Eggs Are Being Recalled In NSW, Completely Unrelated To Scott Morrison’s Attempted Egging
For the second time this year, an egg recall has been announced immediately after a high-profile egging. Coincidence? Probably. But man, I hope not.
On March 16 in Melbourne, Egg Boy smashed his way into the hearts of a nation. Responding to far-right senator Fraser Anning’s comments on New Zealand’s Christchurch shootings, teenager Will Connolly braved a dogpile of fully grown men to break an egg atop Anning’s sparsely furred skull.
Egg Boy’s small act of defiance put a crack in the blanket of darkness that had enveloped the world. In the wake of the devastating attacks, it brought a much-needed moment of levity and joy to millions.
Egg Boy is a hero
Fuck Nazi Fascists
Fuck Fraser Anning pic.twitter.com/MFGK5Kq2vY— Jeremy Bratetich (@Obiwanjezz) March 16, 2019
Nearly two months later, just yesterday, Australia’s newly dubbed Egg Girl attempted to follow suit — to far less successful results.
The 25-year-old woman aimed an egg at Prime Minister Scott Morrison, however, her chosen projectile failed to crack. Instead, it bounced off Morrison’s head as though it had encountered some kind of force field. Also unlike Egg Boy, Egg Girl has subsequently been charged with common assault.
However, in a strange coincidence, an egg recall has now been announced affecting the state where the egging took place — just as one was after the March incident.
imagine going to a CWA function and not even being able to crack an egg properly smh #egggirl
— Adam Liaw (@adamliaw) May 7, 2019
Within four days of Egg Boy’s initial crackening, an egg recall was announced in Victoria due to potential salmonella contamination. Now, a day after Egg Girl’s attempted egging, the Food Standards Australia New Zealand has announced a NSW egg recall.
The recall affects Port Stephens Eggs with best before dates up to and including 8 June 2019. Anyone with a carton of Port Stephens Eggs’ Just Free to Range Eggs or their 12 Free Range Eggs Jumbo is able to return them for a full refund. You can also throw them out. Just don’t eat them.
Now, I’m not saying that these egg recalls are part of a hidden government conspiracy to deprive political protesters of their tools. That would be silly, not in the least because inedible, salmonella-infested eggs make just as good projectiles as edible ones.
But governments don’t always act logically, and this unlikely conflation of events is exactly the kind of thing the best conspiracy theories are born from. The government probably isn’t trying to take our eggs. Even so, I want to believe.