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Lambourn man shells out on rare spherical egg in auction (www.bbc.com)
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A man has described buying a spherical chicken egg, which he spontaneously purchased at auction after a few pints, as "money well spent".

Ed Pownall, from Lambourn, in Berkshire, shelled out £150 for the egg, which is reportedly one in a billion.

The egg, which is round rather than ovoid, was sent to him by courier from Scotland.

It had been discovered by a woman who found it in a box from her local supermarket in Ayr.

Mr Pownall spotted the rarity up for sale on the website of auction house Thomson Roddick Callan while he was at the pub.

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When asked whether he had any regrets over his purchase, Mr Pownall said: "It's quite fun... I think for a £150 it's been money well spent."

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[–] RangerJosie@sffa.community 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Anyone into witchcraft. Is there call for such a rare egg in spellwork?

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Asking for a friend?

[–] RangerJosie@sffa.community 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Just trying to imagine up some headcanon for why anyone would buy this and have it shipped across the country.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 11 points 4 months ago

I thought the "after a few pints" bit explained that already!

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

And finally we know how the chicken crossed the road, but we still don't know why..

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

One in a billion seems like some pretty good odds of one turning up pretty regularly, given how many eggs a person eats per year. I think it's more rare that it made its way into a carton and wasn't caught by QC and turned into some other product where they can use imperfectly shaped eggs.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Lol wtf. I've seen two spherical eggs. I didn't think much of it and just ate them.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Finally, found the prefect specimen for all my physics demonstrations.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

A spherical cow?

[–] answersplease77@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I refuse to believe this Mr Pownall who bought 1 egg for £150 was sober lol

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 9 points 4 months ago

The article suggests he probably wasn't. My friend does drunk eBaying - his wife is less than impressed.