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Mountain Goat
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20 Aug 2019, 6:05 pm

Just mentioned chicken and egg on another post and here is a chicken and egg situation! I have not kept up with this thread.


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20 Aug 2019, 6:14 pm

The irony is that today most folks just say "don't count your chickens!".

They don't even bother with saying the "before they hatch" part (because that's clearly implied because the expression is so familiar to most).

So the "from eggs" part is now DOUBLY unnecessary. :lol: