Comments on: Omelet recipe printed on an egg http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 09:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096481 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096481 I like that font. What is that font? I like that font. What is that font?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1121573 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1121573 Just use a different egg. Duh. Just use a different egg. Duh.

]]> By: girl mark http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096485 girl mark Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096485 An omelet requires a recipe? That's a lot like needing a recipe for 'scrambled eggs'. An omelet requires a recipe? That’s a lot like needing a recipe for ‘scrambled eggs’.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096255 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096255 To make the omelet I have to crack the egg with the recipe. But if I crack the egg I lose the recipe but then I can make the omelet. *head spins* To make the omelet I have to crack the egg with the recipe. But if I crack the egg I lose the recipe but then I can make the omelet. *head spins*

]]> By: diginferno http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096282 diginferno Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096282 Wasn't that recipe supposed to be titled "Last Will and Testament"? :-) Wasn’t that recipe supposed to be titled “Last Will and Testament”? :-)

]]> By: firefly the great http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096305 firefly the great Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096305 Some people retain knowledge best when it's written, not to mention that written language is incredibly versatile in how it's stored and transmitted (Hey! I bet you could even print a recipe on an egg...) Some people retain knowledge best when it’s written, not to mention that written language is incredibly versatile in how it’s stored and transmitted (Hey! I bet you could even print a recipe on an egg…)

]]> By: Sork http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096563 Sork Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096563 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futura_%28typeface%29">Futura</a>? Futura?

]]> By: chromecoat http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096830 chromecoat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096830 The writing on the egg is done with a pen in a font from a group of fonts called HERSHEY. It is made to be used by a plotter which is a printer that makes marks with a pen. This plotter draws on spherical objects. See http://www.johndeckert.com/artist/eggbot.html for other examples. And also, http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/eastereggs The writing on the egg is done with a pen in a font from a group of fonts called HERSHEY. It is made to be used by a plotter which is a printer that makes marks with a pen. This plotter draws on spherical objects. See http://www.johndeckert.com/artist/eggbot.html for other examples. And also, http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/eastereggs

]]> By: Sork http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096067 Sork Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096067 Why print the recipe for two servings on one egg? Why print the recipe for two servings on one egg?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096587 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096587 It look like its been drawn on with a pen It look like its been drawn on with a pen

]]> By: east5426 http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096080 east5426 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096080 On ne fait pas d'omelette sans casser des oeufs On ne fait pas d’omelette sans casser des oeufs

]]> By: PaulR http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096081 PaulR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096081 Really? People need a recipe for an omelette? (There's only one way to make an omelette?) Can't they just watch someone they know make an omelette? Or maybe watch someone in a movie, a TV show, or a restaurant make one? God forbit that they actually learn to observe, eh? Do they think that omelettes come from factories in Philadelphia, or in China? I shudder at the thought of them realizing where eggs come from. /make mine 'baveuse' Really? People need a recipe for an omelette? (There’s only one way to make an omelette?)

Can’t they just watch someone they know make an omelette? Or maybe watch someone in a movie, a TV show, or a restaurant make one? God forbit that they actually learn to observe, eh? Do they think that omelettes come from factories in Philadelphia, or in China? I shudder at the thought of them realizing where eggs come from.

/make mine ‘baveuse’

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096854 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096854 Much more helpful when they try that with a chicken Much more helpful when they try that with a chicken

]]> By: Kerouac http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096090 Kerouac Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096090 I knew I wouldn't be able to follow the recipe after I cracked the egg, so I had to photocopy my egg first. I knew I wouldn’t be able to follow the recipe after I cracked the egg, so I had to photocopy my egg first.

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096093 Michael Smith Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096093 <blockquote>I knew I wouldn't be able to follow the recipe after I cracked the egg</blockquote> Same as an aircraft which Michael Collins mentions in his book Carrying The Fire. The ejection procedure is written on the canopy and the first step is "Eject Canopy".

I knew I wouldn’t be able to follow the recipe after I cracked the egg

Same as an aircraft which Michael Collins mentions in his book Carrying The Fire. The ejection procedure is written on the canopy and the first step is “Eject Canopy”.

]]> By: Sork http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096100 Sork Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096100 "Step 2. Troubleshooting why the canopy didn't eject." “Step 2. Troubleshooting why the canopy didn’t eject.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096102 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096102 If you want to make an omelet, you've got to not break a few eggs. If you want to make an omelet, you’ve got to not break a few eggs.

]]> By: Daemon http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096104 Daemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096104 Somewhat related, and from real life. Microwave popcorn. #1 was Remove Plastic, #2 was Unfold Bag The thing is, the instructions were printed inside the folded section, so the instructions weren't visible until after you'd already done them. Somewhat related, and from real life.
Microwave popcorn. #1 was Remove Plastic, #2 was Unfold Bag

The thing is, the instructions were printed inside the folded section, so the instructions weren’t visible until after you’d already done them.

]]> By: eviladrian http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096108 eviladrian Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096108 You've got to taste the eggs you're <i>not</i> eating... You’ve got to taste the eggs you’re not eating…

]]> By: Wordguy http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096111 Wordguy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096111 The other 11 eggs in the dozen are printed with the safety warnings in eight languages. The other 11 eggs in the dozen are printed with the safety warnings in eight languages.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096127 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096127 Can anyone tell me what comes first- the chicken or the omelette? Can anyone tell me what comes first- the chicken or the omelette?

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096145 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096145 You do realize this isn't supposed to be a practical suggestion for a regularly available product, right? You do realize this isn’t supposed to be a practical suggestion for a regularly available product, right?

]]> By: lenore http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096918 lenore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096918 A better link for info on this usage of the Hershey fonts: http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/hershey A better link for info on this usage of the Hershey fonts: http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/hershey

]]> By: RebNachum http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096410 RebNachum Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096410 I think that in the future, BB should refrain from this whole "empedoclean snacks" meme. I think that in the future, BB should refrain from this whole “empedoclean snacks” meme.

]]> By: MajorMattMason http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096416 MajorMattMason Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096416 To make the omelet I have to crack the egg with the recipe. But if I crack the egg I lose the recipe but then I can make the omelet. Simple- it's Schrödinger's omelet! To make the omelet I have to crack the egg with the recipe. But if I crack the egg I lose the recipe but then I can make the omelet.

Simple- it’s Schrödinger’s omelet!

]]> By: PaulR http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096680 PaulR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096680 On the well-founded suspicion that no one got the joke: 'baveuse' means runny/not-quite-firm. It also means lippy. /and I also really suspect that there are lots of people who think omelettes are manufactured in large factories. Y'know, the same places where they manufacture Sliced Apples. (These folks use Apply computers and subscribe, but don't read, to Make.) //oh, and get off my lawn! On the well-founded suspicion that no one got the joke: ‘baveuse’ means runny/not-quite-firm.

It also means lippy.

/and I also really suspect that there are lots of people who think omelettes are manufactured in large factories. Y’know, the same places where they manufacture Sliced Apples. (These folks use Apply computers and subscribe, but don’t read, to Make.)

//oh, and get off my lawn!

]]> By: Toff http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/omelet-recipe-printe.html#comment-1096175 Toff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096175 That would be fun to own. "I came first." "Help, let me out of here!" That would be fun to own.

“I came first.”

“Help, let me out of here!”

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