It’s egg time

by Robert Popper on January 18, 2009 · 8 comments

Yes, you may have seen this before, but now you are going to see it again…

This clip poses a number of questions, namely:

1) Was it really necessary for the man to be wearing shorts?
2) Why did the man roll up his sleeves just a bit?
3) Did the man make the elaborate double egg holder-contraption himself, or did he buy it somewhere?
4) If so, where?
5) What is the purpose of the man’s grotty bucket and white bowl on the right?

And

6) Why is the man trying to jump on eggs without breaking them?

Tagged as: Eggs, Nationwide, Robert Popper

  • Al

    An elderly man with no trousers, a piece of heavily stained carpet, a grotty bucket and a white bowl. I wish I could answer even one of your questions without using the word “prolapse”.

  • http://www.myspace.com/arndales Ant

    THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT!!!

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/moogyboobles Tracy

    If only they did this kind of thing on X Factor. I’d vote.

    1 and 2 are clearly efforts in improving the aerodynamics of the man’s form. Although I suspect bicycle clips would of sufficed in dampening down any drag his slacks may of imposed upon his efforts.

  • http://www.benjaminharlow.com/alloftheabove Benjamin

    Guaranteed this was the source of inspiration that brought forth Monty Python.

    “Oh there we are”
    “That’s it is it?”
    “Oh Yeah, I felt it click, yep”
    “That, that is the jumping on the eggs?”
    “Oh yes, that has definitely been jumped on, that egg.”

  • http://animpressivelyconsistentdisappointment.wordpress.com/ Michael

    May I also point out that the ‘pre-play’ frame from this clip that YouTube has frozen, is possibly the best frame of the entire clip. (With Sue Lawley’s “you’re shitting me” face coming a close second.)

  • Beset by Apes

    Did they audition the guy beforehand, or just take him at his word? The bucket and bowl was for his next trick: diving into water without getting wet.

  • Justus

    I’m almost certain the the device the eggs are sitting on is rigged to explode if he breaks them.

  • http://www.myspace.com/arndales Ant

    THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT!!!

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