Flakey Hobbes wacky files #125
Did it ever crossed your mind that you could actually tell a person's character by observing how they eat a sunny-side up chicken egg? hmmm...
Sunny-side up or bull's eye, whatever you call it, is one of the best ways to prepare a chicken egg. (doesn't taste good with duck eggs) Prepared on a non-stick pan (with little or without oil) for the health conscious or submerged in hot oil... yum yum. Served with bacon for breakfast, nasi lemak with chicken rendang, steaming yee mee soup, hot plate noodles... nuts, i'm salivating! The egg yolk must not be overcooked, but just cooked. It should wobble when slightly shaken without spilling over the whites. Ahh... the scrumplicious sunny-side up egg!
The crammer
The crammer aka The gulper eats the egg in one big mouthful. It must be conquered in one mouthful, come what may. And it doesn't matter if the yellow drips down your chin. Your goal is to finish it up in one go. You're hardly bothered even when people gasp at you in horror at your etiquette-less egg eating style.
If this is you, you're a
show off. Your main motto in life is to be loud, braggy and crass. You want your presence to be felt by all anytime, anywhere. It doesn't matter if others think the worse of you. You eat, sleep, breathe and self bask comfortably in yourself.
Sun devourer
You arm yourself with a rounded spoon. You study the egg from all angles, deciding the best entry point to scoop the yolk sans any messiness. After much careful calculation and deliberation, you are ready for your task. Of course, the scoop was perfect since you spent 20minutes doing mental calculations. Sometimes you're even tempted to use a gravy dipped toothpick and do the maths on your table napkin. That's not to say you can't do mental calculations, but you enjoy smirking at the waiter's dumbfounded face when he clears your table.
If this is you, you're
meticulous. Your world revolves around fractions and nano details. This is usually genetically inherited from the maternal side. Paternally if your dad is brainier than your mom. Everything must be broken down into unbreakable data portions and analysed infinitely. Nothing is ever too tedious or impossible to be reflected in numbers.
Cloud eater
You gingerly slice the whites at least 2mm from the yolk with your dinner knife. (spoon works just fine too) You're doing fine till the last bit and you start to fidget. You cut the whites more than you intent to and the yolk spills out. You're hardly bothered with the messy egg. You eat up what's left on your plate because you believe you should end something although not perfectly as you intended. It just became too arduous to finish it properly.
This makes you the
good starter, sloppy ender. You attempt every new project with a gusto only to become lazy and falter towards the ending. Your motto in life, 'Ah well, at least I started... *yaaawwwnnnnn*'.
Recognise yourself in any of these three? And whoever says that chicken eggs are only related to chickens?
