"Nancy Young" wrote in message ...

On 1/31/2017 9:00 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...

> A number of years ago I stopped by a nearby supermarket I don't usually
> visit. At that time they had eggs in an open refrigerated case, you
> filled a carton yourself. I thought that was pretty strange, they
> looked so vulnerable and I wondered why they did that. That didn't last.

> I can remember when, eons ago I bought eggs from the local shop. In those
> days they came in a paper bag. I remember carefully holding them in
> one hand and the shopping bag in to other ... I tripped ...

Ooops! Hence the invention of the egg carton.

I just pictured things falling on the eggs when people leaned over,
etc. The good part would be you know none of the eggs are broken
without having to open the container. Or give it a rattle to make
sure they're not stuck to the carton by broken egg.

nancy

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All hail egg cartons



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