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Subject: What came first the Chicken or the Egg?

Written By: Ghetto_John_34 on 12/01/02 at 06:49 p.m.

This is an age old question, What came first the Chicken or the Egg I say that IT IS .......

                                                            ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?                                                                WELL ARE YA?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   THE CHICKEN!!!!!! ;D

Subject: Re: What came first the Chicken or the Egg?

Written By: Rice Cube on 12/01/02 at 07:15 p.m.

I'd have to say that the chicken came first...because the chicken has to make the egg...but then, who makes the chicken?

Subject: Re: What came first the Chicken or the Egg?

Written By: Ghetto_John_34 on 12/01/02 at 07:20 p.m.

well i believe it was God but i wont get into that

Subject: Re: What came first the Chicken or the Egg?

Written By: XenaKat13 on 12/02/02 at 00:24 a.m.

It all depends on how you phrase the question.

"Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" The answer is "the egg".  Because dinosaurs, fish, and prehistoric non-chicken birds all were able to lay eggs before there were ever any such thing as a chicken.

Change the question slightly:

"Which came first, the chicken or the chicken egg."  And your answer is even more obvious.  The first chicken egg could only be laid by a chicken.  Therefore, the chicken was first, because it hatched out of an egg laid by some other kind of bird.

This answer only works if you believe in the theory of evolution.  

Subject: Re: What came first the Chicken or the Egg?

Written By: philbo_baggins on 12/02/02 at 03:11 a.m.


Quoting:
The answer is "the egg".  Because dinosaurs, fish, and prehistoric non-chicken birds all were able to lay eggs before there were ever any such thing as a chicken.  
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Damn, you beat me to it ;-)



Quoting:
Therefore, the chicken was first, because it hatched out of an egg laid by some other kind of bird.

This answer only works if you believe in the theory of evolution.  
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OK, to get truly pedantic here: surely it depends at precisely what point the mutation occurred to produce the first chicken?  IOW, the first egg which would produce a chicken (i.e. contains the genome for "chicken" rather than "bird which is similar to a chicken") when it is laid *already* contains a chicken - would you describe this as a "chicken egg", as it *is* a chicken egg, even though it's been laid (layed?) by a non-chicken....

Phil
Pedants R Us

Subject: Re: What came first the Chicken or the Egg?

Written By: Race_Bannon on 12/02/02 at 03:55 a.m.

Clearly the egg.

I had eggs about 8:am this morning and chicken for dinner! ;D

Subject: Re: What came first the Chicken or the Egg?

Written By: jamminoldies on 12/02/02 at 08:02 a.m.


Quoting:
I'd have to say that the chicken came first...because the chicken has to make the egg...but then, who makes the chicken?
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KFC ;D ;D ::)

howard- :)

Subject: Re: What came first the Chicken or the Egg?

Written By: Crazy Don on 12/02/02 at 08:13 a.m.

Quoting:
KFC ;D ;D ::)
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But don't tell Zella! http://www.inthe00s.com/smilies/puke.gif

Subject: Re: What came first the Chicken or the Egg?

Written By: Sally_Skellington on 12/02/02 at 01:53 p.m.

The answer is 42.

Subject: Re: What came first the Chicken or the Egg?

Written By: DJ Midas on 12/02/02 at 03:01 p.m.

I think I saw a cartoon in an e-mail that answered this question... ;D

Subject: Re: What came first the Chicken or the Egg?

Written By: Ghetto_John_34 on 12/02/02 at 03:25 p.m.

MMMM.....i'll have to look into the geneology of the chicken