Chicken or the Egg

I woke up this morning thinking about this. No, I don't know why, but crap like that happens to me all the time. Anyway, I have three answers.

Q: What came first, the chicken or the egg?

Answer 1: Chicken

In asking 'what came first' it is implied that one or the other did actually come first. I'll go with that. If one of these did in fact come first, then it would have been the first, and since we've had both chickens and eggs for as long as mankind can remember, it's a safe bet that the first one appeared a LONG time ago. Our environment today isn't really a safe haven for chickens, and I can't see the world being a safer place back when the first egg or chicken appeared.

This question is also kind of saying there was a cosmic, divine, or otherworldly 'tada!' moment eons ago when the first egg/chicken came into being. Otherwise you have to account for evolution which would make this question just stupid, and this is not a stupid question.

So we have a egg/chicken suddenly appearing in a hostile world a long long time ago. If it was the egg, it would have to eventually hatch and mature in order to propogate the species. I'd say it would have had a snowball's chance at surviving. True, the chicken probably wouldn't fare much better, but being 'poofed' into existence already mobile does give it a running chance at success.

Answer 2: Egg

Eggs are traditionally a breakfast food, while chicken is reserved for those later meals. Hence, eggs come first (fried, well-done), then the fried chicken.

Answer 3: Egg

Once again I am taking liberties in decifering the meaning of the original question. 'What came first' assumes they came from somewhere. Coming from someplace implies travel of some sort. Since the question only asks about which one was first, there's no reason to assume they didn't both arrive together, just that one came first.

Now, if there was travel involved, then we can say that due to the awkwardness of chickens in general (till they are cooked anyway), and the aerodynamic shape of the egg, the egg would clearly be able to go faster than the other (assuming they both had the same source of propulsion).

Movie Heroes

Movie heroes. I have a top three list now. It used to be only two, but now there's three.

3. James Bond. Not the old versions. The only thing they were good for were witty (corny, painful, cheesy, etc) comebacks and gratuitous sex. I like the new one played by Daniel Craig. Instead of just being a slick, karate chopper in a business suit, Bond is now a seriously scary guy to have on your trail. He may find a way over, around, under, or over obstacles to get the bad guy, but his preferred method is straight through.

So he's hardcore that way, but he's only in 3rd place because his moral compass is strictly limited to "the ends justify any means". There's simply too much leeway in this for my taste.

2. John McClane. What isn't there to like about John McClane? He's the most indestructable, insanely lucky hero ever created. For him anything lo-tech can and has been used as an intrument of killing, but never without cause. And he hasn't had any special training or anything, he's just a regular cop.

McClane used to be my number one, but he got bumped because his work got in the way of keeping his family together. Ironic considering the cause for nearly all his exploits are in someway connected to someone threatening his wife and/or kids.

1. Ok, try not to make fun of me too much.

Optimus Prime. Unlike the previous two, this guy has a finely tuned sense of right and wrong. He won't kill or even threaten needlessly, doesn't have to be coerced to do what's right, and puts his family and friends above all else. That being said, when a bad guy is around, and this baddie's intentions are far from misunderstood (unless you're a government flunkie), Optimus then won't hesitate to kick some serious keister. Not only will he proceed to kick buttocks, but after the kicking will then rip butt off, stomp on it, and then light it on fire. Ex: In the lastest movie he strangles the main bad guy with the dude's own staff AFTER putting his arm through the baddie's chest. ouch.

Besides Optimus' pension for obliterating the bad guys (he tore a bad guy's face in two for crying out loud), he isn't invincible. He can be killed, but he can also be brought back. Bonus!

Some might say that he's not even human, just a big robot, as if this is a bad thing. Well, that's the only reason I saw the movie in the first place.

ayedunno

ayedunno. This is a word I've found useful on many occasions to avoid unneccessary conversations. I usually use this when I'm tired and don't want to talk. Ex: I was at the airport with Blaire waiting for our plane to board when she asked what time our plane boarded. At the time I was tired, we were already in line to board, and since I couldn't see how answering that question in fullness would change anything I said, 'ayedunno'. I happened to be holding our boarding passes at the time, so she called BS on me, forced a quick explanation, and then sent a sharp slap upside my head.

This brings me to my point: Don't avoid your wife's questions. She'll just slap you.