Stray Thoughts

By Mark Peacock

Luck

I have always considered double-yolk eggs to be lucky, at least as lucky as finding money in an old pair of jeans, and much luckier than horseshoes or rabbit’s feet; shoes which apparently the horse had grown tired of, and feet which proved none-too-lucky for the rabbit. Still, I delight in cracking open an egg and seeing a pair where only one should be. Interestingly enough, I have had multiple multiples… double eggs two or three times in a row; uncommon, but not unheard of in the scheme of things.

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