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Flint · 01-05-2005, 12:08 PM

How about simply 'yes'?

MissJaymeKat · 01-06-2005, 04:34 PM

The answer depends on what you mean by the word "came"... :devil3:

(I'd say the chicken came first, because I don't think eggs do that -- at least not the ones in my refrigerator... )

maurile · 01-06-2005, 05:18 PM

The chicken came first. The chicken had to get laid before the egg could.

MissJaymeKat · 01-06-2005, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maurile

The chicken came first. The chicken had to get laid before the egg could.

The riddle has finally been answered!
:rolling: :rolling: :rolling: :rolling: :rolling: :rolling:

RBH · 01-06-2005, 06:14 PM

And the thread has migrated to Humor.

RBH
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Yggdrasill · 01-06-2005, 07:12 PM

It depends on whether you consider the organism inside the egg a form of chicken. If you think the organism inside the egg only becomes a chicken when it is hatched, an egg laid by a non-chicken organism (if only by a little bit) would contain the embryo for the the first chicken (if only marginally so), which would become a chicken when it hatched, and hence the chicken came first.

If you think the embryo of the chicken becomes a chicken at some point in the egg, or at the fertilization of the egg, the egg came first, if you agree that a chicken still in it's egg is considered an egg.

Heurismus · 01-06-2005, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McDuffie

The chicken or the egg?

What I would like is the most smart-assed, yet scientific answer you can come up with.

I got this idea because several years ago, during a casual radio debate on E v. C, there was a moment of mirth when a caller asked this question. The evolutionist repeated the question back and answered 'a dinosaur'. Pretty good, off the cuff, but what would you guys have said?

Ex Ovo Omnia, but it was the Rooster really

extinctionist · 01-06-2005, 08:00 PM

Eggs for breakfast. Chicken dinner. Duh!

MonCapitan2002 · 01-06-2005, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maurile

The chicken came first. The chicken had to get laid before the egg could.

That was an awesome reply.
:notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy

Barefoot Bree · 01-07-2005, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maurile

The chicken came first. The chicken had to get laid before the egg could.

I agree!! :notworthy

:notworthy

:notworthy The winnah!!

And going straight into my little store of snappy answers....

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01-05-2005, 12:08 PM	#11
Flint Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Huntsville AL Posts: 2,552	How about simply 'yes'?

01-06-2005, 04:34 PM	#12
MissJaymeKat Regular Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Kansas City Posts: 395	The answer depends on what you mean by the word "came"... :devil3: (I'd say the chicken came first, because I don't think eggs do that -- at least not the ones in my refrigerator... )

01-06-2005, 05:18 PM	#13
maurile Regular Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: San Diego Posts: 360	The chicken came first. The chicken had to get laid before the egg could.

01-06-2005, 06:14 PM	#15
RBH Contributor Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 15,407	And the thread has migrated to Humor. RBH E/C Moderator

01-06-2005, 07:12 PM	#16
Yggdrasill Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kongsberg, Norway. I'm a: Skeptic Posts: 7,597	It depends on whether you consider the organism inside the egg a form of chicken. If you think the organism inside the egg only becomes a chicken when it is hatched, an egg laid by a non-chicken organism (if only by a little bit) would contain the embryo for the the first chicken (if only marginally so), which would become a chicken when it hatched, and hence the chicken came first. If you think the embryo of the chicken becomes a chicken at some point in the egg, or at the fertilization of the egg, the egg came first, if you agree that a chicken still in it's egg is considered an egg.

01-06-2005, 08:00 PM	#18
extinctionist Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 1,440	Eggs for breakfast. Chicken dinner. Duh!

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