A Tale of Two Eggs
A Jenifer Update
Jenifer, my grand-egg perished in an unfortunate accident caused by a rambunctious teenage boy.
Some Ian character tried to grab poor Jenifer's basket out of Nat's hand. He let go abruptly, causing the basket to swing wildly and sending Jenifer into the air, where gravity took hold and sent her smashing to the ground.
She lay there, broken and stunned while Nat ran after Ian. While Nat was pursuing Ian, her best friend John came along, noticed Jenifer on the floor, saw that she was cracked beyond what any extreme makeover could do for her proceeded to eat Jenifer the Egg Baby.
When Nat returned from chasing down Ian, John was standing in front of Nat's locker, guiltily licking his lips.
Because of the circumstance - mainly that Ian was being a jerk - the Home and Careers teacher boiled a new baby for Nat instead of giving her a bad grade.
Jenifer 2 looks remarkably like her deceased sister. And she is swathed in enough cotton and cloth to prevent any other crack-ups from happening.
As a side note, I should tell you that we have already run out of egg puns in my house.
Comments
Coffee. Spewed All Over Monitor.
"You can't eat that! It's a baby!"
Posted by: Adam | March 10, 2004 03:10 PM
"A dingo ate your baby!"
Question, will the children be submitted to an eggstractor after the "lesson" is finished?
http://www.alltvstuff.com/eggs1.html
Posted by: Ryan | March 10, 2004 03:15 PM
Wouldn't Shelly be a nice nickname for Jenifer2?
Posted by: Beth | March 10, 2004 03:48 PM
He murdered the baby! He should be eggs-ecuted!
Posted by: dorkafork, groaning as I write this | March 10, 2004 04:03 PM
oh! I'm sorry to hear that! How eggs-citing to have the new addition though
Posted by: carol | March 10, 2004 05:00 PM
It wasn't a Dingo, mate... It was much scarier... It was a Freshman!
Posted by: Tom | March 10, 2004 05:12 PM
"It wasn't a Dingo, mate... It was much scarier... It was a Freshman!"
Ahhh the most craven and feared of the scavangers
Posted by: Ryan | March 10, 2004 05:55 PM
That's eggs-actly what's wrong with kids today. No respeggt for anyone else.
Posted by: Meryl Yourish | March 10, 2004 05:57 PM
Her death must have left you a hollow shell. Even if the idea was a little cracked in the first place, her loss would have put Nat into a scramble.
...and om-lette you all go now, I promise. No more eggscruciatingly bad puns.
Posted by: Laughing Muse | March 10, 2004 06:21 PM
I think you need to bring Ian up on charges of being a child omlete-ster.
Posted by: ScottC | March 10, 2004 06:54 PM
Cannibals. What is it over there, Lord of the Flies???
Posted by: Sandy P. | March 10, 2004 07:05 PM
Isn't anyone concerned about someone eating an egg thats been laying around for a few days? (No matter how CUTE it is)
Posted by: Bonnie | March 10, 2004 07:43 PM
H'm...
...then again, fitting revenge. The baby got in the last word, even if John did get the last bite.
Posted by: Laughing Muse | March 10, 2004 08:11 PM
Ya read about these senseless tragedies in the paper, but ya always figure they happen to other people's eggs. Shocking when these things hit so close to home...
Posted by: perletwo | March 10, 2004 08:22 PM
Not to change the subject, but how's Justin handling being a Grandpa?
And the fact that now he's involved in Grandparent shennanigans, etc?
Posted by: Wind Rider | March 10, 2004 09:59 PM
He hasn't quite bonded with Jenifer yet, as he keeps walking around the house muttering mmmm.....deviled eggs.
Posted by: michele | March 10, 2004 10:06 PM
I remember my poor egg baby.
He would have been 10 years old this year.
I let a classmate babysit my eggy-pooh, and she murdered him in the ladies room.
Bastard.
Posted by: Julie | March 11, 2004 12:05 AM
I think that we should hold a moment's silence for Jenifer. No yoking please.
(silence)
Now that that's ova...
Posted by: D | March 11, 2004 05:15 AM
Poor Jennifer...I hope Jennifer to will be able to fill her great and wise shoes...
Posted by: Ginny | March 11, 2004 08:58 AM
I forgot to mention how eggregious I thought it was that you were out of puns at your house.
We're never out of them at the Yourishes.
Posted by: Meryl Yourish | March 11, 2004 02:37 PM
I think Ian owes someone an eggsplanation.
Posted by: Mike | March 11, 2004 04:48 PM