I ordered a chicken sandwich but I think the waitress mis-understood me because she said, 'How would you like your eggs?' So I tried to answer her anyhow. I said 'Incubated, and then raised, and then beheaded, and then plucked and then cut up then put onto a grill then put onto a bun. Shit, it's gonna take awhile. I don't have time, scrambled!' - Live in Seattle, December 3, 2004
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- He humorously describes the process of getting eggs to answer a waitress's question about preference.
- In plain terms
- He explains egg preparation in overly detailed steps before settling on scrambled.
- What can you take from it?
- Overthinking simple choices can make them unnecessarily complicated.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you order food?
- When did you over-explain?
Another view
Too much detail can confuse the person trying to help.
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