Not knowing what to bring me, my sister stopped at a local gas station and purchased a dinosaur egg in order to cheer me up during my stay in the hospital.The egg's outer shell is supposed to deteriorate when placed in a cup of water. After several days, a dinosaur should emerge.
While eating one of my bland hospital meals, I took a sip of water from the cup closest to me. Quickly I realized that it was my baby dinosaur's habitat that I had consumed.
My mother was instantly worried that I would get salmonella from such an egg. My sister responded, "Mom, it's OK. It was a dinosaur egg, not a chicken egg." To which my mother replied...
"Exactly."
After six days, the egg has yet to hatch. Perhaps it has salmonella.
1 comment:
Ha! I love your mom. "Exactly"
I also love the irrational 1990s fear of salmonella...DON'T EAT THAT COOKIE DOUGH!!!!!
Hope you are feeling better my dear. A good remedy for sitting around all day is TV on DVD. Get hooked on a show like 24, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gilmore Girls, or Grey's Anatomy. These have all pulled me through many a heartbreak and/or sickness. Nothing beats a good DVD obsession. And yes, infomercials are the most entrancing things ever. The Magic Bullet is the best one out there. I highly recommend.
Love love, Beth Eiserloh (soon to be Johnson)
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