What came first the egg cup or the egg? In this case both. I love my dippy egg with soldiers and my GM design shown here would take nature to new heights. Though as my friend Claudia said, ‘that would be rather painful’. If you like this idea check out my two way toothpaste or my home stats doorbell.
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Great modification, but yes, this would be painful unless you genetically modify hens to have square bums. Just a thought.
Love it.
Now you need to develop a spoon that would still enable the eater to scoop those last bits of egg-white out.
clever clogs
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Perhaps the title of ‘Squegg’ would be suitable.
(I shall claim a modest 5% of any profits)
Like it. my people will talk to your people.
The inventor of the traditional egg carton, Mr Joseph Coyle of Smithers, British Columbia would have to devise a new way of protecting your ‘squeggs’ against stresses exerted during transportation, however.
But, seen as he’s dead, I guess someone else will have to do it.
poor chicken 🙂
the laying wouldn’t be that painful but more a mess.
Because with the loss of its shape the egg also would lose its static and therefore brake while passing the rectum or at least when it drops on the ground on the ground ^^
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i love your concept!
this may cause harm to those egg cup lovers out there though! haha
I’m sure egg cup designers would soon invent little leg attachments for this new design. or mini wheels for mobility.
very smart
did you know that in the egg nature has created a super strong structure.
Try this out:
Put an egg in the centre of your palm – try and crush it with one hand…cannae ****** do it
just got egg all over my hand 😦
really?! dammit sure it worked the last time i tried. I will have to try it out again…
Pure genius. While you’re at it, I suggest you add salt and pepper – evenly distributed throughout the egg…
You should really remember to credit Carl Barks for this ide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_in_the_Andes! :p
Not the same idea, but I love donald duck! (well he’s a bit irritating sometimes) nice find 🙂
very useful egg, love it!
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but it may very painful to pull it down from the chicken
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Don’t modify the shape; modify the plasticity of the shell. This isn’t just a “shell game.” Since some reptile eggs have leathery shells, identifying the gene should feasible. A flexible shell material would be easier for the hen to pass and could be molded to any shape. For example, you could flatten it so that hard-boiled eggs come out looking like fried eggs or so that the eggs become stackable like CDs. Flat eggs would cook faster, too. The energy saved would make Dr. Suess’ dream possible: gren eggs and ham! And imagine how much further back one could stand while throwing Frisbee (TM)-shaped eggs at houses, thus allowing the thrower a faster eggscape.
I’m no biologist but wouldn’t you have to modify the hen to conceive this new egg? And wouldnt that be a lot harder than modifying a single egg by itself?