If "Before the egg hatched it belonged to the proto-chicken" and it MAY have changed ownership AFTER hatching, then the chicken came before the chicken egg.
WE'VE SOLVED THE PROBLEM! Time to go home, Dwayne Martin ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 11:26:02 -0800 >From: Thad K Esser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Friday Humor - Questions that have Confused humankind!! >To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > > ** > Its quantum physics. The act of measuring the egg > (a chicken pops out), changes the reality. Its also > a question of "possession". Before the egg hatched > it belonged to the proto-chicken. Afterward, does > the remaining shell still belong to the > "protochicken" or does it now belong to the chicken > that came out of it? > > I really hope God didn't use a batch process for > creation: > Let there be a chicken. > Let there be a camel. > Let there be a plasmodium falciparum. > and so on..." > Of course, maybe that's how we ended up with a > platypus. God just ran out of ideas. :-) > Thad Esser > Remedy Developer > "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, > they're yours."-- Richard Bach > > "Dwayne Martin" To arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc > Sent by: "Action Subject Re: Friday Humor - > Request System Questions that have > discussion Confused humankind!! > list(ARSList)" > <arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> > > 12/07/2007 10:52 AM > > +---------------------+ > | Please respond to | > | arslist@ARSLIST.ORG | > +---------------------+ > > I too have too much time on my hands, so since > nobody is asking, "Which came first the chicken or > the CHICKEN egg" I'll try to answer it anyway. > > If you believe in a literal creation, then God said > "Let there be a chicken" and behold, there was one. > The egg came later. > > But according to evolution, there was a long > transition period before a creature that was almost > a chicken laid an egg, out of which hatched the > first real chicken. Which leads a new question: Was > that egg a chicken egg because a chicken hatched out > of it, or a not-quite-a-chicken egg because a > not-quite-a-chicken laid it? > > Dwayne Martin > James Madison University > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 09:55:14 -0800 > >From: Thad K Esser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Friday Humor - Questions that have > Confused humankind!! > >To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > > > > ** > > Okay, my turn to geek out... > > > > This question answers itself - clearly the egg > came > > first. The question is NOT "Which came first > the > > chicken or the chicken egg", but "Which came > first, > > the chicken or the egg". Clearly there were > eggs > > (such as Dinosaur) long before anything even > > resembling a chicken existed. Problem solved. > > > > I used to work the graveyard shift and had WAY > too > > much time to myself.... :-) > > Thad Esser > > Remedy Developer > > "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, > > they're yours."-- Richard Bach > > > > "Mohan Panchangmath" To > arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc > > > Sent by: "Action Subject Re: Friday Humor > - > > Request System Questions that > have > > discussion Confused > humankind!! > > list(ARSList)" > > > <arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> > > > > 12/07/2007 09:44 AM > > > > +---------------------+ > > | Please respond to | > > | arslist@ARSLIST.ORG | > > +---------------------+ > > > > all time favorite confusion...."what came > first?.the > > chicken or the egg?? > > > > cheers, > > Mohan > > --- "Wangler, Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > What do you call a lady who delivers with the > US > > > Postal Service? > > > > > > A mail woman or a fe-mail man? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dan Wangler, Team Lead, STARS Group > > > > > > Phone: 214-567-8304; email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Client/Server Services, IT Opeations > > > > > > Texas Instruments, Inc. > > > > > > 6500 Chase Oaks Blvd., MS 8401 > > > > > > Plano, Texas, 75023 > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: Action Request System discussion > > list(ARSList) > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob > Rowe > > > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 11:01 AM > > > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > > > Subject: Re: Friday Humor - Questions that > have > > > Confused humankind!! > > > > > > > > > > > > ** In "A Bug's Life" the ladybug-guy never > really > > > adjusted to being a > > > male of the species. > > > > > > On Dec 7, 2007 9:43 AM, Wallace, Kelvin > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > wrote: > > > > > > ** > > > > > > What do you call a male ladybug? > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: Action Request System discussion > > list(ARSList) > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gidd > > > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 9:54 AM > > > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > > > Subject: OT:Friday Humor - Questions that have > > > Confused humankind!! > > > > > > > > > > > > Questions that have Confused humankind!! > > > > > > a.. Who was the first person to look at a cow > and > > > say, \"I think I\'ll > > > squeeze these dangly things here, and drink > > whatever > > > comes out?\" > > > > > > a.. Why do toasters always have a setting that > > burns > > > the toast to a > > > horrible crisp, which no decent human being > would > > > eat? > > > > > > a.. Why is there a light in the fridge and not > in > > > the freezer? > > > > > > a.. If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why > is > > > there a song about > > > him? > > > > > > a.. If the professor on Gilligan\'s Island can > > make > > > a radio out of > > > coconut, why can\'t he fix a hole in a boat? > > > > > > a.. Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto > remains > > > on all fours? > > > They\'re both dogs! > > > > > > a.. What do you call male ballerinas? > > > > > > a.. If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy > all > > > that Acme crap,why > > > didn\'t he just buy dinner? > > > > > > a.. If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests? > > > > > > a.. If corn oil is made from corn, and > vegetable > > oil > > > is made from > > > vegetables, then what is baby oil made from? > > > > > > a.. If electricity comes from electrons, does > > > morality come from morons? > > > > > > a.. Isn\'t Disney World just a people trap > > operated > > > by a mouse? > > > > > > a.. Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, > Twinkle > > > Little Star have the > > > same tune? > > > > > > a.. Do illiterate people get the full effect > of > > > Alphabet Soup? > > > > > > a.. Did you ever notice that when you blow in > a > > > dog\'s face, he gets mad > > > at you, but when you take him on a car ride, > he > > > can\'t wait to stick his > > > head out the window into the wind? > > > > > > a.. 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