Curate's Eggs

@fmf said
Is there anything in the nitty gritty of your everyday life that can be described as a curate's egg?

Home automation systems.

@fmf said
Is there anything in the nitty gritty of your everyday life that can be described as a curate's egg?

A smartphone.

@fmf said
Is there anything in the nitty gritty of your everyday life that can be described as a curate's egg?

My chess.

@fmf said
At the risk of seeming a smart alec, I must point out that you've made a very common error. The curate's egg is not an actual egg; in fact, it is the fatty extreme end portion of the tail of a chicken when cooked.

Guess what

@fmf said
Not even peeling a boiled egg?

No.

@fmf said
At the risk of seeming a smart alec, I must point out that you've made a very common error. The curate's egg is not an actual egg; in fact, it is the fatty extreme end portion of the tail of a chicken when cooked.

That's not a curate's egg, that's a coccyx, being a butcher I'd know. And you still never responded to
Guess what

@gambrel said
And you still never responded to
Guess what

Ha?

@gambrel said
That's not a curate's egg, that's a coccyx, being a butcher I'd know. And you still never responded to
Guess what

That was one I actually looked up, was surprised to find that out! Of course I know nothing about being a butcher.

-VR

@fmf said
My codeword with my mother-in-law

It's not called a codeword, fmf, it's called a safeword.

@fmf said
Ha?

Chicken butt