Comments on: On compost hubris

By: El

El — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:53:48 +0000

All: Glad to give you a chuckle, and sorry if it yucked some of you out. It was a really funny thing. I think the egg rolled off the new compost pile into the old one. Normally, I smash up any eggs I find but I found a pile out under a tree (damned chickies) and, having no idea of the pile’s age, I just dumped the whole thing. And I had the idea the one egg might explode, and, being a bit of a kid myself, I…tested it. IT wasn’t until I was out of the greenhouse and weeding elsewhere that I thought, wow, I STILL smell that egg…hey, wait a minute, what’s THIS, and yes, found that stinking blob atop my head. Aaagh! I RAN to the house, threw clothes into the wash, ran naked through the house and upstairs to the shower. Luckily, we didn’t have company at the time.

By: John A. Abel

John A. Abel — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:32:02 +0000

Snake and eggs is one of my favorite breakfasts.

By: Sylvie

Sylvie — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:45:39 +0000

… phew… El’s new perfume: eau d’oeuf bien mur.

We only get snake eggs in our compost pile… the mommy snake likes the heat of the pile so leaves her clutch of eggs there – soft shells, they are…

By: chook

chook — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:13:36 +0000

this reminds me of the rat Templeton in Charlotte’s Web who hoards a rotten goose egg.

that’s some nasty looking egg goo!

By: J-in-Wales

J-in-Wales — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:41:52 +0000

Equally, if you have eggs that don’t hatch in the incubator or under a broody and want to check them for fertility, don’t bring them into the kitchen to crack open….

By: mangochild

mangochild — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:25:13 +0000

Oh no! And so funny at the same time – in a horrifying way!

By: Judy

Judy — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:28:27 +0000

Too funny!!! But I’ll warn you, 3 month old hard-boiled eggs are almost as bad. When I was a child we found one at my grandparents on 4th of July- left over from an Easter Egg hunt. As kids- we thought it was funny- our parents weren’t amused at all. Of course, the 2 hour drive home was REALLY long!

By: Sparow

Sparow — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:08:49 +0000

lol! I’ll consider myself forewarned!

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:40:52 +0000

I am laughing with you not at you. Truly. But really, really laughing.

By: Ed Bruske

Ed Bruske — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:10:28 +0000

mystery still not solved: how did egg get there? We’re all holding our breath (for numerous reasons).

By: serinat

serinat — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:48:45 +0000

oh, dear. i’m six months pregnant, and i’m pretty sure i wouldn’t have survived that. or, at the very least, my stomach wouldn’t have.

By: aimee

aimee — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:47:01 +0000

Thanks for the giggle!

By: dayphoto

dayphoto — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:34:35 +0000

I’ll bet is was fun! And I’ll bet it really did stink!

Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com

By: El

El — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:26:06 +0000

My best guess: I found a clutch of eggs out in the hinterlands and, not knowing their age, I threw them all atop (notice) the new compost heap. Well, this one must’ve rolled downhill and into the old compost. I am still surprised it was whole! I am not exactly a gentle compost-slinger.

By: stefaneener

stefaneener — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:18:58 +0000

Dearie, dearie me. What an . . . extreme experience!

How did that egg get there, do you think?