Which Came First - The Chicken or Egging?
What motivates a person egg someone else's house? Why is it okay that the word egg can even be used as a verb outside of the noble art of cooking?
I never had the privilege of egging someone's front door when I was a kid, but I can only imagine ever getting somewhat close to doing it only at that time of my life. Why would an adult do it? It's not funny when done anonymously. (I'm willing to admit that it could be funny under the right circumstances. I.E. If it is The White House. Especially during a press conference.) It's not effective in resolving conflict. Most importantly, it doesn't make a good omelet. I guess if I were feeling completely helpless in the face of overwhelming power, it could help me feel like I did something, even so small a thing. (see White House example) But I don't think Marigold and I wield such overwhelming power, so why would someone egg our house?
Last night around eleven o'clock someone egged us twice. Once at one of our front windows and once at our front door. It made an amazing sound. Such a loud crack. I was sure that our window was broken. When I checked the front door I had to step carefully due to the splatter in the hallway. It is fascinating how deep into the hallway it reached, especially for hitting a closed door. It just proves that weather sealing the front door actually is a good thing. We obviously didn't have any. Also, for only two eggs there was so much gunk! Luckily it was mostly outside.
It turned out good in the end, because it forced us to clean up our hallway and front porch a bit. Really, there was more dirt than egg.
Why did the chicken cross the road? To egg my house.
I never had the privilege of egging someone's front door when I was a kid, but I can only imagine ever getting somewhat close to doing it only at that time of my life. Why would an adult do it? It's not funny when done anonymously. (I'm willing to admit that it could be funny under the right circumstances. I.E. If it is The White House. Especially during a press conference.) It's not effective in resolving conflict. Most importantly, it doesn't make a good omelet. I guess if I were feeling completely helpless in the face of overwhelming power, it could help me feel like I did something, even so small a thing. (see White House example) But I don't think Marigold and I wield such overwhelming power, so why would someone egg our house?
Last night around eleven o'clock someone egged us twice. Once at one of our front windows and once at our front door. It made an amazing sound. Such a loud crack. I was sure that our window was broken. When I checked the front door I had to step carefully due to the splatter in the hallway. It is fascinating how deep into the hallway it reached, especially for hitting a closed door. It just proves that weather sealing the front door actually is a good thing. We obviously didn't have any. Also, for only two eggs there was so much gunk! Luckily it was mostly outside.
It turned out good in the end, because it forced us to clean up our hallway and front porch a bit. Really, there was more dirt than egg.
Why did the chicken cross the road? To egg my house.
posted by Stephen "Steve" at 9/08/2005 04:03:00 PM
5 Comments:
I think MandyPants did it.
Posted by Jeanette
i egged my frying pan this morning and nobody was the better for it.
Posted by arron
Never egged or been egged myself, but I did grow up in the 80's when egging was huge. I think in our day in age when a lot of 'problems' are solved by shooting or stabbing - egging should be welcomed as a nice alternative to expressing aggression. On that note, I think I might surprise William tonight with a nice 'face omelet'.
Posted by Johanna
I did not egg your house. I have egged houses, however. In my youth. In Yreka. What else is there to do? My neighbor here gets his house toilet papered about every 2-3 months. My brother has this idea that the neighbor is a youth pastor and these kids just think he is an easy yet non threatening target. Also, they are always very neat in their placement of the toilet paper. We think girls do it. It always looks like they are decorating the trees with streamers for prom or something.
Posted by mandy
I egged the neighbors door at our last apt. building since they were playing bongos at 4 AM and wouldn't shut up. But then karma got me instantly since as I closed the door, the metal part at the bottom slice my foot open.
Posted by Justin