you know your gonna have a bad day when

[gaspode]

The first job i did today was to fill eggs and the first customer that spoke to me asked me"Why are the eggs so dirty", so now I have teeth marks in my tongue from where I had to bite it and not say"you do know where they come from don't you?"

Then not five minutes later I see a couple swapping the eggs from box to box because she didn't want any white ones!

Then a woman gives me a coupon for some offer asking where it was,once again i hold back and not say "try down the road its our closest rivals coupon"

[NightWatch]

Tell the lady swapping eggs to move to the US. All our eggs are white. Unless you want to fork over the extra money for organic eggs.

[Mnemjian]

"you do know where they come from don't you?"

Somebody should tell that guy about how you're supposed to only eat the INSIDE of the egg

P.S. I never even really thought of it but it IS pretty odd that nobody cares much about where eggs come from. Mmm... Chicken vajayjay? I guess they must wash them though...

[chocoBug]

the ol' egg swap! i saw a guy in the supermarket switching the expensive free range eggs into the cheap battery hen eggs box. so he would get free range for cheap and some other guy would pare more for cheaper eggs....now THATS sucky. not only scamming the store but scamming someone else.

[One-Fang]

Hope ya said something.

How is it all US eggs are white? I thought the colour was essentially random and not a result of breed used or anything?

[Andara Bledin]

P.S. I never even really thought of it but it IS pretty odd that nobody cares much about where eggs come from. Mmm... Chicken vajayjay? I guess they must wash them though...

Most people don't have the foggiest idea where their food comes from, or what it actually is.

I sometimes have fun informing my friends, quite graphically, about what they're eating.

^-.-^

[sms001]

How is it all US eggs are white? I thought the colour was essentially random and not a result of breed used or anything?

Nope. Not all our eggs are white. They can shade to a brown. Breed determines the color. Because of acculturation, most are white, but in areas of the country like the midwest where the knowledge that there is no difference in the egg because of color, one often sees both depending on price and availability.

[LadyAndreca]

I always figured that the brown ones were used for making the commercial cartons of egg, or in restaraunts where customers never see which type is being used, since people here are so used to seeing white. I didn't know it was a regional thing.

[wolfie]

One prevailing myth in North America is that brown eggs are healthier than white eggs. This dates to the beginning of the "battery hen" industry, when the battery hens were breeds that laid white eggs, but you could still get eggs from traditionally-raised hens (of breeds that laid brown eggs). Back then it was true, but only because the colour (at the time) provided an indicator of battery vs. traditional.

Another myth (originating with Jack Kerouack): if truckers eat someplace, it means the food is good. Pure BS - if truckers eat someplace, it means the parking spaces are 75 feet long.

[ralerin]

Nope. Not all our eggs are white. They can shade to a brown. Breed determines the color. Because of acculturation, most are white, but in areas of the country like the midwest where the knowledge that there is no difference in the egg because of color, one often sees both depending on price and availability.

Quoted because I second this. Here, in NH, most eggs are brown because most of the chickens are of the brown egg laying variety. I would imagine in other parts of the country, their egg colors vary.

[smileyeagle1021]

P.S. I never even really thought of it but it IS pretty odd that nobody cares much about where eggs come from. Mmm... Chicken vajayjay? I guess they must wash them though...

thank you, now I can never eat an egg again... EVER

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

You might never if you saw what happens to said area when they DO lay an egg...or a poo, for that matter. Not pretty, but wow, what a skill!

[Geek King]

Most people don't have the foggiest idea where their food comes from, or what it actually is.

I sometimes have fun informing my friends, quite graphically, about what they're eating.

MMMmmm. Delicious fried chicken fetus. Pass the leftover pig bits and spices.

[AriRashkae]

Quoted because I second this. Here, in NH, most eggs are brown because most of the chickens are of the brown egg laying variety. I would imagine in other parts of the country, their egg colors vary.

Over here in the Berkshires we have green eggs.

[EricKei]

Another legend about brown eggs is that they "taste better" -- silly or not, it doesn't change the fact that they cost more than white ones do.