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(Message started by: Iceman on Feb 29^th, 2008, 9:50am)

Title: humpty dumpty
Post by Iceman on Feb 29^th, 2008, 9:50am

With all your might you squeeze firmly a chicken egg within your hand. But your fingers, and the table over which you're operating, stay dry and clean of any messy yolk and white. How's that possible? ???

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by JiNbOtAk on Feb 29^th, 2008, 10:36am

Soak the egg in a vinegar solution for a couple of days. Not only would it not break when you squeeze it, you can even use it as a rubber ball.

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by mikedagr8 on Feb 29^th, 2008, 3:19pm

You didn't break the egg. You were squeezing in the wrong places.

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Iceman on Mar 1^st, 2008, 7:11am

No to both. You was squeezing it all right.

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Grimbal on Mar 1^st, 2008, 9:32am

The chicken is still around the egg?

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Iceman on Mar 1^st, 2008, 10:01am

Lame. ::)

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Iceman on Mar 1^st, 2008, 10:40am

...........but after your silly idea, this might be an appropriate topic for one more question: which came 1st? The chicken or the egg? Aw..... ::)

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by mikedagr8 on Mar 1^st, 2008, 3:34pm

on 03/01/08 at 10:40:59, Iceman wrote:

...........but after your silly idea, this might be an appropriate topic for one more question: which came 1st? The chicken or the egg? Aw..... ::)

Egg. Chuck Norris came before all, and he's no chicken. 8)

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Iceman on Mar 1^st, 2008, 4:25pm

Maybe he changed. Perhaps he's dead. Nobody lives forever. After all, even Superman was in wheelchair. From the strongest one he became the weakest one. What was it, carpe diem? I suppose that means something. Not to me though: I'm a riddler. Then again, hobby is a fine thing. Isn't it?

Btw, I'm a coward. There's no nobility in it, but you may live longer because of it. It's better to be a live dog than a dead lion. The only problem is, when you're a dog, you miss being a lion. ::)

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Ghost Sniper on Mar 1^st, 2008, 5:15pm

Quick note about chicken eggs:

The egg is oval-shaped (duh). If you squeeze the part with less radii, the egg breaks easily. But, if you squeeze the part with longer radii, the egg can withstand a lot of pressure. A human hand normally would not be sufficient to break an egg like that.

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by tiber13 on Mar 2^nd, 2008, 5:08am

hulk didn't break his egg....
and ican break eggs easily, by squeezing them on there longer axis [hide]with a ring on[/hide]

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Iceman on Mar 2^nd, 2008, 6:04am

.....I don't get it. The shape of the egg is usual.

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by towr on Mar 2^nd, 2008, 7:10am

Maybe I have muscular atrophy, and 'all my might' is not at all that impressive?

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Iceman on Mar 2^nd, 2008, 8:45am

On the contrary, I'm sure you're a healthy, strong man, so no. ;) 8)

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Iceman on Mar 2^nd, 2008, 8:47am

.....this was nothing personal, so of course, if you really have the above condition, my sincere sympathies. :'(

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by towr on Mar 2^nd, 2008, 9:02am

on 03/02/08 at 08:47:22, Iceman wrote:

.....this was nothing personal, so of course, if you really have the above condition, my sincere sympathies. :'(

Don't worry, I don't.
I'm blissfully unaware of any ailments I might have. ;)

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Iceman on Mar 2^nd, 2008, 10:01am

Then you're just like me. 8) :-/ :P

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by tiber13 on Mar 2^nd, 2008, 2:15pm

formerly in a vegetable-ized state?

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by JiNbOtAk on Mar 2^nd, 2008, 8:48pm

Is the physical property of the egg just like any other egg ?

Of course, since you asked how your hands and the tables are dry and clean, rather than questioning why the egg did not break, one can assume that the answer is because you're wearing gloves, and the table is covered with waterproof cloth. But that answer is so unIceylike, I don't think you'd stoop to that level of riddling, eh Icey ?

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Grimbal on Mar 3^rd, 2008, 2:22am

on 02/29/08 at 15:19:04, mikedagr8 wrote:

You didn't break the egg. ...

on 03/01/08 at 07:11:06, Iceman wrote:

No to both.

So you broke the egg. Maybe the egg was in a sealed plastic bag? In a condom? You know you are not supposed to put the eggs in the condom?

Completely unrelated: Chuck Norris is no chicken. A chicken has bigger eggs.

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by JiNbOtAk on Mar 3^rd, 2008, 4:04am

on 03/03/08 at 02:22:12, Grimbal wrote:

You know you are not supposed to put the eggs in the condom?

How did you get the eggs into the condom, w/out breaking the eggs ??

on 03/03/08 at 02:22:12, Grimbal wrote:

Chuck Norris is no chicken. A chicken has bigger eggs.

Wonder which one is more hairy. ;D

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Grimbal on Mar 3^rd, 2008, 5:02am

He never said the eggs didn't break. He said "your fingers, and the table over which you're operating, stay dry and clean of any messy yolk and white.".

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Iceman on Mar 3^rd, 2008, 5:13am

on 03/02/08 at 20:48:03, JiNbOtAk wrote:

Of course, since you asked how your hands and the tables are dry and clean, rather than questioning why the egg did not break, one can assume that the answer is because you're wearing gloves, and the table is covered with waterproof cloth.

No cloth and no gloves.

on 03/02/08 at 20:48:03, JiNbOtAk wrote:

But that answer is so unIceylike, I don't think you'd stoop to that level of riddling, eh Icey ?

You're damn right about that. My riddles are always advanced except for 90% of them.

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by gotit on Mar 3^rd, 2008, 7:10am

It was a boiled egg. ;)

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Iceman on Mar 3^rd, 2008, 9:05am

That is still messy.

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Grimbal on Mar 3^rd, 2008, 9:29am

Maybe the egg is frozen. Can you break a frozen egg?

And actually, can you freeze an egg, so that it becomes hard like stone?

Maybe it is a chicken egg in the sense that it is a wooden egg (like those used to fix wool socks) but belonging to a chicken.

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by towr on Mar 3^rd, 2008, 10:26am

on 03/03/08 at 09:29:03, Grimbal wrote:

Maybe the egg is frozen. Can you break a frozen egg?

Sure, you can break rocks, an egg shouldn't be any harder to break.

Quote:

And actually, can you freeze an egg, so that it becomes hard like stone?

The problem is that water expands when frozen under normal circumstance; if you use liquid nitrogen it might work though (that should freeze it quickly enough to stop the water molecules aligning)

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Iceman on Mar 3^rd, 2008, 11:13am

on 03/03/08 at 09:29:03, Grimbal wrote:

Maybe the egg is frozen.

You got it. Don't you love cold riddles?

on 03/03/08 at 09:29:03, Grimbal wrote:

Can you break a frozen egg?

Not by squeezing it with your hand.

on 03/03/08 at 09:29:03, Grimbal wrote:

And actually, can you freeze an egg, so that it becomes hard like stone?

......absolutely. Try it if you don't believe me. You could kill someone with it.

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Iceman on Mar 3^rd, 2008, 1:19pm

You know what? I just tried, with all my might, to squeeze firmly a chicken egg within my hand, and I've failed. It wasn't frozen or anything. Interesting.. All right, I don't have strong hands like bodybuilders do, but this is an egg I'm talking about. ???

Btw, no jokes about my manly, hairy hands. All right? >:( :P

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by JiNbOtAk on Mar 4^th, 2008, 2:37am

I don't know about freezing, but if you boil an egg slowly, for an extended period of time ( say about 5-6 hours ), the egg could be as hard as a rock. Not that it serve any purpose, unless you're planning to use a unique murder weapon.

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Iceman on Mar 4^th, 2008, 4:27am

You don't say?

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Azgard on Mar 30^th, 2008, 7:50pm

Another solution is with an empty egg shell. You poke holes in the top and bottom of the egg and blow the insides out. That way, when you break the egg, nothing would get wet. ;D

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Iceman on Mar 31^st, 2008, 3:41am

Some do this for Easter. Not me though. I just freeze the egg. ::)

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by Ghost Sniper on Apr 2^nd, 2008, 6:24am

Solid, not hollow, chocolate egg.

Title: Re: humpty dumpty
Post by cheesepuff on Apr 18^th, 2008, 9:15pm

Or you can go to your closest friendly Asian supermarket (not racial) and look for their famed[hide] "metal eggs".[/hide] Those are pretty much dried up eggs that are really hard. You won't break one of those by squeezing it.