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Old 16-Mar-2005, 01:45
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a poached egg is not a poached egg unless it is stolen from the woods in the dead of the night
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Default Re: need help with poached egg

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a poached egg is not a poached egg unless it is stolen from the woods in the dead of the night
poach has two meanings:

1) to cook an egg by simmering in water
2) to catch animals illegally

"A poached egg (an illegally captured egg)". It's a pun, or play on words.
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