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Dot Kimble displays oddly marked boiled egg that has ruined her appetite for eggs of any sort. (Bobby Pepper)
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OKOLONA – Dot Kimble is scared of eggs, now that she’s seen a face on one.
Until a couple of Fridays ago, she loved eggs. “I was bad to eat boiled eggs and crackers,” she said.
And that’s how she was feeling June 26 when she boiled two eggs for her mid-morning snack. After enjoying the first egg, she went for the second one.
“I cracked it and didn’t have time to peel it” before the fully boiled egg shot out of the shell, Kimble said last week.
When she looked at the egg, she saw two dimples toward one end and a long, thin, uneven indentation near the other end – to Kimble, two eyes and a mouth, a sight she can’t get over.
“It scared me so bad,” she said. How bad? “I won’t be eating any more eggs. Maybe later, but not for now.”
She has pickled the odd egg, shown it to the locals and now plans to offer it for sale on – where else? – eBay.
Nevertheless, I'm hungry for some bacon and eggs. And I might make a face out of them.
I have a friend in New York City who is an expert on all things pickled. I can safely say that she would not only pay top dollar for your egg, but would share said egg with others throughout the international pickling community. I suggest gradually working your way back to eggs and crackers, maybe a nice egg salad?
Eggcellent story,
Randy Yates
I'm not sure which is worse: that an oddly-shaped egg has scared someone so badly she won't eat eggs any more, or that this was front-page news.