Eggs

[Thermal]

Does this mean egging the White House is off?

Only the 1% will be able to afford their favorite pastime of egging Food Banks.

 

[The Don]

I don't understand the concept of a vegan chocolate egg. Isn't that like a non-cannibal eating a chocolate human corpse?

Not really. Vegans like chocolate but don't eat dairy so it makes sense.

 

[Olmstead]

I don't understand the concept of a vegan chocolate egg. Isn't that like a non-cannibal eating a chocolate human corpse?

Chocolate Santa.

 

[Thermal]

Chocolate Santa.

Strawberry Patrick.

I mean, if we are randomly naming flavors and mythical saints and all.

Vanilla Valentine?

 

[TragicMonkey]

I don't understand the concept of a vegan chocolate egg. Isn't that like a non-cannibal eating a chocolate human corpse?

You've never had a chocolate Santa?

eta: damn! Beaten to it.
eta2: Why aren't there chocolate Draculas at Halloween? That would be cool.

 

[Thermal]

You've never had a chocolate Santa?

eta: damn! Beaten to it.
eta2: Why aren't there chocolate Draculas at Halloween? That would be cool.

I don't object to eating a fantasy creature. But it seems weird to eat something representing what you have a literal, personal ethical or serious health objection to eating.

 

[Olmstead]

I don't object to eating a fantasy creature. But it seems weird to eat something representing what you have a literal, personal ethical or serious health objection to eating.

Well, if it makes you feel better, they are fantasy eggs lain by fantasy bunnies. And we all know bunnies don't lay eggs.

 

[Thermal]

Well, if it makes you feel better, they are fantasy eggs lain by fantasy bunnies. And we all know bunnies don't lay eggs.

It doesn't. It just adds to my crankiness.

 

[TragicMonkey]

Well, if it makes you feel better, they are fantasy eggs lain by fantasy bunnies. And we all know bunnies don't lay eggs.

Well, the bunny queen lays eggs. They hatch into the facehugger form, which then lays its own eggs in the host.

 

[Steve]

I don't understand the concept of a vegan chocolate egg. Isn't that like a non-cannibal eating a chocolate human corpse?

Chocolate Santas at Christmas?

 

[Thermal]

Chocolate Santas at Christmas?

So I keep hearing. Did I say I was a non-cannibal?

 

[Steve]

So I keep hearing. Did I say I was a non-cannibal?

I should read the thread.

 

[Steve]

$3.79CA/doz. large ($2.66US) in Shoppers Drugs flyer today. Cheapest I have seen in a long, long time.

 

[Norman Alexander]

You don't get it. Musk and Trump can do ANY. DAMN. THING. THEY. WANT.

I get it, no problem. Now back to eggs!

 

[Thermal]

I get it, no problem. Now back to eggs!

...and cannibalism.

 

[novaphile]

Meanwhile, back in Oz, I keep hearing stories about supermarkets having zero eggs, nothing but bare shelves.

This is typically in terms of Coles and Woolworths, but local, independent, supermarkets have no problems getting eggs from local producers.

Apparently this is because of a major avian flu outbreak in the Eastern States.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Meanwhile, back in Oz, I keep hearing stories about supermarkets having zero eggs, nothing but bare shelves.

This is typically in terms of Coles and Woolworths, but local, independent, supermarkets have no problems getting eggs from local producers.

Apparently this is because of a major avian flu outbreak in the Eastern States.

Correct. Due to limited supplies, in some stores and at some times, there are few or zero eggs on supermarket shelves. However our local fresh fruit and veg market has ample, since they have local suppliers.

 

[Norman Alexander]

...and cannibalism.

Awesome! *munch munch*

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

$3.49 a dozen at Trader Joes, with an "egg monitor" making sure people don't horde. Last two visits they were completely out but the price has stayed the same all year. Albertsons are $6.99.

Yeah I hate it when people go all Chinnggis Khan innthe dairy aisle.

 

[dann]

Egg farmer stresses need for bird flu vaccine amid egg shortages (MSNBC on YouTube, Feb 22, 2025 - 6:47 min.)
The bird flu outbreak is causing the price of eggs to soar, with prices at a 45-year high. The founder of the second largest egg producer in the U.S., John Rust, of Rose Acre Farms joins The Weekend to discuss.

Trump administration trying to rehire USDA bird flu officials it fired (BBC, Feb 19, 2025)

I wonder how all the anti-vaxxers - not least RFK Jr. - will react to vaccinated chickens. Won't they fear that those chicken eggs will be shedding?
John Roost is a big fan of the current president and gives him all the credit for the bird-flu vaccines that he hopes will soon become available:

President Trump talked about bringing common sense back to America. I think that's what he's doing with Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, who was only sworn in on February 13th, you know, nearly a month after president turmp was sworn in, you know. The Senate has delayed, you know, confirming these major appointments. We need to get the Secretary of Agriculture, you know. She has hit the ground running, and they are very quickly now working to develop a bird flu for the strain that is affecting farmers.

I'm sure Trump will appreciate that people like Roost will give him credit for the bird-flu vaccines even though he has absolutely nothing to do with them:

Is a bird flu vaccine for chickens coming soon? (FoxBusiness, Feb 21, 2025)
When a new strain of bird flu was identified in early 2022, Mahesh Kumar, senior vice president of global biologics research and development at Zoetis, said the company's scientists "immediately began work" to update its previous avian influenza vaccine.

So much for Roost's claim about Trump "bringing back common sense to America" ...