In giving the Asda delivery driver an egg?

[THERhubarb]

I don't really know why I gave him an egg. He was young and seemed nice, asked me how my week was and everything. As I was going into the kitchen with the bags I passed the eggbox. I took one out, told him that my little hen had just laid it that morning and told him to take it with him.

He said it would break but I said to just shove it in his pocket.

He did look a bit puzzled and afterwards I wondered why I had given him an egg but at the time it just seemed the right thing to do?

Darn, I seriously thought you might be my friend until you posted the chickens' names

imagine the conversation with his partner later

'how was your day?'

'some weird woman gave me an egg. just one, no box and freaking tiny'

Um yeah, I just assumed he would know I meant the hen.

God what if he didn't know I even had hens? That egg is so small, he might not know what bloody animal it had come from! He's going to be too shit scared to do anything with it isn't he?

I once dreamt that my friend took his pants off, plumped his bottom into a river to lay an egg. (It was later fertilized by a passing eel, but I dont know what happened when it hatched)

His name was not Dave. It was Fredrik.

"she said Dave laid it?"

Rhubarb, do you by any chance find yourself forgetting that your chickens are all girls?

My ds2 refuses to believe one of mine is a girl, because it lays blue eggs.

'she said dave laid it'

perfect

Dave the laying chicken tummy hurts>>

This thread is fucking ace, OP.

Look the kids named them ok! Ironman is ds' hen, Peck is dd's and Dave, I must admit, is mine.

Tunip no but I do refer to them as 'he' from time to time.

I honestly wasn't thinking properly. I just handed him the egg, told him that Dave had laid it that morning and when he protested that it would break I told him to shove it in his pocket.

I then tried to take one of the crates into the house, which he asked for back. I think I realised at that point that here was someone who clearly thought I was nuts so in my embarrassment I tried to steal the crate the shopping had come in.

It's not that bad though eh? I mean, he's hardly going to tell everyone about it which means that I'll now be on one of those delivery blacklists?

he knows where you live
he might come back asking for more

Don't worry about the names. Mine are all Jacqueline Wilson characters. Tracey Beaker is a right stroppy cow.

Tell us more about the egg. Was it so small it probably doesn't have a yolk? Does Dave lay eggs with good strong shells?

He probably thought you told him to put it in his pocket to keep it warm. He's expecting it to hatch, but he doesn't know what sort of animal Dave is. Since the egg is so small, he probably won't think chicken at all, but he'll be very worried about how the crazy egg lady will react when she finds out that the precious egg she gave him didn't hatch. Next week, when he sees your address on his round, he'll panic and stop by the pet shop on his way...

Rhubarb, next week, asda delivery man is going to show you his snake.

horrorcow

snort, shake with laughter

this thread has made my day

LOL Horrorcow.

Horror he was quite nice looking though so hopefully he'll have a nice looking snake to show me

Tunip Dave is a Pekin and lays small brown eggs which are almost round. They are almost all yolk. Peck is our Polish hen and she lays bigger white eggs. Ironman is only about 22 weeks and hasn't started laying yet.

'Tell us more about the egg' has really made me laugh,for some reason.
Sounds a bit like 'Tell me more about your mother' with accompanying laced fingers and a gently concerned frown.

Loving this!! Absolutely hilarious!! Dave laid it, brilliant!

I think he'll have to do some eggstensive and egghausting into his employment rights so he can talk to his manager about never delivering to your address eggain.

Ahh you've given him a story to tell.. and he will tell it

I too am fighting the urge to give my eggs to all and sundry. That is, since the ducks started laying just after Xmas. I want the world to see and taste the wonder of an egg. Have even considered driving 60 miles to deliver some to my sister who I think would share my excitement.
My ducks are named after the owls of Harry Potter, although the one who was Hedwig yesterday may not be today's Hedwig.

That sounds like a lovely egg. Clever Dave!

Oh dear, I think he would preferred a cream egg