It was most definitely the egg

And on the fifth day, God mumbled something about making strange things with feathers that would fly through the air, and he thought it to be a very good idea. And when he came to inspect, he found this stupid looking thing standing on the ground, with feathers, not flying, jerking its head, cackling incessantly, scratching the dirt, and obviously gloating about some silly white oval thing lying there in the hooey. Now since God thought he created things with feathers that would fly, he was a little puzzled about how this Rube Goldberg contraption came about. And not knowing what on earth that little round thing was, he proceeded to shoveth it up the stupid thing’s rear-end to get rid of it.

And on the sixth day, after making Adam and Eve, he turned them loose to conquer the world. Now Eve ran across this stupid little thing struttin’ around, cacklin’ like crazy, just like it was gonn’ lay an egg or something. And lo! And behold! This dang little oval white thing just popped right outa’ its rear end.

Now Eve thought it would be funny to make Adam laugh, with his sore rib and all, and so she thought, “I’m gonna’ cook this thing that popped out of that stupid thing’s rear and make him eat it! Now how about that!”

And she did.

And he did.

And when Adam found out that what he just ate came out of that stupid thing’s rear end, he was not amused.

And to make certain it would never happen again, he figured he would cook that stupid feathered thing and make Eve eat it.

Adam happened to find a really good recipe with eleven secret spices for something called “Kentucky Fried Chicken.” Didn’t know what that was, but the picture looked intriguing. He then proceeded to pluck that poor stupid thing so it was really silly naked.

Adam named it “Chicken” ‘cause it didn’t seem to be too willing to cooperate.

Then Eve showed up wondering why Adam had his privates plumed in feathers and insisted that whatever he was doing with that gawd-awful naked thing, he better make sure it was heated up to an internal temperature of 165 degrees F for at least 15 seconds. Something about HACCP that she heard that snake over there in the tree mumble about. Didn’t know what HACCP was, but that snake sure sounded ominous.

And lo and behold, God came down to check out what was smellin’ so good, and started lickin’ his fingers in anticipation.

And all of them pronounced it “good.”

So there you have it.

The easy-over egg did come before the Kentucky Fried Chicken.

The Refectory Manager