526.md?page=2)