# Which came firrrrst, the Chicken or the eeeegg?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526>\
**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:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/21 "2004-06-01T15:28:16Z")

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> [@F. U. Shakespeare](#):
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> 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.
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> It puts things in perspective that the world’s smartest person and a drunk sound so much alike.

Well, I know I’M the smartest person in the world after a coupla margharitas! 😉

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/22 "2004-06-01T15:29:31Z")

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> [@Hal Briston](#):
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> I thought he was channeling Agent Smith.

Do I know Agent Smith? What’s he from?

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**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:** [June 1, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/23 "2004-06-01T16:09:47Z")

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He’s [right here](http://otherside.junik.lv/pages/smithpics.html), Mister Annnnnderrrrrrsooooon.

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-came-firrrrst-the-chicken-or-the-eeeegg/247526/24 "2004-06-01T16:54:07Z")

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> [@Hal Briston](#):
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> He’s [right here](http://otherside.junik.lv/pages/smithpics.html), Mister Annnnnderrrrrrsooooon.

Aaaaah…now I know why I didn’t recognize it. Those movies were waaaaay too hard for me to follow.

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